Spread-eagleismDerby and Jackson, 1859 - 177 ページ A collection of speeches and addresses delivered on various occasions during the years 1853 to 1858. Five of the speeches were delivered on July. |
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Ameri AMERICA ABROAD American Independence anniversary Atlantic Australia Baines & Co Boston British broad gauge Chairman Charles Mackay Cheers colony commenced Crimea dear dinner earnest electric eloquent English Englishmen Enoch Train enterprise Europe feel filibusters forest forget France friends gentlemen George F GEORGE FRANCIS TRAIN give happy Hear honor India iron James Baines July Kennard land laugh Laughter Little by little Liverpool living London look Loud applause Mackay Melbourne ment merchant miles millions mind mother native nature never Ocean Ohio Old England orator passed peace Pilgrim plause port port of Melbourne President proud race racter railway remarks rica road Saxon sentiment ship shore speak speech Spread-Eagleism steam tell Thank thousand tions toast Twas Union West western woman wonder words Young America
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172 ページ - The heights by great men reached and kept Were not attained by sudden flight, But they, while their companions slept. Were toiling upward in the night.
46 ページ - It sits besides the cradle patient hours, Whose sole contentment is to watch and love ; It bendeth o'er the death-bed, and conceals Its own despair with words of faith and hope. Life has nought else that may supply its place : Void is ambition, cold is vanity, And wealth an empty glitter, without love.
172 ページ - Stick to your aim ; the mongrel's hold will slip, But only crowbars loose the bulldog's grip ; Small...
176 ページ - Little by little," said a thoughtful boy, " Moment by moment, I'll well employ, Learning a little every day, And not spending all my time in play ; And still this rule in my mind shall dwell, ' Whatever I do, I will do it well.' Little by little, I'll learn to know The treasured wisdom of long ago ; And, one of these days, perhaps, we'll see That the world will be the better for me.
147 ページ - Vermont, 1791. Kentucky, 1792. Tennessee, 1796. Ohio, 1802. Louisiana, 1812. Indiana, 1816. Mississippi. 1817. Illinois, 1818. Alabama, 1819. Maine, 1820. Missouri, 1821. Arkansas, 1836. Michigan, 1837. Florida, 1845. Texas, 1845. Iowa, 1846. Wisconsin, 1848. California, 1850.
xxiii ページ - George the First was always reckoned Vile, but viler George the Second ; And what mortal ever heard Any good of George the Third ? When from earth the Fourth descended God be praised, the Georges ended ! WS Landor.
49 ページ - When sorrow rends the heart, when feverish pain Wrings the hot drops of anguish from the brow; To soothe the soul, to cool the burning brain...
48 ページ - Not she with traitorous kiss her Saviour stung, Not she denied him with unholy tongue ; She, while apostles shrank, could danger brave, Last at his cross, and earliest at his grave.
175 ページ - Up in the air sprung a tiny shoot. Day after day, and year after year, Little by little the leaves appear ; And the slender branches spread far and wide, Till the mighty oak is the forest's pride. Far down in the depths of the dark...
xxxiii ページ - ... from shore to shore. Startle not, my friends, at the lightning pace of the pilgrim's steed. He is sure to win the race — naught stops him in his destiny ; when danger lurks in his pathway, he turns high his head and snorts a proud defiance at the precipice that would have ruined him, and plunges on to victory. * * * Young America is only another edition of Old England, in a binding peculiar to the New World. Young John Bull in his shirt sleeves, working with an energy that commands success.