 | Edward Royall Tyler, William Lathrop Kingsley, George Park Fisher, Timothy Dwight - 1850 - Liczba stron: 678
...prisoner by the British forces, just before his summary and savage execution, exclaimed, "My only regret is, that I have but one life to give for my country ;" and, on his mother's side, he was the nephew of Dr. Samuel Austin, who was pastor at first of a... | |
 | 1849 - Liczba stron: 638
...revolution, and then, like him, when about to be swung from the gallows, exclaim, " My only regret is, that I have but one life to give for my country,"...notice. One other topic I will mention, as it has given лае to more misrepresentation and reproach than even the foregoing. I allude to Mr. Hale's purchase... | |
 | 1914 - Liczba stron: 652
...and they must be awfully saving on towels •TTWNK Teacher— AKÍ Nathan Hale said, " I only regret that I have but one life to give for my country I" Wasn't that noble? Hoy — Oh, I dunnol Most anybody that's going to be hung would sooner have a few... | |
 | 1909 - Liczba stron: 418
...heroic death. What boy has not been thrilled by his defiant and dauntless courage ! "My only regret is that I have but one life to give for my country." The lesson is easily drawn, it is obvious and it is glorious. But suppose wet ignore that lesson and... | |
 | Clement Anselm Evans - 1899 - Liczba stron: 598
...captain in the Colonial army during the Revolution of 1776, whose last words were: "My only regret is that I have but one life to give for my country, ' ' Sam Davis felt it was a joy to die, rather than to live with blighted honor and a ruined conscience.... | |
 | 1918 - Liczba stron: 364
...war he visited his sick soldiers and prayed by their bedside. ''His last words were: 'My only regret is that I have but one life to give for my country.' " This picture with its brief biography has been a good deal of an inspiration to this particular boys'... | |
 | Edward Sylvester Ellis - 1903 - Liczba stron: 390
...abused and browbeaten by his brutal captors, he answered them in those noble words : " My only regret is that I have but one life to give for my country." Others were less loyal. A traitor betrayed Fort Washington, which theAmericans had erected on the highlands... | |
 | Stephen Jenkins - 1911 - Liczba stron: 564
...States, who gave his life for his country in the City of New York, September 26, 1776. 'My only regret is that I have but one life to give for my country.' " The statue is the work of the sculptor, Frederick Macmonnies, and it was erected by the Society of... | |
 | William James O'Shea, Andrew E. Eichmann - 1912 - Liczba stron: 96
...direct construction into indirect construction. Thus, Nathan Hale's last words were: "My only regret is that I have but one life to give for my country." In Nathan Hale's last words he expressed regret that he .had but one life to give for his country.... | |
 | 1912 - Liczba stron: 640
...It cost him something to be sure, but listen how willingly the price was offered : "My only regret is that I have but one life to give for my country." He knew a good bargain. He had been making that kind all his life. Now suppose he had yielded to the... | |
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