Life of Daniel Webster, Volumen1D. Appleton, 1872 |
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... means of doing justice to him and to his relation to his times . In this department of letters , it is possible that something is gained by the absence of any personal connection between the biographer and his subject ; but it is also ...
... means of doing justice to him and to his relation to his times . In this department of letters , it is possible that something is gained by the absence of any personal connection between the biographer and his subject ; but it is also ...
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... means of accomplishing this work of love . 66 He came , it may readily be supposed , not suddenly or hastily to this resolution . To the age of fourteen , Daniel - who 1 Writing to his son Fletcher , in 1840 , respecting the name to be ...
... means of accomplishing this work of love . 66 He came , it may readily be supposed , not suddenly or hastily to this resolution . To the age of fourteen , Daniel - who 1 Writing to his son Fletcher , in 1840 , respecting the name to be ...
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... means were within his reach , generally speaking , but the small town - schools . These were kept by teachers , sufficiently indifferent , in the several neighborhoods of the township , each a small part of the year . To these I was ...
... means were within his reach , generally speaking , but the small town - schools . These were kept by teachers , sufficiently indifferent , in the several neighborhoods of the township , each a small part of the year . To these I was ...
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... mean time , Colonel Webster obtained from his con- stituents permission to vote according to his own judgment . When the vote was about to be taken , he rose , and said : " Mr. President , I have listened to the arguments for and ...
... mean time , Colonel Webster obtained from his con- stituents permission to vote according to his own judgment . When the vote was about to be taken , he rose , and said : " Mr. President , I have listened to the arguments for and ...
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... means which he took , if he ever took any , to overcome it . The image of De- mosthenes , breaking up the impediments in his speech , occurs at once to the mind . But there is probably no parallel between the two cases . Mr. Webster's ...
... means which he took , if he ever took any , to overcome it . The image of De- mosthenes , breaking up the impediments in his speech , occurs at once to the mind . But there is probably no parallel between the two cases . Mr. Webster's ...
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Página 609 - Thro' scudding drifts the rainy Hyades Vext the dim sea: I am become a name; For always roaming with a hungry heart Much have I seen and known ; cities of men And manners, climates, councils, governments, Myself not least, but...
Página 168 - Sir, you may destroy this little institution ; — it is weak ; it is in your hands ! I know it is one of the lesser lights in the literary horizon of our country. You may put it out. But if you do so, you must carry through your work ! You must extinguish, one after another, all those great lights of science which, for more than a century, have thrown their radiance over our land!
Página 474 - He never stooped to the arena of partisan discussions, but in the consideration of important subjects, especially that of the removal of the public deposits from the Bank of the United States, he proved himself to be a statesman of high rank, and a most accomplished debater.
Página 336 - To-day we have had the inauguration. A monstrous crowd of people is in the city. I never saw any thing like it before. Persons have come five hundred miles to see General Jackson, and they really seem to think that the country is rescued from some dreadful danger.
Página 377 - I may be in some degree useful in investigating and discovering the truth respecting this most extraordinary murder. It has seemed to be a duty incumbent on me, as on every other citizen, to do my best and my utmost to bring to light the perpetrators of this crime.
Página 583 - I feel much alarmed at the prospect of seeing General Jackson President. He is one of the most unfit men I know of for such a place. He has had very little respect for laws or constitutions, and is, in fact, an able military chief. His passions are terrible.
Página 554 - ... of the country; it has taken strong hold on the consciences of men. He is a rash man, indeed, and little conversant with human nature, — and especially has he a very erroneous estimate of the character of the people of this country, — who supposes that a feeling of this kind is to be trifled with or despised. It will assuredly cause itself to be respected. It may be reasoned with; it may be made willing — I believe it is entirely willing — to...
Página 129 - It is the true policy of Government to suffer the different pursuits of society to take their own course, and not to give excessive bounties or encouragements to one over another. This, also, is the true spirit of the Constitution. It has not, in my opinion, conferred on the Government the power of changing the occupations of the people of different States and sections, and of forcing them into other employments.
Página 96 - France and their dependencies, and for other purposes," that '!in case either France or Great Britain shall so revoke or modify her edicts as that they shall cease to violate the neutral commerce of the United States...
Página 168 - This, sir, is my case. It is the case, not merely of that humble institution, it is the case of every college in our land.