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 anything new to offer upon the subject? Nothing. We have held the subject up in every light of which it is capable ; but it has been... British and American Eloquence - Page 169by Robert Irving Fulton, Thomas Clarkson Trueblood - 1912 - 403 pagesFull view - About this book
| A citizen of Pittsburgh - Readers - 1818 - 276 pages
...we have been trying that for the last ten years. Have we any thing new to otter upon the subject P Nothing. We have held the subject up in every light...been all in vain. Shall we resort to entreaty and humble supplication? What terms shall we find, which have not been already exhausted ? Let us not,... | |
| Hezekiah Niles - United States - 1822 - 526 pages
...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? Nothing. We have held...been all in vain.— Shall we resort to entreaty and humble supplication? What terms shall we find, which have not been already exhausted? Let us not, 1... | |
| Hezekiah Niles - United States - 1822 - 518 pages
...been trying that, for the last ten years. Have we any thing new to oner upon the subject? Nothing. AVe have held the subject up in every light of which it...been all in vain. — Shall we resort to entreaty and humble supplication? What terms shall we find, which have not been already exhausted? Let us not, I... | |
| 1822 - 734 pages
...? Shall we try argument ? Sir, we have been trying that for the last ten years. Have we any tiling new to offer upon the subject ? Nothing. We have held...subject up in every light of which it is capable, and all has been in vain. Shall we resort to entreaty and humble supplication ? What terms can we find... | |
| Thomas Jones Rogers - United States - 1823 - 382 pages
...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? Nothing. We have held...been all in vain. Shall we resort to entreaty and humble supplication? What terms shall we find, which have not been already exhausted? Let us not, I... | |
| Statesmen - 1824 - 516 pages
...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? Nothing. We have held the subject up in every light oi: which it is capable ; but it has been all in vain. Shall we resort to entreaty and humble supplication?... | |
| Speeches, addresses, etc., American - 1827 - 544 pages
...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? Nothing. \ We have...been all in vain. Shall we resort to entreaty and humble supplication ? What terms shall we find, which have not been already exhausted ? Let us not,... | |
| J[ohn] H[anbury]. Dwyer - Elocution - 1828 - 314 pages
...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 ? Nothing. We have held...been all in vain. Shall we resort to entreaty and humble supplication ? What terms shall we find, which have not been already exhausted ? Let us not,... | |
| Jonathan Barber - Readers, American - 1828 - 266 pages
...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? Nothing. We have held...been all in vain. Shall we resort to entreaty and humble supplication? What terms shall we find, which have not been already exhausted? Let us not, I... | |
| John Pierpont - Children's literature - 1828 - 320 pages
...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? Nothing. We have held...been all in vain. Shall we resort to entreaty and humble supplication ? What terms shall we find, which have not been already exhausted ? Let us not,... | |
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