Life of Daniel WebsterPorter and Coates, 1854 - 498 páginas |
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... ment . I thank you again , my good old schoolmaster , for your kind letter , which has awakened many sleeping recollections ; and , with all good wishes , I remain your friend and pupil , " DANIEL WEBSTER . " VALUE OF LEARNING . 35 ...
... ment . I thank you again , my good old schoolmaster , for your kind letter , which has awakened many sleeping recollections ; and , with all good wishes , I remain your friend and pupil , " DANIEL WEBSTER . " VALUE OF LEARNING . 35 ...
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... of his time to general reading and to composition . His class - mates spent their hours principally in preparing their les- sons , making but few excursions into the world of knowledge ment . outside of their class - room authors .
... of his time to general reading and to composition . His class - mates spent their hours principally in preparing their les- sons , making but few excursions into the world of knowledge ment . outside of their class - room authors .
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Benjamin Franklin Tefft. ment . outside of their class - room authors . He , on the other hand , after making a thorough preparation for his recitations , found time to read extensively in history , in poetry , and in criticism ...
Benjamin Franklin Tefft. ment . outside of their class - room authors . He , on the other hand , after making a thorough preparation for his recitations , found time to read extensively in history , in poetry , and in criticism ...
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... ment of their religious sentiments denied them , in the land that gave them birth , they fled their country , they braved the dan- gers of the then almost unnavigated ocean , and sought on the other side of the globe , an asylum from ...
... ment of their religious sentiments denied them , in the land that gave them birth , they fled their country , they braved the dan- gers of the then almost unnavigated ocean , and sought on the other side of the globe , an asylum from ...
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... ment is natural in itself and well managed ; that the allusions to history , as well as those made to passing events , indicate a wide - reaching mind ; that that mind , indeed , was not customa- rily occupied with the trivial concerns ...
... ment is natural in itself and well managed ; that the allusions to history , as well as those made to passing events , indicate a wide - reaching mind ; that that mind , indeed , was not customa- rily occupied with the trivial concerns ...
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Página 278 - 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 ! Let their last, feeble, and lingering glance rather behold the gorgeous ensign of the republic, now known and honored throughout the earth, still full high advanced, its arms and trophies streaming in their...
Página 274 - When the mariner has been tossed for many days in thick weather, and on an unknown sea, he naturally avails himself of the first pause in the storm, the earliest glance of the sun, to take his latitude, and ascertain how far the elements have driven him from his true course.
Página 57 - 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.
Página 306 - On this question of principle, while actual suffering was yet afar off, they raised their flag against a power, to which, for purposes of foreign conquest and subjugation, Rome, in the height of her glory, is not to be compared ; a power which has dotted over the surface of the whole globe with her possessions and military posts, whose morning drum-beat, following the sun, and keeping company with the hours, circles the earth with one continuous and unbroken strain of the martial airs of England.
Página 350 - It is agreed that the United States and her Britannic Majesty shall, upon mutual requisitions by them, or their ministers, officers, or authorities, respectively made, deliver up to justice all persons who, being charged with the crime of murder...
Página 56 - True eloquence, indeed, does not consist in speech. It cannot be brought from far. Labor and learning may toil for it, but they will toil in vain. Words and phrases may be marshalled in every way, but they cannot compass it. It must exist in the man, in the subject, and in the occasion.
Página 225 - There is an enemy that still exists to check the glory of these triumphs. It follows the conqueror back to the very scene of his ovations ; it calls upon him to take notice that Europe, though silent, is yet indignant ; it shows him that the sceptre of his victory is a barren sceptre ; that it shall confer neither joy nor honor, but shall moulder to dry ashes in his grasp. In the midst of his exultation, it pierces his ear with the cry of injured justice ; it denounces against him the indignation...
Página 189 - ... shall our State Legislatures be allowed to take that which is not their own, to turn it from its original use, and apply it to such ends or purposes as they, in their discretion, shall see fit...
Página 348 - The parties mutually stipulate that each shall prepare, equip, and maintain in service on the coast of Africa a sufficient and adequate squadron or naval force of vessels of suitable numbers and descriptions, to carry in all not less than eighty guns, to enforce separately and respectively, the laws, rights, and obligations of each of the two countries for the suppression of the slave-trade...
Página 339 - Of pending questions the most important is that which exists with the Government of Great Britain in respect to our northeastern boundary. It is with unfeigned regret that the people of the United States must look back upon the abortive efforts made by the Executive, for a period of more than half a century, to determine what no nation should suffer long to remain in dispute — the true line which divides its possessions from those of other powers.
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