...prisoner by the British forces, just before his summary and savage execution, exclaimed, "My only regret is, that I have but one life to give for my country ;" and, on his mother's side, he was the nephew of Dr. Samuel Austin, who was pastor at first of a...

...revolution, and then, like him, when about to be swung from the gallows, exclaim, " My only regret is, that I have but one life to give for my country,"...notice. One other topic I will mention, as it has given лае to more misrepresentation and reproach than even the foregoing. I allude to Mr. Hale's purchase...

...and they must be awfully saving on towels •TTWNK Teacher— AKÍ Nathan Hale said, " I only regret that I have but one life to give for my country I" Wasn't that noble? Hoy — Oh, I dunnol Most anybody that's going to be hung would sooner have a few...

...heroic death. What boy has not been thrilled by his defiant and dauntless courage ! "My only regret is that I have but one life to give for my country." The lesson is easily drawn, it is obvious and it is glorious. But suppose wet ignore that lesson and...

...captain in the Colonial army during the Revolution of 1776, whose last words were: "My only regret is that I have but one life to give for my country, ' ' Sam Davis felt it was a joy to die, rather than to live with blighted honor and a ruined conscience....

...war he visited his sick soldiers and prayed by their bedside. ''His last words were: 'My only regret is that I have but one life to give for my country.' " This picture with its brief biography has been a good deal of an inspiration to this particular boys'...

...abused and browbeaten by his brutal captors, he answered them in those noble words : " My only regret is that I have but one life to give for my country." Others were less loyal. A traitor betrayed Fort Washington, which theAmericans had erected on the highlands...

...States, who gave his life for his country in the City of New York, September 26, 1776. 'My only regret is that I have but one life to give for my country.' " The statue is the work of the sculptor, Frederick Macmonnies, and it was erected by the Society of...

...direct construction into indirect construction. Thus, Nathan Hale's last words were: "My only regret is that I have but one life to give for my country." In Nathan Hale's last words he expressed regret that he .had but one life to give for his country....

...It cost him something to be sure, but listen how willingly the price was offered : "My only regret is that I have but one life to give for my country." He knew a good bargain. He had been making that kind all his life. Now suppose he had yielded to the...