The Quarterly review, Band 67Murray, 1841 |
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... 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 invincible by any force which our enemy can send against 8 American Orators ...
... 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 invincible by any force which our enemy can send against 8 American Orators ...
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... irritable nation in the world . To save the trouble of frequent * Washington . By M. Guizot . Translated by Henry Reeve , Esq . 1840 . repetition , repetition , we will next briefly explain the nature of 20 American Orators and Statesmen .
... irritable nation in the world . To save the trouble of frequent * Washington . By M. Guizot . Translated by Henry Reeve , Esq . 1840 . repetition , repetition , we will next briefly explain the nature of 20 American Orators and Statesmen .
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... nature and the destiny of man , all lay at stake between the parties into which the American community was divided , and were all concealed under their designations . ' When the constitution was discussed , the parties were so equally ...
... nature and the destiny of man , all lay at stake between the parties into which the American community was divided , and were all concealed under their designations . ' When the constitution was discussed , the parties were so equally ...
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... nature are most in fashion . The suffrages of an enlightened public have been demanded for General Harrison ( the Whig , i.e. Conserva- tive , candidate for the Presidency ) on the ground of his dwelling in a log - house and drinking ...
... nature are most in fashion . The suffrages of an enlightened public have been demanded for General Harrison ( the Whig , i.e. Conserva- tive , candidate for the Presidency ) on the ground of his dwelling in a log - house and drinking ...
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... nature . Peace , tranquillity , and innocence shed their mingled delights around him . And to crown the enchantment of the scene , a wife , who is said to be lovely even be- yond her sex , and graced with every accomplishment that can ...
... nature . Peace , tranquillity , and innocence shed their mingled delights around him . And to crown the enchantment of the scene , a wife , who is said to be lovely even be- yond her sex , and graced with every accomplishment that can ...
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Seite 8 - 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 ? Will it be when we are totally disarmed, and when a British guard shall be stationed in every house...
Seite 27 - Westward the course of empire takes its way; The four first acts already past, A fifth shall close the drama with the day : Time's noblest offspring is the last.
Seite 42 - ... him where to strike. The fatal blow is given! and the victim passes, without a struggle or a motion, from the repose of sleep to the repose of death...
Seite 8 - Treason!" cried the speaker —"Treason, treason," echoed from every part of the house.
Seite 9 - There is no retreat, but in submission and slavery. Our chains are forged. Their clanking may be heard on the plains of Boston. The war is inevitable, and let it come ! I repeat it, sir, let it come ! It is in vain, sir, to extenuate the matter. Gentlemen may cry peace, peace ! but there is no peace.
Seite 20 - If you speak of eloquence, Mr. Rutledge, of South Carolina, is by far the greatest orator ; but if you speak of solid information and sound judgment, Colonel Washington is unquestionably the greatest man on that floor.
Seite 522 - ... from the northwest angle of Nova Scotia, viz., that angle which is formed by a line drawn due north from the source of 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, to the northwesternmost head of Connecticut River...
Seite 46 - Massachusetts, instead of South Carolina? Sir, does he suppose it in his power to exhibit a Carolina name so bright as to produce envy in my bosom?
Seite 16 - Sink or swim, live or die, survive or perish, I give my hand and my heart to this vote.
Seite 17 - Sir, I know the uncertainty of human affairs, but I see, I see clearly, through this day's business. You and I, indeed, may rue it. We may not live to the time when this Declaration shall be made good. We may die ; die colonists ; die slaves; die, it may be, ignominiously and on the scaffold.