The Life, Speeches, and Memorials of Daniel Webster: Containing His Most Celebrated Orations : a Selection from the Eulogies Delivered on the Occasion of His Death and His Life and TimesC. Drew, 1861 - 552 ページ |
この書籍内から
検索結果1-5 / 61
70 ページ
... speaking was rapid , declamatory , yet not devoid of brilliancy and force . He was deficient in that weight and impressiveness which alone belong to men of greater calibre ; though , while speaking , few men could ex- ceed him in the ...
... speaking was rapid , declamatory , yet not devoid of brilliancy and force . He was deficient in that weight and impressiveness which alone belong to men of greater calibre ; though , while speaking , few men could ex- ceed him in the ...
78 ページ
... speak it to her praise , that at the very moment when , in one quarter , we heard it so- lemnly proclaimed , that it did not become a religious and moral people to rejoice at the victories of our army or our navy , ' her Legislature ...
... speak it to her praise , that at the very moment when , in one quarter , we heard it so- lemnly proclaimed , that it did not become a religious and moral people to rejoice at the victories of our army or our navy , ' her Legislature ...
84 ページ
... speaking of Mr. Hayne , " He has started the lion ; but wait till we hear him roar and feel his claws . " Mr. Webster's friends were hopeful and confident of the issue ; and he himself exhibited that calm and serene manner which he ...
... speaking of Mr. Hayne , " He has started the lion ; but wait till we hear him roar and feel his claws . " Mr. Webster's friends were hopeful and confident of the issue ; and he himself exhibited that calm and serene manner which he ...
85 ページ
... order of business having been announced , he rose to speak . His appearance at that time was very remark- able . He was then in the prime and fulness of his ma- jestic manhood . A nobler specimen of a man , 8 OF DANIEL WEBSTER . 85.
... order of business having been announced , he rose to speak . His appearance at that time was very remark- able . He was then in the prime and fulness of his ma- jestic manhood . A nobler specimen of a man , 8 OF DANIEL WEBSTER . 85.
87 ページ
... speaking more than three hours , Mr. Webster concluded with one of his most famous and effective perorations . The majestic and musical tones of the orator seemed to vibrate in the ears of the audience even after he sat down ; and they ...
... speaking more than three hours , Mr. Webster concluded with one of his most famous and effective perorations . The majestic and musical tones of the orator seemed to vibrate in the ears of the audience even after he sat down ; and they ...
他の版 - すべて表示
多く使われている語句
admit Ali Pacha believe Brown Street Calhoun called cause character circumstances civilized Colman confession Congress conspiracy conspirators Constitution court Crownin Daniel Webster Dartmouth College death defendant doubt duty England evidence express fact Faneuil Hall favor feeling Frank Knapp friends gentleman George Crowninshield Goodridge Government Greece Greeks guilt Hartford Convention heard honorable member interest Joseph Knapp justice knew land Legislature liberty live Marshfield Massachusetts ment mind Morea murder nations nature never night North object occasion opinion orator Palmer party passed patriotism perpetrator person Phippen Knapp political present President principles prisoner prove purpose question racter regard resolution respect Richard Crowninshield Senate sentiments slave slavery South Carolina Southwick sovereigns speech supposed tariff tariff of 1816 territory testimony Texas thing thought tion true truth Union United votes Wenham Whigs whole Wilmot Proviso witness
人気のある引用
117 ページ - ... upon such evidence of criminality as, according to the laws of the place where the fugitive or person so charged shall be found, would justify his apprehension and commitment for trial, if the crime or offense had there been committed...
252 ページ - 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!
102 ページ - 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.
468 ページ - Lives of great men all remind us We can make our lives sublime, And, departing, leave behind us, Footprints on the sands of time; Footprints, that perhaps another, Sailing o'er life's solemn main, A forlorn and shipwrecked brother, Seeing, shall take heart again.
350 ページ - Ah! gentlemen, that was a dreadful mistake. Such a secret can be safe nowhere. The whole creation of God has neither nook nor corner where the guilty can bestow it, and say it is safe.
219 ページ - Mr. President, I shall enter on no encomium upon Massachusetts — she needs none. There she is — behold her, and judge for yourselves. There is her history: the world knows it by heart. The past, at least, is secure. There is Boston, and Concord, and Lexington, and Bunker Hill — and there they will remain forever.
219 ページ - And, sir, where American liberty raised its first voice, and where its youth was nurtured and sustained, there it still lives, in the strength of its manhood and full of its original spirit.
323 ページ - In forest, brake, or den, As beasts excel cold rocks and brambles rude ; Men, who their duties know, But know their rights, and knowing, dare maintain, Prevent the long-aimed blow. And crush the tyrant while they rend the chain : These constitute a state ; And sovereign law, that state's collected will, O'er thrones and globes elate Sits empress, crowning good, repressing ill...
484 ページ - Here lies our good Edmund, whose genius was such, We scarcely can praise it, or blame it too much ; Who, born for the Universe, narrow'd his mind, And to party gave up what was meant for mankind.
242 ページ - There are in the constitution grants of powers to congress, and restrictions on those powers. There are, also, prohibitions on the states. Some authority must, therefore, necessarily exist, having the ultimate jurisdiction to fix and ascertain the interpretation of these grants, restrictions, and prohibitions. The constitution has itself pointed out, ordained, and established that authority. How has it accomplished this great and essential end ? By declaring, sir, that " the constitution, and the...