 Unhappy it is, though, to reflect, that a brother's sword has been sheathed in a brother's breast, and that the once happy and peaceful plains of America are either to be drenched with blood, or inhabited by slaves. Sad alternative ! But can a virtuous...  The New England Magazine - Strana 2851904Úplné zobrazení - Podrobnosti o knize
 | Ward, Lock and co, ltd - 1885 - 812 str.
...just as he was setting out for the Second Congress. In a letter to a friend he eays : " Unhappy it is to reflect that a brother's sword has been sheathed...the once happy and peaceful plains of America are to be either drenched in blood or inhabited by alavea. Sad alternative ! But can a virtuous man hesitate... | |
 | United States. Commission for Dedication of Washington Monument - 1885 - 138 str.
...The sons of the Cavaliers spring to the side of the sons of the Pilgrims. "Unhappy it is," he says, "that a brother's sword has been sheathed in a brother's breast, and that the once happy plains of America are to be either drenched in blood or inhabited by slaves. Sad alternative! But how... | |
 | George Bancroft - 1886 - 486 str.
...MASSACHUSETTS ASKS FOK GEORGE WASHINGTON AS COMMANDEBIN-CHIEF. 17, 1775. " UNHAPPY it is," said Washington, " to reflect that a brother's sword has been sheathed...alternative ! But can a virtuous man hesitate in his choice ? " He foresaw the long contest which was to precede the successful vindication of the liberties of... | |
 | 1887 - 220 str.
...a friend in England Washington wrote : " The Americans will fight for their liberties and property. Unhappy it is, though, to reflect that a brother's...peaceful plains of America are either to be drenched in blood or to be inhabited by slaves." To the Congress that elected him he said : " I beg leave to... | |
 | Robert Alonzo Brock - 1888 - 434 str.
...close, he wrote to his friend and neighbor, George William Fairfax, then in England : " Unhappy it is to reflect that a brother's sword has been sheathed...the once happy and peaceful plains of America are to be either drenched with blood or inhabited by slaves. Sad alternative! But can a virtuous man hesitate... | |
 | Henry Cabot Lodge - 1889 - 364 str.
...fact that the colonists fought and fought well, he wrote to George Fairfax in England: " Unhappy it is to reflect that a brother's sword has been sheathed...peaceful plains of America are either to be drenched in blood or inhabited by slaves. Sad alternative. But can a virtuous man hesitate in his choice ? "... | |
 | George Washington - 1889 - 530 str.
...their heels, and must, if they had happened to be up one hour sooner, inevitably have intercepted p W peaceful plains of America are either to be drenched...alternative ! But can a virtuous man hesitate in his choice? I am with sincere regard, and affectionate compliments to Mrs. F'airfax, dear Sir, your &c.' ACCEPTANCE... | |
 | George Washington - 1894 - 510 str.
...princiole,—this title will not be denied to Washington. J AUKU SPARKS. THE PATRIOT S ALTERNATIVE. Unhappy it is, to reflect, that a brother's sword has been sheathed...to be drenched with blood, or inhabited by slaves. THE SPIRIT OF '76. The hour is fast approaching, on which the honor and success of the army, and the... | |
 | Paul Leicester Ford - 1897 - 378 str.
...actual war ensued, he was among the first to begin to collect and drill a force, even while he wrote, " unhappy it is, though to reflect, that a brother's...! But can a virtuous man hesitate in his choice?" Not till early in 1776 did he become a convert to independence, and then only by such " flaming arguments... | |
 | Paul Leicester Ford - 1896 - 378 str.
...actual war ensued, he was among the first to begin to collect and drill a force, even while he wrote, " unhappy it is, though to reflect, that a brother's...! But can a virtuous man hesitate in his choice?" Not till early in 1 776 did he become a convert to independence, and then only by such " flaming arguments... | |
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