 | Orators - 1859 - 370 pages
...in their boats, before they had contaminated tin: soil of my country. If they succeeded in lauding, and if forced to retire before superior discipline,...of ground, burn every blade of grass, and the last intrenchment of liberty should be my grave. What I coul not do myself, if I should fall, I should leave... | |
 | Angela Gillespie, Member of the Order of the Holy Cross - Elocution - 1871 - 664 pages
...torch in the other. I would meet them with all the destructive fury of war; and I would animate you to immolate them in their boats, before they had contaminated the soil. If they succeeded in landing, and if we were forced to retire before superior discipline, I would dispute... | |
 | English prose literature - 1872 - 556 pages
...a torch in the other ; I would meet them with all the destructive fury of war, and I would animate my countrymen to immolate them in their boats, before...superior discipline, I would dispute every inch of the ground, burn every blade of grass, and the last entrenchment of liberty should be my grave. What... | |
 | Patrick O'Shea - 1873 - 524 pages
...and a torch in the other. I would meet them with all the destructive fury of war, and I would animate my countrymen to immolate them in their boats, before...discipline, I would dispute every inch of ground, raze every house, burij every blade of grass, and the last intrenchment of libertt should be my grave.... | |
 | Andrew Comstock - 1874 - 286 pages
...hand, a torch in the other. I would meet them with all the destructive fury of war, and I would animate my countrymen to immolate them in their boats, before...superior discipline, I would dispute every inch of the ground, burn every blade of grass, and the last entrenchment of liberty should be my grave. What... | |
 | Charles Anderton Read - 1879 - 390 pages
...hand and a torch in the other. I would meet them with all the destructive fury of war. I would animate my countrymen to immolate them in their boats, before...entrenchment of liberty should be my grave. What I could not dii myself, if I should fall, I should leave as a lost charge to my countrymen to accomplish ; because... | |
 | Joseph Ignatius Constantine Clarke - 1888 - 164 pages
...by the wishes of the people, I would meet them with all the destructive fury of war. I would animate my countrymen to immolate them in their boats before...soil of my country. If they succeeded in landing, I would dispute every inch of ground, burn every blade of grass, and the last entrenchment of liberty... | |
 | Alexander Martin Sullivan - Ireland - 1892 - 686 pages
...and a torch in the other. I would meet them with all the destructive fury of war, and I would animate my countrymen to immolate them in their boats before...discipline, I would dispute every inch of ground, raze every house, burn every blade of grass ; the last spot on which the hope of freedom should desert... | |
 | Timothy Dwight, Julian Hawthorne - Literature - 1899 - 562 pages
...immolate them in their boats, before they had contamniated the soil of my country. If they succeed in landing, and if forced to retire before superior...liberty should be my grave. What I could not do myself, I should leave as a last charge to my countrymen to accomplish; because I should feel conscious that... | |
 | English Orators - 1900 - 558 pages
...immolate them in their boats, before they had contamniated the soil of my country. If they succeed in landing, and if forced to retire before superior...liberty should be my grave. What I could not do myself, I should leave as a last charge to my countrymen to accomplish; because I should feel conscious that... | |
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I would animate my countrymen to immolate them in their boats, before they had contaminated the soil of my country. If they succeeded in landing, and if forced to retire before superior discipline, I would dispute every inch of ground, burn every blade... 
