| 1855 - 1226 pagine
...your want, infirmities and scars ? Can yon then consent to be the only sufferers by this revolution, and retiring from the field, grow old in poverty,...charity which has hitherto been spent in honor ? If yon can— go, and carry with you the jatt of Tories and tin tcorn of Whigs, the ridicule, and what... | |
| George Washington - 1855 - 586 pagine
...your wants, infirmities, and scars ? Can you then consent to be the only sufferers by this revolution, and, retiring from the field, grow old in poverty,...to charity, which has hitherto been spent in honor 1 If you can, go, and carry with you the jest of Tories, and the scorn of Whigs ; the ridicule, and... | |
| United States. Congress - 1855 - 748 pagine
...from the field, they are to grow old in poverty, ' wretchedness, and contempt ; if they are to wade 1 through the vile mire of dependency, and owe ' the...miserable remnant of that life to charity. ' which hitherto has been spent in honor, then shall ' I have learnt what ingratitude is; then shall I ' have... | |
| J. T. Headley - 1856 - 520 pagine
...remainder of the night in such scenes of revelry and riot that it was called simply the " Temple." tempt? Can you consent to wade through the vile mire of dependency,...charity which has hitherto been spent in honor ? If you can—go, and carry with you the jests of Tories and the scorn of Whigs, the ridicule, and what is... | |
| 1856 - 654 pagine
...if, retiring from the field, they are to grow old in poverty, wretchedness, and contempt; if tbcy are to wade through the vile mire of dependency, and owe the miserable remnant of that life to charity whic h baa hitherto been spent in honor, then shall I have learned what ingratitude is ; then shall... | |
| Charles Wentworth Upham - 1856 - 406 pagine
...old in poverty, wretchedness, and contempt ; if they are to wade through the vile mire of dependancy, and owe the miserable remnant of that life to charity, which has hitherto been spent in honor ;' then shall I have learned what ingratitude is ; then shall I have realized a tale, which will imbitter... | |
| Abel Stevens, James Floy - 1856 - 600 pagine
...to whom this younger officer was aide-de-camp. Addressing the army, the anonymous writer had said, " Can you consent to wade through the vile mire of dependency, and owe the miserahle remnant of that life to charity which has hitherto heen spent in honor ? If you can, go,... | |
| United States. Court of Claims - 1856 - 858 pagine
...wretchedness, poverty, and contempt ; if they are to wade through the wild mire of de• pendency, and owe the miserable remnant of that life to charity, which has been hitherto spent in honor, then I have learned what ingratitude is ; then shall I have realized... | |
| John Frost - 1857 - 853 pagine
...insulted their distresses. " Can you," it was said, " consent to be the only sufferers by this revolution; and, retiring from the field, grow old in poverty,...life to charity, which has hitherto been spent in honour ?—Awake; attend to your situation, and redress yourselves. If the present moment be lost,... | |
| Washington Irving - 1857 - 588 pagine
...retiring from the field, they are to grow old in poverty, wretchedness, and contempt ; if they are to wade through the vile mire of dependency, and owe...to charity, which has hitherto been spent in honor ; ' then shall I have learned what ingratitude is, then shall I have realized a tale which will embitter... | |
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