| George Bancroft - 1884 - 484 páginas
...its thousand isles, " Great Britain is determined on her system ; and her power is irresistible." " Swim or sink, live or die, survive or perish with my country, is my unalterable determination," answered Adams. " I see we must part," rejoined Sewall ; " but this adieu is the sharpest thorn on... | |
| George Bancroft - 1884 - 484 páginas
...its thousand isles, " Great Britain is determined on her system ; and her power is irresistible." " Swim or sink, live or die, survive or perish with my country, is my unalterable determination," answered Adams. " I see we must part," rejoined Sewall ; " but this adieu is the sharpest thorn on... | |
| William C. Roberts - 1884 - 264 páginas
...enterprise of revolution, Mr. Adams said : " The die is now cast. I have crossed the Rubicon. Sink or swim, live or die, survive or perish with my country is my unalterable determination." In Congress he found a fitting arena for the exercise of those great talents, both of business and... | |
| William Dorsheimer - 1884 - 590 páginas
...are, and of right ought to be, independent." It was he who uttered the famous words, " Sink or swim, live or die, survive or perish, with my country is my unalterable determination." He, too, it was, who, with Jefferson, Franklin, Sherman, and Livingston, drew up that famous " Declaration... | |
| Henry J. Ramsdell - 1884 - 944 páginas
...are, and of right ought to be, independent." It was he who uttered the famous words, " Sink or swim, live or die, survive or perish, with my country is my unalterable determination." He, too, it was, who, with Jefferson, Franklin, Sherman, and Livingston, drew up that famous " Declaration... | |
| George Bancroft - 1886 - 486 páginas
...its thousand isles, " Great Britain is determined on her system; and her power is irresistible." " Swim or sink, live or die, survive or perish with my country, is my unalterable determination," answered Adams. " I see we must part," rejoined Sewall; " but this adieu is the sharpest thorn on which... | |
| 1886 - 552 páginas
...in his characteristic energy of language, "The die is cast: I have passed the Rubicon. Sink or swim, live or die, survive or perish, with my country, is my unalterable determination." He took his seat in Congress, September 5, 1774, and was on the committee which drew up the statement... | |
| Bill Nye - 1886 - 520 páginas
...he wrote a letter in which he said: "The die is now cast; I have passed the rubicon. Sink or swim, live or die, survive or. perish with my country is my unalterable determination." Some have expressed the opinion that "the rubicon" alluded to by Mr. Adams in this letter was a law... | |
| 1891 - 836 páginas
...Adams used the memorable words, " The die is now cast : I have now passed the Rubicon ; sink or swim, live or die, survive or perish, with my country, is my unalterable determination." They parted and met no more until 1788, long after the great contest had closed. Sewall's wife was... | |
| William Henry Seward - 1887 - 728 páginas
...political ideas he received were such as John Adams then uttered: "We must fight." "Sink or swim — live or die — survive or perish with my country, is my unalterable determination." A mother fervently pious, and eminent in intellectual gifts, directed with more than maternal assiduity... | |
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