...penalty of death. 1, ,A iitif ii't'Nis sets different objects or attributes in contrast. Ex.—" Sink or swim, live or die, survive or perish, I give my hand and heart to this vote."— Webster. " Though deep, yet clear.' "At his touch, crowns crumbled, beggars...

...arbitrarily arrested in Alabama, and may be again despotically arrested in the North ; but " sink or swim, live or die, survive or perish, I give my hand and my heart" to the Union and to the liberties of its oppressed citizens. There are two parties in this country who...

...them. Contrasted slides may also sometimes be used for greater variety or melody. EXAMPLE. 1. " Sink or swim, live or die, survive or perish, I give my hand and heart to this vote." " But, whatever may be 6ur fate, be assured, be assured that this declaration...

...them. Contrasted slides may also sometimes be used for greater variety or melody. EXAMPLE. 1. " Sink or swim, live or die, survive or perish, I give my hand and heart to this vote." " But, whatever may be our fate, be assured, be assured that this declaration...

...puts the speech in character, as he affixed his name to the Declaration of Independence, " Sink or swim, live or die, survive or perish, I give my hand and my heart for this vote,'" cannot have been the Adams who, according to General Banks, was yielding up his country's...

...Speech on his Trial and Conciction for High Treason, September, 1803. DANIEL WEBSTER. 1782-1852. Sink or swim, live or die, survive or perish, I give my hand and my heart to this vote.* Eulogy on Adams and Jefferson, Aug. 2, 1826. Independence now and Independence forever.f Rid. When...

...the principal, who well recollects the fire of his declamation of the passage beginning, " Sink or swim, live or die, survive or perish, I give my hand and my heart to this vote" for independence, which Daniel Webster put into the mouth of John Adams. On a change of residence,...

...John Adams, who, contemplating the Declaration of Independence of the United States, said, " Sink or swim, live or die, survive or perish, I give my hand and my heart for this vote." The power and determination here shown have been seen in not a few young men, in all...

...language, and written language." " Mr. Webster supposes John Adams to hare spoken these words: ' Sink or swim, live or die, survive or perish, I give my hand and my heart to this vote.' " In introducing a direct quotation of considerable length, the expressions as follows, etc., are often...

...take the place of the rising, above directed. EXERCISE. The numbers refer to the rules. 1. Sink or swim, live or die, survive or perish, I give my hand and my heart to thli vote, L Was it a walling bird of the gloom, Which shrieks on the booseof woe all night; Or a shivering...