Speeches and Forensic ArgumentsPerkins & Marvin, 1830 - 520 стор. |
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... authority for saying , that they have been regarded , by men of enlightened judgments and cultivated taste , as fine examples of forensic and popular eloquence . In the language of one of the most eminent statesmen of England , some of ...
... authority for saying , that they have been regarded , by men of enlightened judgments and cultivated taste , as fine examples of forensic and popular eloquence . In the language of one of the most eminent statesmen of England , some of ...
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... authority , and partake of its fortunes . The colony at Marseilles might perceive lightly , or not at all , the sway of Phocis ; while the islands in the Egean Sea could hardly attain to independence of their Athenian origin . Many of ...
... authority , and partake of its fortunes . The colony at Marseilles might perceive lightly , or not at all , the sway of Phocis ; while the islands in the Egean Sea could hardly attain to independence of their Athenian origin . Many of ...
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... authority of the government at home , and would not endure even that their own charter governments should be established on the other side of the Atlantic . It was not a controlling or protecting board in England , but a government of ...
... authority of the government at home , and would not endure even that their own charter governments should be established on the other side of the Atlantic . It was not a controlling or protecting board in England , but a government of ...
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... authority of James the second , was the seizure and imprison- ment of Andros , in April 1689. The pulse of Liberty beat as high in the extremities as at the heart . The vigorous feeling of the Colony burst out , before it was known how ...
... authority of James the second , was the seizure and imprison- ment of Andros , in April 1689. The pulse of Liberty beat as high in the extremities as at the heart . The vigorous feeling of the Colony burst out , before it was known how ...
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... authority of the crown , in that crisis which had arrived , and in which they trusted to put themselves , re- lying on God , and their own courage . There were spirits in Mas- sachusetts , congenial with the spirits of the distinguished ...
... authority of the crown , in that crisis which had arrived , and in which they trusted to put themselves , re- lying on God , and their own courage . There were spirits in Mas- sachusetts , congenial with the spirits of the distinguished ...
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Сторінка 80 - ... Resolved, That it be recommended to the respective assemblies and conventions of the united colonies, where no government sufficient to the exigencies of their affairs has been hitherto established, to adopt such government as shall, in the opinion of the representatives of the people, best conduce to the happiness and safety of their constituents in particular, and America in general.
Сторінка 84 - The clear conception, outrunning the deductions of logic, the high purpose, the firm resolve, the dauntless spirit, speaking on the tongue, beaming from the eye, informing every feature, and urging the whole man onward, right onward to his object, — this, this is eloquence; or rather, it is something greater and higher than all eloquence, — it is action, noble, sublime, godlike action.
Сторінка 87 - Sir, before God, I believe the hour is come. My judgment approves this measure, and my whole heart is in it. All that I have, and all that I am, and all that I hope, in this life, I am now ready here to stake upon it; and I leave off as I began, that live or die, survive or perish, I am for the Declaration. It is my living sentiment, and by the blessing of God it shall be my dying sentiment, Independence now, and Independence forever.
Сторінка 425 - 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 ! Let their last feeble and lingering glance rather behold the gorgeous ensign of the republic, now known and honored throughout the earth, still full high advanced, its arms and trophies streaming in their original lustre, not a stripe erased or polluted, nor a single star obscured, bearing...
Сторінка 425 - 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...
Сторінка 452 - It must be confessed, it will be confessed ; there is no refuge from confession but suicide, and suicide is confession.
Сторінка 452 - Ah, gentlemen ! that was a dreadful mistake. Such a secret can be safe nowhere. The whole creation of God has neither nook nor corner where the guilty can bestow it, and say it is safe.
Сторінка 59 - We wish that this column, rising towards heaven among the pointed spires of so many temples dedicated to God, may contribute also to produce, in all minds, a pious feeling of dependence and gratitude. We wish, finally, that the last object...
Сторінка 425 - I have not allowed myself, sir, to look beyond the Union, to see what might lie hidden in the dark recess behind.
Сторінка 85 - Divinity which shapes our ends. The injustice of England has driven us to arms ; and, blinded to her own interest for our good, she has obstinately persisted, till independence is now within our grasp. We have but to reach forth to it, and it is ours. Why, then, should we defer the Declaration ? Is any man so weak as now to hope for a reconciliation with England, which shall leave either safety to the country and its liberties, or safety to his own life and his own honor?