| Anna Waldherr - 2007 - 372 sidor
...words — spoken not far from where the Trade Center stood, some two centuries later — were these: I only regret that I have but one life to lose for my countr [268C]_ Is there anyone outside the Bush Administration not moved? Is there anyone outside... | |
| John Clippinger - 2007 - 272 sidor
...buried in an unmarked grave. Yet his statue stands in the Old Campus of Yale with his famous last words: I ONLY REGRET THAT I HAVE BUT ONE LIFE TO LOSE FOR MY COUNTRY. To the British, this hallowed American patriot was a terrorist. What is remarkable is that... | |
| David Diefendorf - 2007 - 262 sidor
...Huron Indians 38 "1 disapprove of what you say..." 216 "1 must get out of these wet clothes..." 221 "I only regret that I have but one life to lose for my country" 210 ice cream 137, 145 icebergs 85, 93 ichthus 51 Idaho 190 "If you can't stand the heat..."... | |
| David Levinson Wilk - 2007 - 104 sidor
...on TV 47 Tapestry 49 Literary critic Trilling 50 Actress Skye 52 Product pitchers 53 Nathan Male's "I only regret that I have but one life to lose for my country," eg 58 Run into 59 Jim Croce's " Name" 60 Great respect 61 1960s march organizers: Abbr.... | |
| Alan Axelrod - 2007 - 398 sidor
...hanging, told an American officer, William Hull, that Hale had died with great dignity and with the words, "I only regret that I have but one life to lose for my country." lf Hale did say this, he was probably not being spontaneous. Any schoolmaster would be... | |
| Jason Shaffer - 2007 - 254 sidor
...character are exemplified in Hale's famous last words, related to posterity by his counterpart Montresor: "I only regret that I have but one life to lose for my country."5 The intermingling of legal ritual, revolutionary politics, and bloodshed in the tale... | |
| Noel Botham - 2007 - 228 sidor
...against the impostures of pretended patriotism." "I am not a Virginian, but an American." Patrick Henry "I only regret that I have but one life to lose for my country." Nathan Hale "My hand trembles, but my heart does not." Stephen Hopkins, upon signing the... | |
| Dianne L. Durante - 2007 - 312 sidor
...General Howe had no compunction about ordering him hanged the following day. Hales famous last words: "I only regret that I have but one life to lose for my country." Although barely twenty-one, he became one of the heroes of the American Revolution. CANAL... | |
| Mignon Fogarty - 2008 - 236 sidor
..."Nathan Hale." The name comes from a reimagining of the famous quote Hale made before being hanged — I only regret that I have but one life to lose for my country — to I only regret that I have but one asterisk (ass to risk) for my country. Had Hale... | |
| Tom Lansford, Thomas E. Woods, Jr. - 2007 - 116 sidor
...caught him and hanged him as a spy on September 22, 1776. His last words are reported to have been "I only regret that I have but one life to lose for my country." Hale's bravery and devotion to the Revolution inspired many Americans at a time when victory... | |
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