The Quarterly review, Том 67Murray, 1841 |
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... received with open arms the meanest soldier in that little band of famished patriots ? Where is the man ? There he stands ; but whether the heart of an American beats in his bosom , you , gentlemen , are to judge . " He then carried the ...
... received with open arms the meanest soldier in that little band of famished patriots ? Where is the man ? There he stands ; but whether the heart of an American beats in his bosom , you , gentlemen , are to judge . " He then carried the ...
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... received such homage from the people that a baptist minister demanded why they followed him about : Mr. Henry is not a god.'No , indeed , my friend , ' was the reply ; I am but a poor worm , as fleeting and unsubstantial as the shadow ...
... received such homage from the people that a baptist minister demanded why they followed him about : Mr. Henry is not a god.'No , indeed , my friend , ' was the reply ; I am but a poor worm , as fleeting and unsubstantial as the shadow ...
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... receiving the most insignificant visitor , he was wont to call for his wig , and settle himself in an imposing attitude - the other , slouching into the provincial parliament with his leather gaiters and shooting- jacket . But they meet ...
... receiving the most insignificant visitor , he was wont to call for his wig , and settle himself in an imposing attitude - the other , slouching into the provincial parliament with his leather gaiters and shooting- jacket . But they meet ...
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... received with universal applause , turned to his friends and asked , ' Have I inadvertently let slip something wrong ? ' The good sense of mankind has established the same dis- tinction in all countries , -even under a democracy like ...
... received with universal applause , turned to his friends and asked , ' Have I inadvertently let slip something wrong ? ' The good sense of mankind has established the same dis- tinction in all countries , -even under a democracy like ...
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... received from the fond partiality of his countrymen the name of the American Burke , and though his political Essays form the chief and most lasting foundation of his fame , there are passages in his speeches which might go far towards ...
... received from the fond partiality of his countrymen the name of the American Burke , and though his political Essays form the chief and most lasting foundation of his fame , there are passages in his speeches which might go far towards ...
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Сторінка 8 - They tell us, sir, that we are weak, unable to cope with so formidable an adversary. But when shall we be stronger ? Will it be the next week, or the next year ? Will it be when we are totally disarmed, and when a British guard shall be stationed in every house...
Сторінка 27 - Westward the course of empire takes its way; The four first acts already past, A fifth shall close the drama with the day : Time's noblest offspring is the last.
Сторінка 42 - ... him where to strike. The fatal blow is given! and the victim passes, without a struggle or a motion, from the repose of sleep to the repose of death...
Сторінка 8 - Treason!" cried the speaker —"Treason, treason," echoed from every part of the house.
Сторінка 9 - There is no retreat, but in submission and slavery. Our chains are forged. Their clanking may be heard on the plains of Boston. The war is inevitable, and let it come ! I repeat it, sir, let it come ! It is in vain, sir, to extenuate the matter. Gentlemen may cry peace, peace ! but there is no peace.
Сторінка 20 - If you speak of eloquence, Mr. Rutledge, of South Carolina, is by far the greatest orator ; but if you speak of solid information and sound judgment, Colonel Washington is unquestionably the greatest man on that floor.
Сторінка 522 - ... from the northwest angle of Nova Scotia, viz., that angle which is formed by a line drawn due north from the source of St. Croix River to the highlands; along the said highlands which divide those rivers that empty themselves into the river St. Lawrence, from those which fall into the Atlantic Ocean, to the northwesternmost head of Connecticut River...
Сторінка 46 - Massachusetts, instead of South Carolina? Sir, does he suppose it in his power to exhibit a Carolina name so bright as to produce envy in my bosom?
Сторінка 16 - Sink or swim, live or die, survive or perish, I give my hand and my heart to this vote.
Сторінка 17 - Sir, I know the uncertainty of human affairs, but I see, I see clearly, through this day's business. You and I, indeed, may rue it. We may not live to the time when this Declaration shall be made good. We may die ; die colonists ; die slaves; die, it may be, ignominiously and on the scaffold.