The Life of Charles Sumner: With Choice Specimens of His Eloquence, a Delineation of His Oratorical Character and His Great Speech on KansasDayton and Burdick, 1856 - 329 páginas |
Dentro del libro
Resultados 1-5 de 26
Página 5
... objects which we have had in view : 1st , The presentation of the leading events in his public life , in a chronological order ; 2d , The in- troduction of the choicest specimens of his elo- quence , especially those passages which best ...
... objects which we have had in view : 1st , The presentation of the leading events in his public life , in a chronological order ; 2d , The in- troduction of the choicest specimens of his elo- quence , especially those passages which best ...
Página 18
... objects them- selves are unaltered , the changed eye and the changed mind see them differently . The streets seem narrower and shorter , the distances less con siderable ; this play - ground before us , which I re member as most ...
... objects them- selves are unaltered , the changed eye and the changed mind see them differently . The streets seem narrower and shorter , the distances less con siderable ; this play - ground before us , which I re member as most ...
Página 22
... object , the unweari- ness of labor that is given , not in convulsive and preternatural throes , but by little and little as the strength of the mind may bear it , —the accumula- tion of many small efforts , instead of a few grand and ...
... object , the unweari- ness of labor that is given , not in convulsive and preternatural throes , but by little and little as the strength of the mind may bear it , —the accumula- tion of many small efforts , instead of a few grand and ...
Página 27
... objects of his profes- sion , not merely to practice , but to extend the boundaries in the science of law , -I am very anxious that he should possess the means of visit- ing the courts of Westminster Hall under favora- ble auspices ...
... objects of his profes- sion , not merely to practice , but to extend the boundaries in the science of law , -I am very anxious that he should possess the means of visit- ing the courts of Westminster Hall under favora- ble auspices ...
Página 41
... object was " to widen the basis of freedom - to infuse and circulate the spirit of lib- erty . " From the pure fountain of liberty em- anated the political principles of Fox , and it has been said , that he drew from this source the ...
... object was " to widen the basis of freedom - to infuse and circulate the spirit of lib- erty . " From the pure fountain of liberty em- anated the political principles of Fox , and it has been said , that he drew from this source the ...
Otras ediciones - Ver todas
Términos y frases comunes
abolitionism admission American American Peace Society Apology Applause arms assailant assault authority beautiful blood blow Boston Catiline cause character CHARLES SUMNER Christian citizens civilization Congress Constitution Convention Crime against Kansas debate declared demnation Don Quixote duty efforts election eloquence emigration eminent Faneuil Hall fathers fellow-citizens Fisher Ames floor Free Soil Freedom Fugitive Slave Bill Government Governor honor human indignant justice labor land legislative Legislature liberty Massachusetts ment Michigan Missouri Nebraska never North occasion opinion oration oratory outrage party passage patriotic Peace person Phi Beta Kappa political Popular Sovereignty present President principle proceedings Prohibition of Slavery remarks Republic secure Senate chamber senator from Illinois sentiments Slave Power slaveholders Society soil South Carolina speech spirit Territory Territory of Kansas tion true truth tyranny Union United Usurpation uttered vindicated voice votes Washington Whig whole words wrong