Anecdotes of Public Men, Band 2Harper & Brothers, 1881 - 444 Seiten |
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... fact that there is not a page in this book inconsistent with my own earnest desire to do justice to the motives of all men , of whatever rank , religion , party , or country . Published at a time when the passions of a great ...
... fact that there is not a page in this book inconsistent with my own earnest desire to do justice to the motives of all men , of whatever rank , religion , party , or country . Published at a time when the passions of a great ...
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... facts to the jury and take the responsibility . " The jury was empanelled , and the case came on , and the District Attorney presented the facts with much feeling , after which the judge said that he would simply state what he knew of ...
... facts to the jury and take the responsibility . " The jury was empanelled , and the case came on , and the District Attorney presented the facts with much feeling , after which the judge said that he would simply state what he knew of ...
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... facts to the jury and take the responsibility . " The jury was empanelled , and the case came on , and the District Attorney presented the facts with much feeling , after which the judge said that he would simply state what he knew of ...
... facts to the jury and take the responsibility . " The jury was empanelled , and the case came on , and the District Attorney presented the facts with much feeling , after which the judge said that he would simply state what he knew of ...
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... fact was revealed that the slaveholders had resolved to attack the Government . the 19th of April , 1861 ( the very day the Massachusetts troops were fired upon in Baltimore ) , he made his first speech against On the rebellion , in ...
... fact was revealed that the slaveholders had resolved to attack the Government . the 19th of April , 1861 ( the very day the Massachusetts troops were fired upon in Baltimore ) , he made his first speech against On the rebellion , in ...
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... fact both in the East and the West of the States in rebellion . In North Carolina and Arkansas the fatal charm at length is broken . At Raleigh and Little Rock the lips of honest and brave men are unsealed , and an independent press is ...
... fact both in the East and the West of the States in rebellion . In North Carolina and Arkansas the fatal charm at length is broken . At Raleigh and Little Rock the lips of honest and brave men are unsealed , and an independent press is ...
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Seite 128 - When the mariner has been tossed for many days in thick weather, and on an unknown sea, he naturally avails himself of the first pause in the storm, the earliest glance of the sun, to take his latitude, and ascertain how far the elements have driven him from his true course.
Seite 21 - But in a larger sense we cannot dedicate, we cannot consecrate, we cannot hallow this ground. The brave men, living and dead, who struggled here, have consecrated it far above our power to add or detract. The world will little note, nor long remember, what we say here, but it can never forget what they did here.
Seite 162 - When I remember all The friends so linked together, I've seen around me fall Like leaves in wintry weather; I feel like one Who treads alone Some banquet-hall deserted, Whose lights are fled, Whose garlands dead, And all but he departed...
Seite 135 - Rome, in the height of her glory, is not to be compared ; a power which has dotted over the surface of the whole globe with her possessions and military posts, whose morning drum-beat, following the sun, and keeping company with the hours, circles the earth with one continuous and unbroken strain of the martial airs of England.
Seite 175 - There is no terror, Cassius, in your threats; For I am arm'd so strong in honesty, That they pass by me as the idle wind Which I respect not.
Seite 317 - Entreat me not to leave thee, or to return from following after thee : for whither thou goest, I will go ; and where thou lodgest I will lodge : thy people shall be my people, and thy God my God: " Where thou diest, will I die, and there will I be buried; the Lord do so to me, and more also, if aught but death part thee and me.
Seite 381 - I KNEW, by the smoke that so gracefully curled Above the green elms, that a cottage was near, And I said, " If there's peace to be found in the world, A heart that was humble might hope for it here...
Seite 213 - This was the noblest Roman of them all; All the conspirators save only he Did that they did in envy of great Caesar; He only, in a general honest thought, And common good to all, made one of them. His life was gentle, and the elements So mix'd in him that Nature might stand up And say to all the world, 'This was a man!
Seite 350 - ... to vary the name; for I feared lest it should be looked on as a vanity in me, and not as a respect in the King, as it truly was, to my father, whom he often mentions with praise.