Specimens of American Eloquence: Consisting of Choice Selections from the Productions of the Most Distinguished American OratorsE. Hunt, 1837 - 383 páginas |
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... glorious recollec- tion , which thrills through his frame , and suffuses his eyes ? —Not , I imagine , that Grecian skill and Grecian valor were here most signally displayed ; but that Greece herself was here saved . It is , because to ...
... glorious recollec- tion , which thrills through his frame , and suffuses his eyes ? —Not , I imagine , that Grecian skill and Grecian valor were here most signally displayed ; but that Greece herself was here saved . It is , because to ...
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... glorious prospect on his belief , if , at that moment , before the sound of the first shock of actual war had reached his ears , some attendant spirit had opened to him the vision of the future ; if it had said to him , " The blow is ...
... glorious prospect on his belief , if , at that moment , before the sound of the first shock of actual war had reached his ears , some attendant spirit had opened to him the vision of the future ; if it had said to him , " The blow is ...
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... glorious legacy , they have undoubtedly transmitted to you some portion of their noble spirit , to in- spire you with virtue to merit her , and courage to preserve her . You surely cannot with such examples before your eyes , as every ...
... glorious legacy , they have undoubtedly transmitted to you some portion of their noble spirit , to in- spire you with virtue to merit her , and courage to preserve her . You surely cannot with such examples before your eyes , as every ...
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... glorious conflict . For , who can doubt the inter- position of the Supremely Just , in favor of a people , forced to recur to arms in defence of every thing dear and precious , against a nation deaf to our complaints , rejoicing in our ...
... glorious conflict . For , who can doubt the inter- position of the Supremely Just , in favor of a people , forced to recur to arms in defence of every thing dear and precious , against a nation deaf to our complaints , rejoicing in our ...
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... glorious prerogative of the empire of knowledge , that what it gains it never loses . On the contrary it increases by the multiple of its own power ; all its ends become means ; all its attainments , helps to new conquests . Its whole ...
... glorious prerogative of the empire of knowledge , that what it gains it never loses . On the contrary it increases by the multiple of its own power ; all its ends become means ; all its attainments , helps to new conquests . Its whole ...
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American arms army blessings blood bosom Britain British British parliament cause character chase liberty christian civil colonies common consider constitution control-is coun crimes danger death deep foundation defence despotism destroy duty earth effeminacy enemies England enjoy evil existence EXTRACT eyes faith fathers favor fear feel fellow-citizens forever freedom friends genius Georgia glorious glory Greece hands happy heart heaven honor hope human Indians influence institutions interest irreligion JOSEPH STORY justice king labor Lafayette land laws liberty live look LYMAN BEECHER means ment mighty mind moral nation native fastnesses nature never New-England object ocean oppression patriotism peace political possess present principles prosperity protection punishment religion religious republic republican ruin sabbath sentiments slavery society spirit stand suffer Switzerland thing tion TRISTAM BURGES truth uncon venerable virtue voice yond youth
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Página 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;...
Página 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.
Página 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...
Página 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.
Página 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.
Página 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?
Página 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...
Página 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.
Página 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.
Página 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.