 | John Russell Webb - 1876 - 514 sivua
...IMAGINED SPEECH OF JOHN ADAMS. 1. Sink or swim, live or die, survive or perish, I give my hand and heart to this vote. It is true, indeed, that in the...to arms ; and, blinded to her own interest, for our own good, she has obstinately persisted, till independence is now within our grasp. We have but to... | |
 | 1876 - 72 sivua
...and magnificent final resolve. Listen to his appeals to his associates in that memorable Congress : " The injustice of England has driven us to arms — and, blinded to her own interests for our good, she has obstinately persisted, till independence is now within our grasp. We... | |
 | Norman Foerster, William Whatley Pierson, William Whatley Pierson (Jr.) - 1917 - 344 sivua
...we know his character. He would commence with his accustomed directness and earnestness. , "Sink or swim, live or die, survive or perish, I give my hand...and my heart to this vote. It is true, indeed, that h1 the beginning 'tore aimed not at Independence. But there 's a Divinity which shapes our ends. The... | |
 | Michael Vincent O'Shea, Ellsworth D. Foster, George Herbert Locke - 1917 - 872 sivua
...told that it was Independence Day he exclaimed, "Independence forever ! " The famous words "Sink or swim, live or die, survive or perish, I give my hand and my heart to this vote" are usually quoted as a part of a speech of Adams. In reality they represent merely what Adams might... | |
 | 1917 - 200 sivua
...Jefferson. The speech begins with the ringing words which have inspired patriots ever since: "Sink or swim, live or die, survive or perish, I give my hand and my heart to this vote." Webster, a greater orator than Adams, though not a greater patriot, recited the speech as having heard... | |
 | Thomas Manson Norwood - 1917 - 492 sivua
...speeches of our great orators for declamation in schools, contains the speech beginning : "Sink or swim, live or die, survive or perish, I give my hand and my heart to this vote!" The occasion was sublimely solemn. The lives of the two men, Jefferson and Adams, were deserving all... | |
 | Henry Wyman Holmes, Oscar Charles Gallagher - 1917 - 376 sivua
...Pitcher, catcher, first baseman, and shortstop were out of the game. B. Pairs of words. 1. Sink or swim, live or die, survive or perish, I give my hand and my heart to this vote. C. Phrases. 1. In the present, in the past, and in the future these laws are changeless. 2. He was... | |
 | Walter Lowrie Hervey, Melvin Hix - 1918 - 552 sivua
...contemporaries, and grows upon the "INDEPENDENCE NOW, AND FOREVER" SUPPOSED SPEECH OF JOHN ADAMS SINK or swim, live or die, survive or perish, I give my hand...in the beginning we aimed not at independence. But there is a divinity which shapes our ends. The injustice of England has driven us to arms; and, blinded... | |
 | Franklin Thomas Baker, Ashley Horace Thorndike - 1919 - 424 sivua
...tell of Ralph Waldo Emerson? SUPPOSED SPEECH OF JOHN ADAMS ON THE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE Sink or swim, live or die, survive or perish, I give my hand...aimed not at independence. But "there's a Divinity that shapes our ends." The e in justice of England has driven us to arms; and, blinded to her own interest... | |
 | Franklin Thomas Baker, Ashley Horace Thorndike - 1920 - 424 sivua
...tell of Ralph Waldo Emerson? SUPPOSED SPEECH OF JOHN ADAMS ON THE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE Sink or swim, live or die, survive or perish, I give my hand...aimed not at independence. But "there's a Divinity that shapes our ends." The 5 injustice of England has driven us to arms; and, blinded to her own interest... | |
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Sink or swim, live or die, survive or perish, I give my hand and my heart to this vote. 
