| Frederic Austin Ogg - 1914 - 454 páginas
...and appealing introduction. " Mr. President," began the speaker, "when the mariner has been tossed for many days in thick weather, and on an unknown...sun, to take his latitude, and ascertain how far the elemeuts have driven him from his true course. Let us imitate this prudence, and, before we float farther... | |
| 1918 - 828 páginas
...second speech on Foote's Resolution, in reply to Hayne, Webster said: "When the mariner has been tossed for many days in thick weather, and on an unknown...Let us imitate this prudence, and, before we float farther on the waves of this debate, refer to the point from which we departed, that we may at least... | |
| 1915 - 194 páginas
...this form of analogy in opening his reply to Hayne. Mr. President, when the mariner has been tossed for many days in thick weather and on an unknown sea,...Let us imitate this prudence, and, before we float farther on the waves of this debate, refer to the point from which we departed, that we may, at least,... | |
| Edwin Du Bois Shurter - 1917 - 344 páginas
...words of Webster, in his famous Reply to Hayne, is illustrative : When the mariner has been tossed for many days in thick weather and on an unknown sea,...Let us imitate this prudence, and, before we float farther on the waves of this debate, refer to the point from which we departed, that we may at least... | |
| Thomas Manson Norwood - 1917 - 492 páginas
...who, like "the mariner when he has been tossed for many days, in thick weather, and on an unknown sea, naturally avails himself of the first pause in the storm, the earliest glance of the sun, to ascertain how far the elements have driven him from his true course." There is not a paragraph, a sentence,... | |
| Charles Morris - 1919 - 454 páginas
...hush of expectation. He began in a low, even tone: " Mr. President: when the mariner has been tossed for many days in thick weather and on an unknown sea,...Let us imitate this prudence, and before we float farther on the waves of this debate, refer to the point from which we departed, that we may, at least,... | |
| 1919 - 222 páginas
...this form of analogy in opening his reply to Hayne. Mr. President, when the mariner has been tossed for many days in thick weather and on an unknown sea, he naturally avails himself of the i1rst pause in the storm, the earliest glance of the sun, to take his latitude and ascertain how far... | |
| Charles Edmund Neil - 1920 - 620 páginas
...Mr. Webster began that famous speech in these words: Mr. President, When the mariner has been tossed for many days in thick weather, and on an unknown...Let us imitate this prudence, and, before we float farther on the waves of this debate, refer to the point from which we departed, that we may at least... | |
| Clarence Stratton - 1920 - 364 páginas
...attentive, but more especially, ready to be instructed. Mr. President: When the mariner has been tossed for many days in thick weather and on an unknown sea,...Let us imitate this prudence; and, before we float farther on the waves of this debate, refer to the point from which we departed, that we may, at least,... | |
| Richard Lanning Sandwick - 1920 - 204 páginas
...periodic form as possible: 1. The mariner naturally avails himself of the first pause in the storm to take his latitude and ascertain how far the elements have driven him from his true course, when he has been tossed for many days in thick weather and on an unknown sea. 2. Let us imitate this... | |
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