The Nation and the Constitution: An Oration Delivered Before the City Authorities and Citizens of Providence, July 4, 1866Providence Press Company, 1866 - 23 páginas |
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... that day , and to cause the same to be published in such manner as they may deem expedient , fo the use of the City Council . A true copy : Witness , SAMUEL W. BROWN , CITY CLERK . ORATION . HO among us , fellow - citizens ,
... that day , and to cause the same to be published in such manner as they may deem expedient , fo the use of the City Council . A true copy : Witness , SAMUEL W. BROWN , CITY CLERK . ORATION . HO among us , fellow - citizens ,
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... country of William Tell and Zwingli , — of Calvin , Berthelier and a host of kindred worthies ; and also in this famous city of Geneva , whose streets have flowed with the precious blood - of many Martyrs to the same Holy cause of 6.
... country of William Tell and Zwingli , — of Calvin , Berthelier and a host of kindred worthies ; and also in this famous city of Geneva , whose streets have flowed with the precious blood - of many Martyrs to the same Holy cause of 6.
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... cause of civil and reli- gious liberty for which our patriot fathers so freely bled and died . Thus surrounded and inspired by kindred associations , sympathising strangers and congenial spirits , let us , with becoming thankgivings and ...
... cause of civil and reli- gious liberty for which our patriot fathers so freely bled and died . Thus surrounded and inspired by kindred associations , sympathising strangers and congenial spirits , let us , with becoming thankgivings and ...
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... cause ; he raised up heroes , he crowned martyrs , and according to his usual mode of action , the accomplishing of great designs by small means , He made use of this little republic , to be one of the chief instruments of His marvel ...
... cause ; he raised up heroes , he crowned martyrs , and according to his usual mode of action , the accomplishing of great designs by small means , He made use of this little republic , to be one of the chief instruments of His marvel ...
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... cause they defend . At a distance of some few yards from the place where we are now assembled , on the edge of this majestic river which flows before our windows , at about this season of the year , 1519 , Philibert Berthelier who had ...
... cause they defend . At a distance of some few yards from the place where we are now assembled , on the edge of this majestic river which flows before our windows , at about this season of the year , 1519 , Philibert Berthelier who had ...
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Página 29 - Workmen wrought thy ribs of steel, Who made each mast, and, sail, and rope, What anvils rang, what hammers beat, In what a forge and what a heat Were shaped the anchors of thy hope!
Página 5 - Flag of the free heart's hope and home, By angel hands to valor given ! Thy stars have lit the welkin dome, And all thy hues were born in heaven. Forever float that standard sheet ! Where breathes the foe but falls before us, With Freedom's soil beneath our feet, And Freedom's banner streaming o'er us ? JOSEPH RODMAN DRAKE.
Página 2 - What constitutes a State? Not high-raised battlement or labored mound, Thick wall or moated gate; Not cities proud, with spires and turrets crowned; Not bays and broad-armed ports, Where, laughing at the storm, rich navies ride; Not starred and spangled courts, Where low-browed baseness wafts perfume to pride. No: MEN, high-minded MEN...
Página 28 - Then and there was the first scene of the first act of opposition to the arbitrary claims of Great Britain. Then and there the child Independence was born.
Página 6 - No farther seek his merits to disclose, Or draw his frailties from their dread abode (There they alike in trembling hope repose), The bosom of his Father and his God.
Página 9 - Yet now despair itself is mild, Even as the winds and waters are; I could lie down like a tired child, And weep away the life of care Which I have borne and yet must bear...
Página 29 - 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...