The Patriotic Speaker: Consisting of Specimens of Modern Eloquence, Together with Poetical Extracts Adapted for Recitation, and Dramatic Pieces for ExhibitionsA.S Barnes & Burr, 1864 - 524 páginas |
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... wrong in the territories . It would be a war in which we should have no sympathy , no good wishes , and in which all mankind would be against us , and in which our own history , itself , would be against us ; for , from the commencement ...
... wrong in the territories . It would be a war in which we should have no sympathy , no good wishes , and in which all mankind would be against us , and in which our own history , itself , would be against us ; for , from the commencement ...
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... wrong , they make the odious act yet more odious . Clemency , grace and justice die in its presence . All this is observed by the world . Not a case occurs which does not harrow the souls of good men , and bring tears of sympathy to the ...
... wrong , they make the odious act yet more odious . Clemency , grace and justice die in its presence . All this is observed by the world . Not a case occurs which does not harrow the souls of good men , and bring tears of sympathy to the ...
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... wrong I will not do . " I cannot obey , but I can suffer , " was the exclamation of the author of Pilgrim's Progress , when imprisoned for disobedience to an earthly statute . Better suffer injustice than do it . Better be the victim ...
... wrong I will not do . " I cannot obey , but I can suffer , " was the exclamation of the author of Pilgrim's Progress , when imprisoned for disobedience to an earthly statute . Better suffer injustice than do it . Better be the victim ...
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... wrong , in order to make a pathway for truth . You discredit Luther , when alone he nailed his articles to the door of the church at Wittenberg , and then , to the imperial demand that he should retract , firmly replied , " Here I stand ...
... wrong , in order to make a pathway for truth . You discredit Luther , when alone he nailed his articles to the door of the church at Wittenberg , and then , to the imperial demand that he should retract , firmly replied , " Here I stand ...
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... wrong which in itself is a denial of all rights ; not merely , as has been sometimes said , to protect slavery in Missouri , since it is futile for this State to complain of freedom on the side of Kansas , when freedom exists without ...
... wrong which in itself is a denial of all rights ; not merely , as has been sometimes said , to protect slavery in Missouri , since it is futile for this State to complain of freedom on the side of Kansas , when freedom exists without ...
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Términos y frases comunes
American arms army battle behold Biffin blessings blood bosom brave Brutus Cæsar Capt cause citizen civil Constitution Damon dare dead death Dingbatter Dion Dodd door Dred Scott duty earth fathers fear feel flag forever freedom friends give glorious glory Government Grif hand heard heart heaven honor hope human Joseph Holt king king of Dahomey labor land liberty live look Lord Lord Lovell ment mighty Mondamin nation never niggers noble North o'er Owen Lovejoy party patriotism peace political principles Procles Pyth Pythias rebellion Republic Reverdy Johnson Rome secession Senator shout slave slavery soldier soul South South Carolina Southern speak spirit stand stars stood sword tears tell Territories thee things Thomas A. R. Nelson Thor thou thousand tion traitors treason Union United voice Walter wave wrong
Pasajes populares
Página 248 - Your infants in your arms, and there have sat The live-long day, with patient expectation, To see great Pompey pass the streets of Rome...
Página 336 - UP from the meadows rich with corn, Clear in the cool September morn, The clustered spires of Frederick stand Green-walled by the hills of Maryland.
Página 422 - Brown rats, black rats, gray rats, tawny rats, Grave old plodders, gay young friskers, Fathers, mothers, uncles, cousins, Cocking tails and pricking whiskers, Families by tens and dozens, Brothers, sisters, husbands, wives — Followed the Piper for their lives.
Página 338 - She leaned far out on the window-sill, And shook it forth with a royal will. "Shoot, if you must, this old gray head, But spare your country's flag,
Página 259 - All the world's a stage, And all the men and women merely players. They have their exits and their entrances, And one man in his time plays many parts, His acts being seven ages. At first the infant, Mewling and puking in the nurse's arms.
Página 205 - Twas thine own genius gave the final blow, And helped to plant the wound that laid thee low. So the struck eagle, stretched upon the plain, No more through rolling clouds to soar again, Viewed his own feather on the fatal dart, And wing'd the shaft that quivered in his heart.
Página 338 - But spare your country's flag," she said. A shade of sadness, a blush of shame Over the face of the leader came; The nobler nature within him stirred To life at that woman's deed and word: "Who touches a hair of yon gray head Dies like a dog! March on!
Página 415 - Thou, too, sail on. O Ship of State ! Sail on, O UNION, strong and great ! Humanity, with all its fears, With all the hopes of future years, Is hanging breathless on thy fate...
Página 84 - Wrong as we think slavery is, we can yet afford to let it alone where it is, because that much is due to the necessity arising from its actual presence in the nation; but can we, while our votes will prevent it, allow it to spread into the national territories and to overrun us here in these free states? If our sense of duty forbids this, then let us stand by our duty fearlessly and effectively.
Página 255 - Thou too, hoar Mount! with thy sky-pointing peaks, Oft from whose feet the avalanche, unheard, Shoots downward, glittering through the pure serene Into the depth of clouds, that veil thy breast Thou too again, stupendous Mountain! thou That as I raise my head, awhile bowed low In adoration, upward from thy base Slow travelling with dim eyes suffused with tears, Solemnly seemest, like a vapoury cloud, To rise before me - Rise, O ever rise, Rise like a cloud of incense, from the Earth!