Orations and Speeches [1845-1850], Volumen1Ticknor, Reed, and Fields, 1850 |
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... triumph to a fall is often but a step . ' The same sentiment is uttered by the military historian of the Peninsular campaigns , when he says : " Fortune always asserts her supremacy in War , and often from a slight mistake , such ...
... triumph to a fall is often but a step . ' The same sentiment is uttered by the military historian of the Peninsular campaigns , when he says : " Fortune always asserts her supremacy in War , and often from a slight mistake , such ...
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... triumph of battle . The expenses of the administration of justice , through- out the United States , under the Federal Government , in 1842 , embracing the salaries of the judges , the cost of juries , court - houses and all officers ...
... triumph of battle . The expenses of the administration of justice , through- out the United States , under the Federal Government , in 1842 , embracing the salaries of the judges , the cost of juries , court - houses and all officers ...
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... triumph of thy pen ! But there are humble suppliants for Justice , in other places than the camp ; there are hands outstretched , else where than on fields of blood , for so little as a cup of cold water ; the world constantly affords ...
... triumph of thy pen ! But there are humble suppliants for Justice , in other places than the camp ; there are hands outstretched , else where than on fields of blood , for so little as a cup of cold water ; the world constantly affords ...
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... triumph to triumph . He was elevated to a seat on the bench of the Su- preme Court of the United States , by the side of Marshall , at the early age of thirty - two . At the same early age , Buller - reputed the ablest judge of West ...
... triumph to triumph . He was elevated to a seat on the bench of the Su- preme Court of the United States , by the side of Marshall , at the early age of thirty - two . At the same early age , Buller - reputed the ablest judge of West ...
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... triumph of Parrhasius , who deceived his rival by a painted curtain , cannot compare with those pic- tures which seem articulate with all the various voices of humanity . The highest form of art is that which represents man in the ...
... triumph of Parrhasius , who deceived his rival by a painted curtain , cannot compare with those pic- tures which seem articulate with all the various voices of humanity . The highest form of art is that which represents man in the ...
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Página 370 - Jesus; to do unto others as we would have them do unto us ; and to be merciful, just, and pure (Science and Health, p.
Página 178 - Goodness I call the habit, and goodness of nature the inclination. This of all virtues and dignities of the mind is the greatest, being the character of the Deity ; and, without it, man is a busy, mischievous, wretched thing, no better than a kind of vermin.
Página 83 - Were half the power that fills the world with terror, Were half the wealth bestowed on camps and courts, Given to redeem the human mind from error, There were no need of arsenals or forts: The warrior's name would be a name abhorred!
Página 111 - Ten of them were sheathed in steel. With belted sword and spur on heel: They quitted not their harness bright, Neither by day nor yet by night: They lay down to rest, With corslet laced, Pillowed on buckler cold and hard ; They carved at the meal With gloves of steel, And they drank the red wine through the helmet barred.
Página 217 - To the very moment that he bade me tell it; Wherein I spake of most disastrous chances, Of moving accidents by flood and field, Of hair-breadth 'scapes i...
Página 298 - Whereto thus Adam fatherly displeased. "O execrable son so to aspire Above his brethren, to himself assuming Authority usurped, from God not given; He gave us only over beast, fish, fowl Dominion absolute; that right we hold By his donation; but man over men He made not lord; such title to himself Reserving, human left from human free.
Página 324 - Fame is the spur that the clear spirit doth raise (That last infirmity of noble mind) To scorn delights, and live laborious days : But the fair guerdon when we hope to find, And think to burst out into sudden blaze, Comes the blind Fury with the abhorred shears And slits the thin-spun life. But not the praise...
Página 20 - In peace there's nothing so becomes a man As modest stillness and humility : But when the blast of war blows in our ears, Then imitate the action of the tiger...
Página 45 - Of law there can be no less acknowledged, than that her seat is the bosom of God, her voice the harmony of the world ; all things in heaven and earth do her homage, the very least as feeling her care, and the greatest as not exempted from her power...
Página 116 - This little State," says Oldmixon, " subsisted in the midst of six Indian nations, without so much as a Militia for its defence.