 | Henry Coppée - 1895 - 552 páginas
...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... | |
 | 1895 - 592 páginas
...at this crisis, Adams declared : ' ' 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." Adams distinguished himself in congress by his capacity for business. He was a hard worker, chiefly... | |
 | George Bancroft - 1896 - 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... | |
 | Mary Mapes Dodge - 1896 - 548 páginas
...Continental Congress ! " I felt grateful for such countrymen as the statesman who said, " Sink or swim, live or die, survive or perish with my country, is my unalterable determination " (30), the framer of the Declaration of Independence (31), and the man who first made the motion in... | |
 | Mary Mapes Dodge, William Fayal Clarke, Albert Gallatin Lanier, Maurice R. Robinson - 1896 - 572 páginas
...Continental Congress ! " I felt grateful for such countrymen as the statesman who said, " Sink or swim, live or die, survive or perish with my country, is my unalterable determination " (30), the framer of the Declaration of Independence (31), and the man who first made the motion in... | |
 | 1858 - 1062 páginas
...Episcopalian and Congregationalist clergymen, preached resistance. Noble John Adams spoke the general voice, " Swim or sink, live or die, survive or perish with my country, is my unalterable determination." Massachusetts was to be " regulated " by a military governor and council. Her charters were abolished,... | |
 | 1897 - 956 páginas
...Tuill nnf i.....ll,« 1..1-.- mi I »„ 1 measures; the die is now cast; I have passed the Rubicon, to swim or sink, live or die, survive or perish with my country, is my unalterable determination.' He joined the congress and became at once one of its most active and earnest lenders. He was a member... | |
 | George Otto Trevelyan - 1898 - 468 páginas
...had travelled together as far as the parting of the ways, used those words of spirited tautology : " Swim or sink, live or die, survive or perish with my country is my unalterable determination." Unfortunately for himself, Sewall was a law officer of the Crown as well as a bosom friend of the Crown's... | |
 | Prescott Holmes - 1898 - 298 páginas
...constant and uniform in opposition to her measures ; the die is now cast ; I have passed the Rubicon ; to swim or sink, live or die, survive or perish with my country, is my unalterable determination." When the Continental Congress assembled Adams became one of its most active and energetic leaders.... | |
 | John Howard Brown - 1900 - 750 páginas
...uniform in opposition to all her measures. 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." At a town meeting held immediately after the announcement of the passage of the Stamp Act he presented... | |
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The die is now cast; I have passed the Rubicon ; swim or sink — live or die — survive or perish, with my country, is my unalterable determination. 
