 There may be, and there often is, indeed, a regard for ancestry, which nourishes only a weak pride; as there is also a care for posterity, which only disguises an habitual avarice, or hides the workings of a low and groveling vanity. But there is also...  Speeches and Forensic Argumentsvon Daniel Webster - 1835Vollansicht - Über dieses Buch
 | Daniel Webster - 1825 - 80 Seiten
...future, and terminating at last, with the consummation of all things earthly, at the throne of God. There may be, and there often is, indeed, a regard...habitual avarice, or hides the workings of a low and grovelling vanity. But there is also a moral and philosophical respect for our ancestors, which elevates... | |
 | 1832 - 478 Seiten
...future, and terminating, at last, with the consummation of all things earthly, at the throne of God. There may be, and there often is, indeed, a regard...habitual avarice, or hides the workings of a low and grovelling vanity. But there is, also, a moral and philosophical respect for our ancestors, which elevates... | |
 | 1837 - 396 Seiten
...things earthly, at the throne of God. There may be, and there often is, indeed, a regard for an. cestry, which nourishes only a weak pride ; as there is also...habitual avarice, or hides the workings of a low and grovelling vanity. But there is also a moral and philosophical respect for our ancestors, which elevates... | |
 | Sarah Mytton (Hughes) Maury ("Mrs. William Maury, "), Sarah Mytton Maury - 1847 - 282 Seiten
...future, and terminating at last with the consummation of all things earthly, at the throne of God. There may be, and there often is, indeed, a regard...and philosophical respect for our ancestors which ele-. vates the character and improves the heart. Next to the sense of religious duty and moral feeling,... | |
 | Brantz Mayer - 1848 - 62 Seiten
...nor the spot of earth, in which we physically live, bounds our rational and intellectual enjoyments. There may be and there often is, indeed, a regard for ancestry which nourishes a weak pride; as there is, also, a care for posterity which only disguises habitual avarice or hides... | |
 | Daniel Webster - 1851 - 634 Seiten
...future, and terminating at last, with the consummation of all tilings earthly, at the throne of God. There may be, and there often is, indeed, a regard...habitual avarice, or hides the workings of a low and grovelling vanity. But there is also a moral and philosophical respect for our ancestors, which elevates... | |
 | Daniel Webster - 1853
...future, and terminating at last, with the consummation of all things earthly, at the throne of God. There may be, and there often is, indeed, a regard...habitual avarice, or hides the workings of a low and grovelling vanity. But there is also a moral and philosophical respect for our ancestors, which elevates... | |
 | Daniel Webster - 1853 - 130 Seiten
...future, and terminating at last, with the consummation of all things earthly, at the throne of God. There may be, and there often is, indeed, a regard...habitual avarice, or hides the workings of a low and grovelling vanity. But there is also a moral and philosophical respect for our ancestors, which elevates... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin Tefft - 1854 - 560 Seiten
...future, and terminating at last, with the consummation of all things earthly, at the throne of God. There may be, and there often is, indeed, a regard...to the sense of religious duty and moral feeling, 1 hardly know what should bear with stronger obligation on a liberal and enlightened mind, than a consciousness... | |
 | Daniel Webster - 1854 - 640 Seiten
...future, and terminating at last, with the consummation of all things earthly, at the throne of God. There may be, and there often is, indeed, a regard...habitual avarice, or hides the workings of a low and grovelling vanity. But there is also a moral and philosophical respect for our ancestors, which elevates... | |
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