 | 1834 - 428 str.
...America." On the occasion of the battle of Lexington, he said in the Virginia house of Burgesses : — " There is no retreat but in submission and slavery ! Our chains are forged, their clanking may be heatd on Ihe plains of Boston.— The war is inevitable — and let it come ! '. I repeat it, sir,... | |
 | 1836 - 550 str.
...vigilant, the active, the brave. Besides, sir, we have no election. If we were base enough to desire it, it is now too late to retire from the contest. There...it come ! I repeat it, sir, let it come. It is in vain, sir, to extenuate the matter. Gentlemen may cry, Peace, peace— but there is no peace. The war... | |
 | 1836 - 552 str.
...vigilant, the active, the brave. Besides, sir, we have no election. If we were base enough to desire it, it is now too late to retire from the contest. There...it come ! I repeat it, sir, let it come. It is in vain, sir, to extenuate the matter. Gentlemen may cry, Peace, peace — but there is no peace. The... | |
 | John Epy Lovell - 1836 - 534 str.
...vigilant, the active, the brave. Besides, sir, we have no election. If we were base enough to desire it, it is now too late to retire from the contest. There...it come ! I repeat it, sir, let it come ! It is in vain, sir, to extenuate the matter. Gentlemen may cry peace, peace ! but there is no peace. The war... | |
 | James Grahame - 1836 - 486 str.
...vigilant, the active, the brave. Besides, we have no longer a choice. If we were base enough to desire it, it is now too late to retire from the contest. There...Boston. The war is inevitable — and let it come! Gentlemen may cry, Peace, peace — but there is no peace. The war is actually begun. The next gale... | |
 | James Grahame - 1836 - 480 str.
...vigilant, the active, the brave. Besides, we have no longer a choice. If we were base enough to desire it, it is now too late to retire from the contest. There...Boston. The war is inevitable — and let it come ! Gentlemen may cry, Peace, peace — but there is no peace. The war is actually begun. The next gale... | |
 | John Pierpont - 1835 - 278 str.
...vigilant, the active, the brave. Besides, sir, we have no election. If we were base enough to desire it, it is now too late to retire from the contest. There...clanking may be heard on the plains of Boston ! The war ia inevitable — and let it come !— - I repeat it, sir, let it come ! It is vain, sir, to extenuate... | |
 | 1836 - 362 str.
...vigilant, the active, the brave. Besides, sir, we have no election. If we were base enough to desire it, it is now too late to retire from the contest. There...slavery ! Our chains are forged. Their clanking may be heai-d on the plains of Boston. The war is inevitable— ^and let it come ! ! I repeat it, sir, let... | |
 | Jonathan Barber - 1836 - 404 str.
...we have no election. If we were base •enough to desire it, it is now too late to retire from the 5 contest. There is no retreat but in submission and...may be heard on the plains of Boston ! The war is inevitable—and let it come!! I repeat it, sir, let it come!!! It is in vain, sir, to extenuate the... | |
 | Jonathan Barber - 1836 - 188 str.
...give very marked emphasis to one or both of the parts separated by it, and particularly to the last. * The WAR is inevitable, — and let it COME ! — I repEAT it, sir, LET it COME.' intonation; and the fourth a still lower note, and still more extended quantity than the second. There... | |
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Besides, sir, we have no election. If we were base enough to desire it, it is now too late to retire from the contest. There is no retreat, but in submission .and slavery ! Our chains are forged. Their clanking may be heard on the plains of Boston ! The... 
