Webster and His Master-pieces, المجلد 2Miller, Orton & Mulligan, 1854 Vol. 1 comprises a biography of Daniel Webster; v. 2 consists of speeches and writings by Webster. |
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... honorable to the state which exhibited it , is most fit to be followed on this occa- sion . And there is good reason to hope that a state which has hitherto been so much distinguished for temper- ate counsels , cautious legislation ...
... honorable to the state which exhibited it , is most fit to be followed on this occa- sion . And there is good reason to hope that a state which has hitherto been so much distinguished for temper- ate counsels , cautious legislation ...
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... honorable in- scription , no ever - burning taper that would drive away the dark- ness of the sepulchre , can soften our sense of the reality of dissolution , and hallow to our feelings the ground which is to cover us , like the ...
... honorable in- scription , no ever - burning taper that would drive away the dark- ness of the sepulchre , can soften our sense of the reality of dissolution , and hallow to our feelings the ground which is to cover us , like the ...
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... honorable fame . The moment was full of difficulty and danger , and big with events of im- measurable importance . The country was on the very brink of a civil war , of which no man could foretell the duration or the result . Something ...
... honorable fame . The moment was full of difficulty and danger , and big with events of im- measurable importance . The country was on the very brink of a civil war , of which no man could foretell the duration or the result . Something ...
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... honorable part in the wars which took place between England and France . The capture of Louisburg gave her a character for military achievement ; and in the war which terminated with the peace of 1763 , her exertions on the fron- tiers ...
... honorable part in the wars which took place between England and France . The capture of Louisburg gave her a character for military achievement ; and in the war which terminated with the peace of 1763 , her exertions on the fron- tiers ...
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... honorable and durable monument to the mem- ory of the early friends of American independence . They have thought , that for this object no time could be more propitious than the present prosperous and peaceful period ; that no place ...
... honorable and durable monument to the mem- ory of the early friends of American independence . They have thought , that for this object no time could be more propitious than the present prosperous and peaceful period ; that no place ...
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الصفحة 408 - Liberty first and Union afterwards ; but everywhere, spread all over in characters of living light, blazing on all its ample folds, as they float over the sea and over the land, and in every wind under the whole heavens, that other sentiment, dear to every true American heart, Liberty and Union, Now and Forever, One and Inseparable.
الصفحة 256 - 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.
الصفحة 256 - Why forego the advantages of so peculiar a situation? Why quit our own to stand upon foreign ground ? Why, by interweaving our destiny with that of any part of Europe, entangle our peace and prosperity in the toils of European ambition, rivalship, interest, humor or caprice?
الصفحة 479 - It has a preamble, and that preamble expressly recites, that the duties which it imposes are laid " for the support of government, for the discharge of the debts of the United States, and the encouragement and protection of manufactures.
الصفحة 202 - Resolved, That the Declaration, passed on the fourth, be fairly engrossed on parchment, with the title and style of ' THE UNANIMOUS DECLARATION OF THE THIRTEEN UNITED STATES OF AMERICA ' ; and that the same, when engrossed be signed by every member of Congress.
الصفحة 424 - Canada acceding to this Confederation, and joining in the measures of the United States, shall be admitted into, and entitled to all the advantages of this Union: but no other colony shall be admitted into the same, unless such admission be agreed to by nine states.
الصفحة 249 - The voluntary outpouring of the public feeling, made to-day, from the North to the South, and from the East to the West, proves this sentiment to be both just and natural.
الصفحة 204 - 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/ In July 1776, the controversy had passed the stage of argument.
الصفحة 160 - We wish that this structure may proclaim the magnitude and importance of that event to every class and every age. We wish that infancy may learn the purpose of its erection from maternal lips, and that weary and withered age may behold it, and be solaced by the recollections which it suggests.
الصفحة 408 - I have not allowed myself, sir, to look beyond the Union, to see what might lie hidden in the dark recess behind. I have not coolly weighed the chances of preserving liberty when the bonds that unite us together shall be broken asunder. I have not accustomed myself to hang over...