Biographical memoir [by Edward Everett] and speeches on various occasionsC.C. Little and J. Brown, 1851 |
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... the Senate of the United States after Mr. Webster's return to that body in 1845 , have led his friends to think that a valuable service would be rendered to the commu- VOL . I. b * nity by bringing together his speeches of a later date.
... the Senate of the United States after Mr. Webster's return to that body in 1845 , have led his friends to think that a valuable service would be rendered to the commu- VOL . I. b * nity by bringing together his speeches of a later date.
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... friends having the charge of the publication , and his own opinion on details of this kind has rarely been taken . In addition to such introductory notices as were deemed ex- pedient relative to the occasions and subjects of the various ...
... friends having the charge of the publication , and his own opinion on details of this kind has rarely been taken . In addition to such introductory notices as were deemed ex- pedient relative to the occasions and subjects of the various ...
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... friends , and kindred , who followed him . through the greater portion of the war . He was at the battle of White Plains , and was at West Point when the treason of Arnold was discovered . He acted as a Major under Stark at Bennington ...
... friends , and kindred , who followed him . through the greater portion of the war . He was at the battle of White Plains , and was at West Point when the treason of Arnold was discovered . He acted as a Major under Stark at Bennington ...
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... friends have lately visited Fryeburg and examined these records of deeds . They are still preserved in two huge ... friendship for Mr. Webster , and who would never suffer any other building to be erected on the spot , and says that none ...
... friends have lately visited Fryeburg and examined these records of deeds . They are still preserved in two huge ... friendship for Mr. Webster , and who would never suffer any other building to be erected on the spot , and says that none ...
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... friend of Judge Webster , and this friendship descended to the son , and glowed in his breast with fervor till he went to his grave . Although dividing with Mr. Mason the best of the business of Portsmouth , and indeed of all the ...
... friend of Judge Webster , and this friendship descended to the son , and glowed in his breast with fervor till he went to his grave . Although dividing with Mr. Mason the best of the business of Portsmouth , and indeed of all the ...
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Página xcvii - 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!
Página xciv - He saith among the trumpets, Ha, ha ; and he smelleth the battle afar off, the thunder of the captains and the shouting.
Página 226 - 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.
Página 150 - The second day of July, 1776, will be the most memorable epoch in the history of America. I am apt to believe that it will be celebrated by succeeding generations as the great anniversary festival. It ought to be commemorated, as the day of deliverance, by solemn acts of devotion to God Almighty. It ought to be solemnized with pomp and parade, with shows, games, sports, guns, bells, bonfires, and illuminations, from one end of this continent to the other, from this time forward, forevermore.
Página 64 - ... these you have witnessed, but you witness them no more. All is peace. The heights of yonder metropolis, its towers and roofs, which you then saw filled with wives and children and countrymen in distress and terror, and looking with unutterable emotions for the issue of the combat, have presented you to-day with the sight of its whole happy population, come out to welcome and greet you with a universal jubilee.
Página 270 - The Congress, the Executive and the Court must each for itself be guided by its own opinion of the Constitution. Each public officer who takes an oath to support the Constitution swears that he will support it as he understands it, and not as it is understood by others.
Página lxxi - Him! cut off by Providence in the hour of overwhelming anxiety and thick gloom ; falling ere he saw the star of his country rise; pouring out his generous blood like water, before he knew whether it would fertilize a land of freedom or of bondage! — how shall I struggle with the emotions that stifle the utterance of thy name ! Our poor work may perish ; but thine shall endure ! This monument may moulder away; the solid ground it rests upon may sink down to a level with the sea; but thy memory shall...
Página 134 - Are not you, sir, who sit in that chair, is not he, our venerable colleague near you, are you not both already the proscribed...
Página 131 - The graces taught in the schools, the costly ornaments and studied contrivances of speech, shock and disgust men, when their own lives, and the fate of their wives, their children, and their country, hang on the decision of the hour. Then, words have lost their power, rhetoric is vain, and all elaborate oratory contemptible.
Página 135 - If we fail, it can be no worse for us. But we shall not fail. The cause will raise up armies; the cause will create navies. The people, the people, the people, if we are true to them, will carry us, and will carry themselves, gloriously through this struggle.