 My own affections have been deeply wounded by some of the martyrs to this cause, but rather than it should have failed, I would have seen half the earth desolated; were there but an Adam and Eve left in every country, and left free, it would be better...  Aubert Dubayet; Or, The Two Sister Republics - Page 307by Charles Gayarré - 1882 - 479 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Henry Stephens Randall - 1858 - 794 pages
...such a prize won with so little innocent blood? My own affections have been deeply wounded by son* of the martyrs to this cause, but rather than it should...every country, and left free, it would be better than it now is." This is expressive enough of the writer's estimation of the value of human liberty, even... | |
 | Henry Stephens Randall - Presidents - 1858 - 728 pages
...lives. The liberty of the whole earth was depending on • this cause, but rather than it should haTe failed I would have seen half the earth desolated;...every country, and left free, it would be better than it now is." This is expressive enough of the writer's estimation of the value of human liberty, even... | |
 | Washington Irving - Celebrities - 1859 - 478 pages
...depending on the issue of the contest, and was ever such a prize won with so little innocent blood ? My own affections have been deeply wounded by some...left free, it would be better than as it now is." * Washington, who contemplated the French revolution with a less sanguine eye than Jefferson, was simply... | |
 | Washington Irving - Celebrities - 1859 - 524 pages
...depending on the issue of the contest, and was ever such a prize won with so little innocent blood ? My own affections have been deeply wounded by some...left free, it would be better than as it now is." * Washington, who contemplated the French revolution with a less sanguine eye than Jefferson, was simply... | |
 | Thomas Jefferson - United States - 1859 - 620 pages
...depending on the issue of the contest, and was ever such a prize won with so little innocent blood? My own affections have been deeply wounded by some...half the earth desolated; were there but an Adam and an Eve left in every country, and left free, it would be better than as it now is. I have expressed... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1862 - 464 pages
...depending on the issue of the contest, and was ever such a prize won with so little innocent blood? My own affections have been deeply wounded by some...left free, it would be better than as it now is."* Washington, who contemplated the French revolution with a less sanguine eye than Jefferson, was simply... | |
 | Christopher James Riethmüller - 1864 - 516 pages
...depending on the issue of the contest, and was ever such a prize won with so little innocent blood? My own affections have been deeply wounded by some...left free, it would be better than as it now is," The mingled folly and ferocity of this passage would almost lead to a doubt of the sanity of the writer,... | |
 | Christopher James Riethmüller - 1864 - 480 pages
...depending on the issue of the contest, and was ever such a prize won with so little innocent blood? My own affections have been deeply wounded by some...half the earth desolated. Were there but an Adam and Em left in every country, and left free, it would be better than as it now is." The mingled folly and... | |
 | Christopher James Riethmüller - 1864 - 504 pages
...depending on the issue of the contest, and was ever such a prize won with so little innocent blood? My own affections have been deeply wounded by some...would have seen half the earth desolated. Were there lut an Adam and Eve left in every country, and left free, it would be better than as it now is." The... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1869 - 634 pages
...depending on the issue of the contest, and was ever such a prize won with so little innocent blood ? My own affections have been deeply wounded by some of the martyrs to this cause, bat rather than it should bare tafled, I wovld have seen half the earth desolated; were there bat an... | |
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