| George Lillie Craik, Charles MacFarlane - 1841 - 834 страница
...over-run them with the mercenary sons of rapine and plunder ; devoting them and their possessions to the rapacity of hireling cruelty ! If I were an American,...would lay down my arms— never — never — never." He affirmed that our own army was infected with the contagion of these illiberal allies, and that the... | |
| Andrew Comstock - 1841 - 410 страница
...them with the mercenary sons of rapine, nnd plun-der, devoting them, and their possessions, | to tin rapacity of hireling cruelty. | If I were an American,...lay down my arms — | Never ! | Nev'er ! | Nev;er ! | But, my lords, who is the man | that, iii addition to the disgraces, and mischiefs of the war,... | |
| Henry Brougham Baron Brougham and Vaux - 1841 - 350 страница
...you overrun with the sordid sons of rapine and of plunder, devoting them and their possessions to the rapacity of hireling cruelty! If I were an American,...was landed in my country, I never would lay down my arms—never! never! never!"—Such language, used in the modern days of ultra loyalty and extreme... | |
| John Adolphus - 1841 - 688 страница
...them with the " mercenary sons of rapine and plunder; devoting " them and their possessions to the rapacity of hireling " cruelty ! If I were an American, as I am an En" glishman, while a foreign troop was landed in my " country, I never would lay down my arms ; never... | |
| Samuel Osgood - 1842 - 408 страница
...than human, when at the time of our struggle, he dared to say in the British Parliament : " But were I an American as I am an Englishman, while a foreign troop was landed in my soil, I never would lay down my arms, no, never ! " This gave to Fox his matchless ardor and energy,... | |
| 1842 - 730 страница
...colonists, to exclaim, "If I were an American, as I am an Englishman, whilst a foreign soldier remained in my country, I never would lay down my arms — never — never —never \" * See our !:istvo)., p. 342. MEMOIRS OF A GRIFFIN. BY CAPTAIN BELLEW. CHAPTER XXV. AND LAST. A few... | |
| John Hanbury Dwyer - 1843 - 320 страница
...helpless, hopeless, brokenness of heart." BYRON. "That fires not, wins not, weeps not now." IBID. " Were I an American, as I am an Englishman, while a foreign...never would lay down my arms, never, never, never." EARL OF CHATHAM IN DEFENCE OF AMERICA. On the Inflections of the Voice. Perhaps this may be a proper... | |
| John Epy Lovell - 1843 - 524 страница
...overrun them with the mercenary sons of rapine and plunder, devoting them and their possessions to the rapacity of hireling cruelty. If I were an American, as I am an Englishman, while a foreign troop remained in my country, I never would lay down my arms — never, never, never. 19. ORATORICAL ACTION.—... | |
| Robert Chambers - 1844 - 738 страница
...overrun them with the mercenary sons of rapine and plunder, devoting them and their possessions to the that you are their lawful king, and had mistaken you...are as sincere iu their present professions, as if ! But, my lords, who is the man that, in addition to the disgraces and mischiefs of the war, has dared... | |
| Robert Chambers - 1844 - 746 страница
...overrun them with the mercenary sons of rapine and plunder, devoting them and their possessions to the ects fully realised in his own. JUNIUS. ! But, my lords, who is the man that, in addition to the disgraces and mischiefs of the war, has dared... | |
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