 | Glenn M. Linden - 2001 - عدد الصفحات: 280
...and inviolable Union. Daniel Webster stated this article of faith eloquently in 1830 when he said: "When my eyes shall be turned to behold for the last...and dishonored fragments of a once glorious Union ... let her last feeble and lingering gleams rather behold the gorgeous ensign of the republic, now... | |
 | Benson Bobrick - 2008 - عدد الصفحات: 296
...veil. God grant that, in my day at least, that curtain may not rise ... on the broken and dishonoured fragments of a once glorious union; on States dissevered,...feuds, or drenched it may be, in fraternal blood!" As the years passed, the population of the free states increased faster than that of the slave, giving... | |
 | Oliver J. Thatcher - 2004 - عدد الصفحات: 476
...least, that curtain may not rise. God grant, that on my vision never may be opened what lies behind. When my eyes shall be turned to behold, for the last...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... | |
 | Craig R. Smith - 2005 - عدد الصفحات: 310
...round the administration of Washington, and felt his own great arm lean on them for support. . . . When my eyes shall be turned to behold for the last...belligerent; on a land rent with civil feuds, or drenched ... in fraternal blood! Let their last feeble and lingering glance rather behold the gorgeous ensign... | |
 | Joy Hakim - 2003 - عدد الصفحات: 438
...West, to which I owe any allegiance.... The Union, sir, is my country," said eloquent Senator Clay. "When my eyes shall be turned to behold for the last...and dishonored fragments of a once glorious Union," said mighty Senator Webster. But his most quoted line was "Liberty and Union, now and forever, one... | |
 | David P. Currie - 2005 - عدد الصفحات: 369
...is to that Union that we are chiefly indebted for whatever makes us most proud of our country. .. . When my eyes shall be turned to behold, for the last...feuds, or drenched, it may be, in fraternal blood! Let thenlast feeble lingering glance, rather, behold the gorgeous ensign of the republic, now known... | |
 | David Edwin Harrell, Edwin S. Gaustad, John B. Boles, Sally Foreman Griffith - 2005 - عدد الصفحات: 860
...least, that curtain may not rise! God grant that, on my vision, never may be opened what lies behind! When my eyes shall be turned to behold, for the last...shining on the broken and dishonored fragments of this once glorious Union; on states dissevered, discordant, belligerent; on a land rent with civil... | |
 | Mark David Ledbetter - 2010 - عدد الصفحات: 505
...close to his heart, would echo the reasoning and even the rhetoric at Gettysburg. Webster continues: When my eyes shall be turned to behold, for the last...feuds, or drenched, it may be, in fraternal blood! Let their last feeble and lingering glance, rather, behold the gorgeous ensign of the republic... not... | |
 | Daniel Walker Howe - 2007 - عدد الصفحات: 926
...art form and oratory constituted a branch of literature, Webster displayed his mastery of the genre. When my eyes shall be turned to behold for the last...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... | |
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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... 
