Webster and His Master-pieces, Volumen2Miller, Orton & Mulligan, 1854 Vol. 1 comprises a biography of Daniel Webster; v. 2 consists of speeches and writings by Webster. |
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... vote , in the election of a member of parliament . Three of the judges of the king's bench held , that the action could not be maintained , because , among other objections , " it was not any matter of profit , either in presenti , or ...
... vote , in the election of a member of parliament . Three of the judges of the king's bench held , that the action could not be maintained , because , among other objections , " it was not any matter of profit , either in presenti , or ...
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... vote was soon followed by the direct propo- sition which Richard Henry Lee had the honor to submit to Congress , by resolution , on the 7th day of June . The published journal does not expressly state it , but there is no doubt , I sup ...
... vote was soon followed by the direct propo- sition which Richard Henry Lee had the honor to submit to Congress , by resolution , on the 7th day of June . The published journal does not expressly state it , but there is no doubt , I sup ...
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... voted that a committee be appointed to prepare a Declaration to the effect of the resolution . This committee was ... votes . The difference is said to have been but of a single vote . Mr. Jefferson and Mr. Adams , standing thus at ...
... voted that a committee be appointed to prepare a Declaration to the effect of the resolution . This committee was ... votes . The difference is said to have been but of a single vote . Mr. Jefferson and Mr. Adams , standing thus at ...
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... and earnestness . " Sink or swim , live or die , survive or perish , I give my hand and my heart to this vote . It is true , indeed , that in the be gining we aimed not at independence . But there's a 206 WEBSTER AND HIS MASTER - PIECES .
... and earnestness . " Sink or swim , live or die , survive or perish , I give my hand and my heart to this vote . It is true , indeed , that in the be gining we aimed not at independence . But there's a 206 WEBSTER AND HIS MASTER - PIECES .
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... vote , and of writing his own name first , and most conspicuously , on that parchment which spoke defiance to the power of the crown of England . There , too , is the name of that other proscribed patriot , Samuel Adams , a man who ...
... vote , and of writing his own name first , and most conspicuously , on that parchment which spoke defiance to the power of the crown of England . There , too , is the name of that other proscribed patriot , Samuel Adams , a man who ...
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Página 408 - Liberty first and Union afterwards ; but everywhere, spread all over in characters of living light, blazing on all its ample folds, as they float over the sea and over the land, and in every wind under the whole heavens, that other sentiment, dear to every true American heart, Liberty and Union, Now and Forever, One and Inseparable.
Página 256 - Against the insidious wiles of foreign influence (I conjure you to believe me, fellow-citizens) the jealousy of a free people ought to be constantly awake, since history and experience prove that foreign influence is one of the most baneful foes of republican government.
Página 256 - Why forego the advantages of so peculiar a situation? Why quit our own to stand upon foreign ground ? Why, by interweaving our destiny with that of any part of Europe, entangle our peace and prosperity in the toils of European ambition, rivalship, interest, humor or caprice?
Página 479 - It has a preamble, and that preamble expressly recites, that the duties which it imposes are laid " for the support of government, for the discharge of the debts of the United States, and the encouragement and protection of manufactures.
Página 202 - Resolved, That the Declaration, passed on the fourth, be fairly engrossed on parchment, with the title and style of ' THE UNANIMOUS DECLARATION OF THE THIRTEEN UNITED STATES OF AMERICA ' ; and that the same, when engrossed be signed by every member of Congress.
Página 424 - Canada acceding to this Confederation, and joining in the measures of the United States, shall be admitted into, and entitled to all the advantages of this Union: but no other colony shall be admitted into the same, unless such admission be agreed to by nine states.
Página 249 - The voluntary outpouring of the public feeling, made to-day, from the North to the South, and from the East to the West, proves this sentiment to be both just and natural.
Página 204 - The clear conception, outrunning the deductions of logic, the high purpose, the firm resolve, the dauntless spirit, speaking on the tongue, beaming from the eye, informing every feature, and urging the whole man onward, right onward to his object — this, this is eloquence; or rather it is something greater and higher than all eloquence, it is action, noble, sublime, godlike action/ In July 1776, the controversy had passed the stage of argument.
Página 160 - We wish that this structure may proclaim the magnitude and importance of that event to every class and every age. We wish that infancy may learn the purpose of its erection from maternal lips, and that weary and withered age may behold it, and be solaced by the recollections which it suggests.
Página 408 - I have not allowed myself, sir, to look beyond the Union, to see what might lie hidden in the dark recess behind. I have not coolly weighed the chances of preserving liberty when the bonds that unite us together shall be broken asunder. I have not accustomed myself to hang over...