Specimens of American Eloquence: Consisting of Choice Selections from the Productions of the Most Distinguished American OratorsE. Hunt, 1837 - 383 стор. |
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... less to her credit , that she saw early the necessity of a closer union of the states , and gave an efficient and in- dispensable aid to the establishment and organization of the federal government . Perhaps we might safely say , that a ...
... less to her credit , that she saw early the necessity of a closer union of the states , and gave an efficient and in- dispensable aid to the establishment and organization of the federal government . Perhaps we might safely say , that a ...
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... less known , is not less important , than the progress of arms afterwards . Nothing deserves more consideration than those events and discussions which affected the public sentiment , and settled the revolution in men's minds , before ...
... less known , is not less important , than the progress of arms afterwards . Nothing deserves more consideration than those events and discussions which affected the public sentiment , and settled the revolution in men's minds , before ...
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... less to affect the condition of property all over Europe . They came to a new country . There were , as yet , no lands yielding rent , and no tenants rendering service . The whole soil was unre- claimed from barbarism . They were ...
... less to affect the condition of property all over Europe . They came to a new country . There were , as yet , no lands yielding rent , and no tenants rendering service . The whole soil was unre- claimed from barbarism . They were ...
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... less forcible , or less successful , because the number of such proprietors should be great . Each would perceive his own importance , and his own interest , and would feel that natu- ral elevation of character which the consciousness ...
... less forcible , or less successful , because the number of such proprietors should be great . Each would perceive his own importance , and his own interest , and would feel that natu- ral elevation of character which the consciousness ...
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... less universally , ) composed of persons who have rendered themselves unfit to live in civil society ; who have no other motives of conduct than those which a desire of the present gratification of their passions suggests ; who have no ...
... less universally , ) composed of persons who have rendered themselves unfit to live in civil society ; who have no other motives of conduct than those which a desire of the present gratification of their passions suggests ; who have no ...
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Сторінка 105 - It is in vain, sir, to extenuate the matter. Gentlemen may cry, Peace, Peace — but there is no peace. The war is actually begun! The next gale that sweeps from the north will bring to our ears the clash of resounding arms! Our brethren are already in the field! Why stand we here idle? What is it that gentlemen wish ? What would they have ? Is life so dear, or peace so sweet, as to be purchased at the price of chains and slavery ? Forbid it, Almighty God ! I know not what course others may take;...
Сторінка 277 - For there is hope of a tree, if it be cut down, that it will sprout again, and that the tender branch thereof will not cease. Though the root thereof wax old in the earth, and the stock thereof die in the ground; yet through the scent of water it will bud, and bring forth boughs like a plant.
Сторінка 104 - 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...
Сторінка 104 - Sir, we are not weak, if we make a proper use of those means which the God of nature hath placed in our power. Three millions of people, armed in the holy cause of liberty, and in such a country as that which we possess, are invincible by any force which our enemy can send against us.
Сторінка 104 - And what have we to oppose to them? Shall we try argument? Sir, we have been trying that for the last ten years. Have we anything new to offer upon the subject? Nothing. We have held the subject up in every light of which it is capable; but it has been all in vain.
Сторінка 103 - I have but one lamp by which my feet are guided; and that is the lamp of experience. I know of no way of judging of the future but by the past And judging by the past, I wish to know what there has been in the conduct of the British ministry for the last ten years, to justify those hopes with which gentlemen have been pleased to solace themselves and the house? Is it that insidious smile with which our petition has been lately received?
Сторінка 80 - A great chord of sentiment and feeling runs through two continents, and vibrates over both. Every breeze wafts intelligence from country to country; every wave rolls it; all give it forth, and all in turn receive it. There is a vast commerce of ideas; there are marts and exchanges for intellectual discoveries, and a wonderful fellowship of those individual intelligences which make up the mind and opinion of the age. Mind is the great lever of all things; human thought is the process by which human...
Сторінка 277 - Well-a-well, man that is born of woman is of few days and full of trouble, as the Scripture says, and I reckon it's so.
Сторінка 22 - Young man, there is America — which at this day serves for little more than to amuse you with stories of savage men and uncouth manners; yet shall, before you taste of death, show itself equal to the whole of that commerce which now attracts the envy of the world.
Сторінка 75 - We live in a most extraordinary age. Events so various and so important that they might crowd and distinguish centuries are, in our times, compressed within the compass of a single life.