...perfect " expulsive orotund." Examples of " Expulsive Orotund." 1. — " Declamatory " Style. " Sink or swim, live or die, survive or perish, I give my hand and my heart to this vote ! " " Sir, before God, I believe the hour is come. My judgment approves this measure ; and my whole...

...death. HENRY. 17. SUPPOSED SPEECH OF JOHN ADAMS IN FAVOUR OF THE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE. SINK or swim, live or die, survive or perish, I give my hand and ray heart to this vote. It is true, indeed, that in the beginning we aimed not at independence. But...

...atoned for our presumption, on the scaffold/ It was for Mr. Adams to reply to arguments, like these. We know his opinions and we know his character. He would commence with accustomed directness and earnestness. ' Shik or swim, live or die, sur vive or perish, I give my hand...

...speech of John Adams, on the vote for independence. / SINK. \ or SWIM, / LIVE \ or DIE, / SURVIVE \/ I or PERISH, I \ give my hand and my HEART to this vote. \ If we FAIL, it can be no WORSE for us. \ But we shall NOT fail. \ The CAUSE / will raise up ARMIES;...

...Examples of "Expulsive Orotund." I.— "Declamatory" Style. FROM WEBSTER'S SPEECH OF JOHN ADAMS. " Sink or swim, live or die, survive or perish, I give my hand and my heart to this vote ! " " Sir, before God, I believe the hour is come. My judgment approves this measure ; and my whole...

...generally, the former has the rising, and the latter the falling inflection-. EXAMPLES. 1. Sink' or swim', live' or die', survive' or per'ish, I give my hand and heart to this vote. 2. There are also celes'tial bodies, and bodies terres'trial ; but the glory of...

...presumption on the scaffold." THE SAME, CONCLUDED. It was for Mr. Adams to reply to arguments like these. We know his opinions, and we know his character. He would...or swim, live or die, survive or perish, I give my hands and my heart to this vote ! It is true, indeed, that, in the beginning, we aimed not at independence....

...of "Expulsive Orotund." 1. — "Declamatory" Style. FROM WEBSTER'S SPEECH OF JOHN ADAMS. " Sink or swim, live or die, survive or perish, I give my hand and my heart to this vote ! " " Sir, before God, I believe the hour is come. My judgment approves this measure ; and my whole...

..."Expulsive Orotund." 1 . — " Declamatory " Style. FROM WEBSTER'S SPEECH OF JOHN ADAMS. " Sink or swim, live or die, survive or perish, I give my hand and my heart to this vote ! " " Sir, before God, I believe the hour is come. My judgment approves this measure ; and my whole...

...oration, as having been delivered by him in the Philadelphia Convention, in 1776, commencing, " Sink or swim, live or die, survive or perish, I give my hand and my heart to this vote," has been often mistaken for the production of Mr. Adams himself: it follows so inimitably Mr. Adams'...