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Seite 1725 - As tliou dost, Antony ; he hears no music ; Seldom he smiles ; and smiles in such a sort, As if he mock'd himself, and scorn'd his spirit That could be mov'd to smile at any thing." He is not one of those, I am ready to admit, whose
Seite 2083 - the nation making the concessions, by unnecessarily " parting with what ought to have been retained, and by " exciting jealousy, ill will, and a disposition to retaliate. " in the parties from whom equal privileges are withheld ; " and it gives to ambitious, corrupted, or deluded citi
Seite 2049 - the objects requiring legislative provision ; and, on these, the papers called for can throw no light ; and, as it is essential to the due administration of the Government that the boundaries fixed by the Constitution, between the different departments, should be preserved, ajust regard to the Constitution, and to the duty of my office,
Seite 2159 - is breathed forth with an ardor, purity, and simplicity, that have never been surpassed, he says : " Here, perhaps, I ought to stop ; " but a solicitude for your welfare, which cannot end but " with my life, and the apprehension of danger natural to " that solicitude, urg-e me, on an occasion like the present "to offer to your solemn contemplation, and to
Seite 2237 - But," said he, "lest some unlucky event should happen unfavorable to my character and to my reputation, I' beg it may be remembered by every gentleman in this room, that I this day declare, with the utmost sincerity, that 1 do not think myself equal to the command 1 am honored with.
Seite 2159 - will cause the neutrality, we may at any time resolve upon, to te scrupulously respected," but suppresses what follows, after the semi-colon—and mark its importance ! " when belligerent nations, under the impossibility
Seite 2033 - vital drop which visits the heart." " Whenever the standard of freedom and independence has been or shall be unfurled, there will her heart, her benedictions, and her prayers be. But she goes not abroad in search of monsters to destroy. She is the well-wisher to the freedom
Seite 2157 - interweaving our destiny with that of any part of Eu" rope, entangle our peace and prosperity in the toils of " European ambition, rivalship, interest, humor, or ca
Seite 1791 - that, in a war like the present, waged without 'justifiable cause, and on the ground of conquest and ambition, it was not becoming a moral and religious People to express any approbation of military or naval exploits, which are not immediately connected with our sea coast and soil. " What think you of such sentiments as these
Seite 2079 - her friendships and enmities. Our detached and distant situation invites and enables us to pursue a different course. If we remain one People, under an efficient Government,