 | 1855 - 506 pagini
...accustomed directness and earnestness. " Sink or swim, live or die, survive or perish, I give my liand, and my heart, to this vote. It is true, indeed, that,...for our good, she has obstinately persisted, till iniependence is now within our grasp. We have but to COMMON-PLACE BOOK OF PROSE, reach forth to it,... | |
 | John Frost - 1855 - 462 pagini
...THB DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE. SINK or swim, live or die, survive or perish, I give my hand and ray heart to this vote. It is true, indeed, that in the...for our good, she has obstinately persisted, till inde pendence is now within our grasp. We have but to reach iibrth to it, and it is ours. Why then... | |
 | Andrew Comstock - 1855 - 444 pagini
...OF JOHN ADAMS IN SUPPORT OF AMERICAN INDEPENDENCE. (DANIEL WEBSTER.) Sink or swim, | live or die, I survive or perish, I give my hand, and my heart, to...vote. | It is true, indeed, | that in the beginning, i we aimed not at Independence. | Bui there's a Divinity which shapes our ends. | The injustice of... | |
 | Charles Greenwood - 1855 - 440 pagini
...Patrick Henry could say, " As for me, give me liberty or give me death." And John Adams, " Sink or swim, live or die, survive or perish, I give my hand and my heart to this vote." We are told of an eminent judge whose mind was so accustomed to the forms of judicial proceedings,... | |
 | Rufus Claggett - 1855 - 208 pagini
...SUPPOSED SPEECH OP JOHN ADAMS IN FAVOR OF THE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE D. Webster. Section 1. SINK or swim, live or die, survive or perish, I give my hand and my heart I to this vote ! It is true, indeed, that, in the beginning, we aimed not at independence. But there... | |
 | David Addison Harsha - 1857 - 544 pagini
...we know his character. He would commence with his accustomed directness and earnestness. " ' Sink or swim, live or die, survive or perish, I give my hand...England has driven us to arms; and, blinded to her own interests for our good she has obstinately persisted, till independence is now within our grasp. We... | |
 | Epes Sargent - 1857 - 164 pagini
...new victories she dreams, But is the lovely thing she seems. SUPPOSED SPEECH OF JOHN ADAMS. SINK or swim, live or die, survive or perish, I give my hand...in the beginning we aimed not at independence. But there 'sa divinity which shapes our ends. The injustice of England has driven us to arms ; and, blinded... | |
 | Thomas Buckley Smith - 1858 - 310 pagini
...from us the more terrible judgments of God. ADAMS ON THE DECLARATION OF AMERICAN INDEPENDENCE. Sink or swim, live or die, survive or perish, I give my hand...us to arms ; and — blinded to her own interest, foronr good — she has obstinately persisted, till independence is now within our grasp. We have but... | |
 | Lucius Osgood - 1858 - 494 pagini
...teach the night His praise. LESSON CXXXVI. SUPPOSED SPEECH OF JOHN ADAMS. BY DANIEL WEBSTER. 1. SINK or swim, live or die, survive or perish, I give my hand...in the beginning we aimed not at independence. But there is a divinity which shapes our ends, The injustice of England has driven us to arms; and, blinded... | |
 | William Russell - 1858 - 312 pagini
..."Expulsive Orotund." 1.—"Declamatory" Style. FROM WEBSTER'S SPEECH OF JOHN ADAMS. " Sink or swirn, live or die, survive or perish, I give my hand and my heart to this vote !" T' Sir, before God, I believe the hour is come. My judg ment approves this measure; and my whole... | |
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Sink or swim, live or die, survive or perish, I give my hand and my heart to this vote. 
