 | Edmund Clarence Stedman, Ellen Mackay Hutchinson - American literature - 1890 - 708 pages
...shall all hang separately. BENJAMIN FRANKLIN. 1706-90. HIS LAST WORDS, NEW YORK, 22 SEPTEMBER, 1776. I only regret that I have but one life to lose for my Country. NATHAN HALE. 1755-76. " BROTHER JONATHAN." AVe must consult Brother Jonathan. — Meaning... | |
 | Alonzo Reed - English language - 1891 - 268 pages
...Washington's camp Captain Hale was captured, and, soon after, was hanged. 6. His last words were, " I only regret that I have but one life to lose for my country." What to See and Do.—Copy the fourth and the sixth sentence. Find the chief words in... | |
 | Moses Foster Sweetser - United States - 1892 - 946 pages
...BRIDGE. BROOKLYN : PUTNAM STATUE. lofty granite pyramid in South Coventry, bearing his dying words: "I only regret that I have but one life to lose for my country." There is also a statue of Hale in the State-House. A granite obelisk on the heights of... | |
 | United States - 1895 - 822 pages
...speak his last words. Hale's lofty glance rested on him for an instant. Then in a firm voice he said : "I only regret that I have but one life to lose for my country ! ' ' All that a man hath will he give for his life, and when he gives his life, with all... | |
 | Franklin Monroe Sprague - Socialism - 1892 - 528 pages
...republic ? May we substitute on the tomb of Captain Nathan Hale for the sublime and patriotic words, " I only regret that I have but one life to lose for my country," the inscription, "- 1 used all my powers exclusively for my own welfare " ? When our country... | |
 | James Grant Wilson - America - 1892 - 710 pages
...good became honorable by being necessary " ; the soul of a martyr patriot inspired his last words : " I only regret that I have but one life to lose for my country." l The New- York of 1777 had but few of the attractions over which travelers in more quiet... | |
 | William Spohn Baker - 1892 - 356 pages
...singular that the untimely fate of the " Martyr Spy of the American Revolution," whose dying words, " I only regret that I have but one life to lose for my country," form his most fitting eulogy, is nowhere alluded to by Washington. MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 23.... | |
 | Samuel Clarke Clarke - United States - 1893 - 36 pages
...gallows. Few persons were around him, yet his characteristic dying words were remembered. He said, " I only regret that I have but one life to lose for my country." The Provost Marshal destroyed the letters of his prisoner, and assigned as a reason "that... | |
 | D. & J. Sadlier & Co - United States - 1893 - 334 pages
...prepare for death* The courage of the brave young officer remained unshaken, and his last words were: "I only regret that I have but one life to lose for my country." 3. Howe followed Washington to New York, and Washington retreated northward before him,... | |
 | Henry Davenport Northrop - United States - 1893 - 1000 pages
...September 22d, without any form of trial, was hanged as a spy. He met his death with firmness, saying : " I only regret that I have but one life to lose for my country." "Old Put " Saves His Command. In the meantime the British had seized the islands at the... | |
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