 | Orlando Oscar Stealey - United States - 1906 - 536 pages
...Now, Mr. Speaker, proceed in this matter; but, in the language of the immortal Emmet we propose to dispute every inch of ground, burn every blade of grass, and the last intrenchment of liberty shall be our graves. (Loud applause on the Democratic side.) MR. SPRINGER :... | |
 | Alvin Victor Sellers - Trials - 1919 - 318 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 they had contaminated our soil. If they succeeded in landing, and if forced to retire before superior discipline, I would... | |
 | Thomas Addis Emmet - Revolutionaries - 1915 - 784 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...of ground, burn every blade of grass, and the last iritrenchment of liberty would be my grave. What I could not do myself, if I should fail, I should... | |
 | Lucian Lamar Knight - American literature - 1919 - 636 pages
...in the other. I would immolate them in boats, before they had contaminated the soil of my country ; and, if forced to retire before superior discipline,...last entrenchment of liberty should be my grave." Endure the fatigues of the march and the privations of the camp and the dangers of the battle, but... | |
 | Lewis Copeland, Lawrence W. Lamm, Stephen J. McKenna - History - 1999 - 978 pages
...destructive fury of war; and I would animate my countrymen to immolate them in their boats, hefore they had contaminated the soil of my country. If they succeeded in landing, and if foreed to retire hefore superior discipline, I would dispute every inch of ground, burn every blade... | |
 | Stephen Regan - Literary Collections - 2004 - 628 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...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... | |
 | American literature - 1920 - 974 pages
..."Now, Mr. Speaker, proceed in this matter; but, in the language of the immortal Emmet, we propose to dispute every inch of ground, burn every blade of grass, and the last intrenchment of liberty shall be our graves." Martin spat on his hands, made another advance up the... | |
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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... 
