Sketches of the Life and Character of Patrick HenryDerby & Jackson, 1860 - 468 páginas |
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... spirit , which had attached Mr. Henry to him , from his first appear- ance on the public stage . They were , for a long time , members of the House of Delegates together , and their friendship continued until it was severed by death ...
... spirit , which had attached Mr. Henry to him , from his first appear- ance on the public stage . They were , for a long time , members of the House of Delegates together , and their friendship continued until it was severed by death ...
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... spirit , and awaken the still dormant powers of his ge- nius ; and it seems not improbable , that the lofty strain in which he himself afterward both spoke and acted , was , if not originally inspired , at least highly raised , by the ...
... spirit , and awaken the still dormant powers of his ge- nius ; and it seems not improbable , that the lofty strain in which he himself afterward both spoke and acted , was , if not originally inspired , at least highly raised , by the ...
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... spirit , under a reverse of fortune so severe , is certainly a very striking proof of the manliness of his character . It is not , indeed , easy to conceive that a mind like Mr. Henry's could finally sink under any pressure of adversity ...
... spirit , under a reverse of fortune so severe , is certainly a very striking proof of the manliness of his character . It is not , indeed , easy to conceive that a mind like Mr. Henry's could finally sink under any pressure of adversity ...
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... spirit of his genius awakened all his features . His countenance shone with a nobleness and grandeur which it had never before exhibited . There was a lightning in his eyes which seemed to rive the spectator . His action became graceful ...
... spirit of his genius awakened all his features . His countenance shone with a nobleness and grandeur which it had never before exhibited . There was a lightning in his eyes which seemed to rive the spectator . His action became graceful ...
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... spirit of domination . " It was from the body of the yeomanry , whom my corres- pondent represents as " looking askance " at those above them , that Mr. Henry proceeded . He belonged to the body of the people . His birth , education ...
... spirit of domination . " It was from the body of the yeomanry , whom my corres- pondent represents as " looking askance " at those above them , that Mr. Henry proceeded . He belonged to the body of the people . His birth , education ...
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Página 141 - Gentlemen may cry peace! peace! but there is no peace. The war is actually begun! The next gale that sweeps from the north will bring to our ears the clash of resounding arms! Our brethren are already in the field! Why stand we here idle? What is it that gentlemen wish? What would they have? Is life so dear, or peace so sweet, as to be purchased at the price of chains and slavery? Forbid it, Almighty God! I know not what course others may take, but as for me, give me liberty or give me death!
Página 140 - There is no longer any room for hope. If we wish to be free; if we mean to preserve inviolate those inestimable privileges for which we have been so long contending: if we mean not basely to abandon the noble struggle in which we have been so long engaged, and which we have pledged ourselves never to abandon, until the glorious object of our contest shall be obtained, we must fight! I repeat it, sir, we must fight! An appeal to arms and to the God of Hosts is all that is left us!
Página 139 - Let us not deceive ourselves, sir. These are the implements of war and subjugation, the last arguments to which kings resort.
Página 141 - They tell us, sir, that we are weak, unable to cope with so formidable an adversary. But when shall we be stronger? Will it be the next week, or the next year? Will it be when we are totally disarmed, and when a British guard shall be stationed in every house ? Shall we gather strength by irresolution and inaction?
Página 139 - I have but one lamp by which my feet are guided; and that is the lamp of experience. I know of no way of judging of the future but by the past And judging by the past, I wish to know what there has been in the conduct of the British ministry for the last ten years, to justify those hopes with which gentlemen have been pleased to solace themselves and the house? Is it that insidious smile with which our petition has been lately received?
Página 140 - We have petitioned; we have remonstrated; we have supplicated; we have prostrated ourselves before the throne, and have implored its interposition to arrest the tyrannical hands of the ministry and Parliament. Our petitions have been slighted ; our remonstrances have produced additional violence and insult; our supplications have been disregarded, and we have been spurned, with contempt, from the foot of the throne!
Página 138 - I consider it as nothing less than a question of freedom or slavery; and in proportion to the magnitude of the subject ought to be the freedom of the debate.
Página 139 - No, sir, she has none. They are meant for us: they can be meant for no other. They are sent over to bind and rivet upon us those chains which the British ministry have been so long forging. And what have we [to] oppose to them? Shall we try argument? Sir, we have been trying that for the last ten years. Have we any thing new to offer upon the subject?
Página 139 - Sir ; it will prove a snare to your feet. Suffer not yourselves to be betrayed with a kiss. Ask yourselves how this gracious reception of our petition comports with those warlike preparations which cover our waters and darken our land. Are fleets and armies necessary to a work of love and reconciliation...
Página 275 - O Cromwell, Cromwell, Had I but served my God with half the zeal I served my king, he would not in mine age Have left me naked to mine enemies.