Life of Daniel WebsterPorter and Coates, 1854 - 498 páginas |
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... matters with a giant's grasp , and prove to himself , and to his friends , the depth and breadth of his own intellectual might . During the nine months of his stay at Exeter , he accom plished as much for himself , according to every ...
... matters with a giant's grasp , and prove to himself , and to his friends , the depth and breadth of his own intellectual might . During the nine months of his stay at Exeter , he accom plished as much for himself , according to every ...
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... matter , whatever it may be , which , his heart and soul tell him , and every fibre of his being constantly assures him , is the thing for which he was made , which is to form the glory of his life , the burden of his fame , and the man ...
... matter , whatever it may be , which , his heart and soul tell him , and every fibre of his being constantly assures him , is the thing for which he was made , which is to form the glory of his life , the burden of his fame , and the man ...
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... matter of a college education to Daniel , until he had made due preparation for the announcement . He wrote to Dr Abbott . Dr. Abbott replied to Dr. Wood . Dr. Wood , with the letter of Dr. Abbott , and with his own warm heart and judi ...
... matter of a college education to Daniel , until he had made due preparation for the announcement . He wrote to Dr Abbott . Dr. Abbott replied to Dr. Wood . Dr. Wood , with the letter of Dr. Abbott , and with his own warm heart and judi ...
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... matters concurrent to the case in hand , which he narrated with as much eloquence , probably , simple and direct , as any of them had ever heard . His case was easily decided . If he was not the best scholar , which could hardly be ...
... matters concurrent to the case in hand , which he narrated with as much eloquence , probably , simple and direct , as any of them had ever heard . His case was easily decided . If he was not the best scholar , which could hardly be ...
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... matter pertaining to their political character and public services . A man's oratory , in fact , is an expression , and the best possible expression , of his character ; it is the man himself making a revelation of his own inward being ...
... matter pertaining to their political character and public services . A man's oratory , in fact , is an expression , and the best possible expression , of his character ; it is the man himself making a revelation of his own inward being ...
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Palavras e frases frequentes
administration American argument bank bill Boston Britain Calhoun character citizens Clay commerce congress congress of Panama constitution course court Crowninshield currency Daniel Webster Dartmouth College declaration demanded doctrine duty effort eloquence England entirely equal existence fact father favor feeling France friends Fryeburg gentleman George Crowninshield give given Hampshire hand Hayne honor interest Jackson Jeremiah Mason judges judgment Knapp labor lawyer looked Lord Ashburton manner Marshfield Massachusetts measure ment mind minister murder nation never occasion once opinion opposed opposition orator party passed patriotic peace persons political Portsmouth president principles question reason regard remarkable republic resolution respect right of search says senate slavery southern speaker speech statesman ster tariff tariff of 1828 things thought tion treaty treaty of Washington Union United vote Washington whig whole young
Passagens conhecidas
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!
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 278 - Liberty first and Union afterward"; 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...
Página 336 - Croix River to the Highlands, along the said Highlands which divide those Rivers that empty themselves into the River St. Lawrence from those which fall into the Atlantic Ocean, to the North-westernmost head of Connecticut River...
Página 336 - East by a line to be drawn along the middle of the river St. Croix, from its mouth in the bay of Fundy to its source, and from its source directly north to the aforesaid highlands which divide the rivers that fall into the Atlantic ocean from those which fall into the river St. Lawrence...
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 306 - On this question of principle, while actual suffering was yet afar offj 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 233 - An act in addition to an act more effectually to provide for the punishment of certain crimes against the United States, and for other purposes...
Página 336 - St. Croix River to the highlands; along the said highlands which divide those rivers that empty themselves into the river St. Lawrence, from those which fall into the Atlantic Ocean...
Página 26 - ... revolutionary war, shrunk from no danger, no toil, no sacrifice, to serve his country, and to raise his children to a condition better than his own, may my name and the name of my posterity be blotted forever from the memory of mankind ! [Mr.
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The American Past: A History of the United States from Concord to Hiroshima ... Roger Butterfield Pré-visualização indisponível - 1947 |