Biographical memoir [by Edward Everett] and speeches on various occasionsC.C. Little and J. Brown, 1851 |
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Pagina xxiv
... effect produced , even at that early period of Mr. Web- ster's life , on the mind of a close observer of his mental powers , is strikingly illustrated by the following anecdote . Mr. Nicho- las Emery , afterwards a distinguished lawyer ...
... effect produced , even at that early period of Mr. Web- ster's life , on the mind of a close observer of his mental powers , is strikingly illustrated by the following anecdote . Mr. Nicho- las Emery , afterwards a distinguished lawyer ...
Pagina xxxiv
... effect of the Berlin and Milan Decrees and the Orders in Council , it was all but swept from the ocean . In this state of things two courses were open to the United States , as a growing neutral power : one , that of prompt resistance ...
... effect of the Berlin and Milan Decrees and the Orders in Council , it was all but swept from the ocean . In this state of things two courses were open to the United States , as a growing neutral power : one , that of prompt resistance ...
Pagina xxxvii
... effect upon the foreign powers doubtful and at best indirect . In the state of the military resources of the country at that time , he discerned , in common with many independent men of all parties , that less was to be hoped from the ...
... effect upon the foreign powers doubtful and at best indirect . In the state of the military resources of the country at that time , he discerned , in common with many independent men of all parties , that less was to be hoped from the ...
Pagina xxxviii
... effect upon the House is accurately described in the follow- ing extract from Mr. March's work . " The speech took the House by surprise , not so much from its elo- quence as from the vast amount of historical knowledge and illustrative ...
... effect upon the House is accurately described in the follow- ing extract from Mr. March's work . " The speech took the House by surprise , not so much from its elo- quence as from the vast amount of historical knowledge and illustrative ...
Pagina xxxix
... effect . In an oration delivered in 1812 , he had said : " A navy sufficient for the defence of our coasts and harbors , for the convoy of important branches of our trade , and sufficient also to give our enemies to understand , when ...
... effect . In an oration delivered in 1812 , he had said : " A navy sufficient for the defence of our coasts and harbors , for the convoy of important branches of our trade , and sufficient also to give our enemies to understand , when ...
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Biographical memoir [by Edward Everett] and speeches on various occasions Daniel Webster Vizualizare completă - 1851 |
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Pagina xcvii - When my eyes shall be turned to behold for the last time the sun in heaven, may I not see him shining on the broken and dishonored fragments of a once glorious Union; on States dissevered, discordant, belligerent; on a land rent with civil feuds, or drenched, it may be, in fraternal blood!
Pagina xciv - He saith among the trumpets, Ha, ha ; and he smelleth the battle afar off, the thunder of the captains and the shouting.
Pagina 226 - Against the insidious wiles of foreign influence, I conjure you to believe me, fellow-citizens, the jealousy of a free people ought to be constantly awake, since history and experience prove that foreign influence is one of the most baneful foes of republican government.
Pagina 150 - The second day of July, 1776, will be the most memorable epoch in the history of America. I am apt to believe that it will be celebrated by succeeding generations as the great anniversary festival. It ought to be commemorated, as the day of deliverance, by solemn acts of devotion to God Almighty. It ought to be solemnized with pomp and parade, with shows, games, sports, guns, bells, bonfires, and illuminations, from one end of this continent to the other, from this time forward, forevermore.
Pagina 64 - ... these you have witnessed, but you witness them no more. All is peace. The heights of yonder metropolis, its towers and roofs, which you then saw filled with wives and children and countrymen in distress and terror, and looking with unutterable emotions for the issue of the combat, have presented you to-day with the sight of its whole happy population, come out to welcome and greet you with a universal jubilee.
Pagina 270 - The Congress, the Executive and the Court must each for itself be guided by its own opinion of the Constitution. Each public officer who takes an oath to support the Constitution swears that he will support it as he understands it, and not as it is understood by others.
Pagina lxxi - Him! cut off by Providence in the hour of overwhelming anxiety and thick gloom ; falling ere he saw the star of his country rise; pouring out his generous blood like water, before he knew whether it would fertilize a land of freedom or of bondage! — how shall I struggle with the emotions that stifle the utterance of thy name ! Our poor work may perish ; but thine shall endure ! This monument may moulder away; the solid ground it rests upon may sink down to a level with the sea; but thy memory shall...
Pagina 134 - Are not you, sir, who sit in that chair, is not he, our venerable colleague near you, are you not both already the proscribed...
Pagina 131 - The graces taught in the schools, the costly ornaments and studied contrivances of speech, shock and disgust men, when their own lives, and the fate of their wives, their children, and their country, hang on the decision of the hour. Then, words have lost their power, rhetoric is vain, and all elaborate oratory contemptible.
Pagina 135 - If we fail, it can be no worse for us. But we shall not fail. The cause will raise up armies; the cause will create navies. The people, the people, the people, if we are true to them, will carry us, and will carry themselves, gloriously through this struggle.