The Primary Standard SpeakerC. Desilver, 1857 - 160 páginas |
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... lord of the clime , I was king of the time ; And the sun and the shower , The leaf and the flower , All came to my bidding in Cloudland . I was monarch supreme in my Cloudland , I was master of fate in that proud land ; I would not ...
... lord of the clime , I was king of the time ; And the sun and the shower , The leaf and the flower , All came to my bidding in Cloudland . I was monarch supreme in my Cloudland , I was master of fate in that proud land ; I would not ...
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... its own course to guide , The winds soon plunged it in the tide : Ah , foolish kite ! thou hadst no wing ; How couldst thou fly without a string ? NEWTON . AMERICA UNCONQUERABLE , MY LORDS , you can not , THE PRIMARY STANDARD SPEAKER . 35.
... its own course to guide , The winds soon plunged it in the tide : Ah , foolish kite ! thou hadst no wing ; How couldst thou fly without a string ? NEWTON . AMERICA UNCONQUERABLE , MY LORDS , you can not , THE PRIMARY STANDARD SPEAKER . 35.
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... lords , you can not conquer America . What is your present situ- ation there ? We do not know the worst ; but we know that in three campaigns we have done nothing , and suffered much . As to conquest , therefore , my lords , I repeat ...
... lords , you can not conquer America . What is your present situ- ation there ? We do not know the worst ; but we know that in three campaigns we have done nothing , and suffered much . As to conquest , therefore , my lords , I repeat ...
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... lords the language of the noble duke is as applicable and as insulting as it is to myself . But I do not fear to meet it single and alone . No one venerates the peerage more than I do ; but , my lords , I must say that the peerage ...
... lords the language of the noble duke is as applicable and as insulting as it is to myself . But I do not fear to meet it single and alone . No one venerates the peerage more than I do ; but , my lords , I must say that the peerage ...
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... LORDS , who is the man that , in addition to the dis- graces and mischiefs of our armies , has dared to associate with our arms the tomahawk and scalping - knife of the sav- age ? to call into civilized alliance the wild and inhuman ...
... LORDS , who is the man that , in addition to the dis- graces and mischiefs of our armies , has dared to associate with our arms the tomahawk and scalping - knife of the sav- age ? to call into civilized alliance the wild and inhuman ...
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ANDROMACHE arms bastinado battle beautiful Beggar beneath bird blessing blood Bobolink brave breath bright brother Bunker Hill Cæsar CASABIANCA child Cloudland creature cried dare dark dear death EARL OF CHATHAM earth eyes father fear feel fire flowers friends give green ground Guadalquivir hand hast hath hear heard heart heaven hill Hofer HOHENLINDEN honor hope I-Have idle John John Tomkins kittens kuff Liberty life-boat live look lords Mantua MARY HOWITT morning mountain-boy ne'er Nero nest never night O-Had-I o'er peace perish play pleasant poor privy councilor proud land remember River robber Rubicon sing SIR WALTER SCOTT smile snow soldiers song soon soul sound of short speak spirit Stew stole sweet tell thee There's thine thing thou Thracian to-morrow tree voice wave wind wings word youth
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Página 22 - On Linden, when the sun was low, All bloodless lay the untrodden snow ; And dark as winter was the flow Of Iser, rolling rapidly. But Linden saw another sight, When the drum beat at dead of night, Commanding fires of death to light The darkness of her scenery.
Página 66 - 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 130 - Ye mountains of Gilboa, let there be no dew, ' Neither let there be rain, upon you, nor fields of offerings : ' For there the shield of the mighty is vilely cast away, ' The shield of Saul, as though he had not been anointed with oil.
Página 79 - Romans, countrymen, and lovers! hear me for my cause ; and be silent that you may hear : believe me for mine honour; and have respect to mine honour, that you may believe: censure me in your wisdom; and awake your senses that you may the better judge. If there be any in this assembly, any dear friend of Caesar's, to him I say, that Brutus' love to Caesar was no less than his.
Página 19 - I REMEMBER, I REMEMBER. I REMEMBER, I remember The house where I was born, The little window where the sun Came peeping in at morn ; He never came a wink too soon, Nor brought too long a day ; But now I often wish the night Had borne my breath away ! T remember.
Página 69 - There runs not a drop of my blood in the veins of any living creature. This called on me for revenge. I have sought it: I have killed many: I have fully glutted my vengeance: for my country I rejoice at the beams of peace.
Página 67 - Soon as the evening shades prevail, The moon takes up the wondrous tale, And nightly to the listening earth Repeats the story of her birth...
Página 100 - Sir, before God^ I believe the hour is come. My judgment approves this measure, and my whole heart is in it. All that I have, and all that I am, and all that I hope, in this life, I am now ready here to stake upon it ; and I leave off, as I begun, that live or die, survive or perish, I am for the Declaration. It is my living sentiment, and by the blessing of God it shall be my dying sentiment ; Independence, now ; and INDEPENDENCE FOREVER.
Página 20 - I remember, I remember, Where I was used to swing; And thought the air must rush as fresh To swallows on the wing: My spirit flew in feathers then, That is so heavy now, And summer pools could hardly cool The fever on my brow!
Página 60 - Wha will be a traitor knave? Wha can fill a coward's grave? Wha sae base as be a slave? Let him turn and flee! Wha for Scotland's king and law Freedom's sword will strongly draw, Freeman stand or freeman fa', Let him follow me!