 How vain and impotent is party rage, directed against such a man! He is not more elevated by his lofty residence, upon the summit of his own favorite mountain, than he is lifted, by the serenity of his mind, and the consciousness of a well-spent life,...  Biography of Henry Clay - Seite 92von George Denison Prentice - 1831 - 304 SeitenVollansicht - Über dieses Buch
 | 1824 - 596 Seiten
...never be forgiven. But how impotent is party rage directed against him! He is not more elevated by hi* lofty residence upon the summit of his own favourite...the serenity of his mind, and the consciousness of a well spent life, above the malignant passions and turmoils of the day: — no! his own beloved Montecello... | |
 | Henry Clay - 1827 - 452 Seiten
...nor his advanced age, can exempt this patriot from the coarse assaults of party malevolence. No, sir, in 1801, he snatched from the rude hand of usurpation...the serenity of his mind, and the consciousness of a well spent life, above the malignant passions and bitter feelings of the day. No! his own beloved Monticello... | |
 | 1827 - 552 Seiten
...favorite mountain, than he is lifted, by the serenity of his mind and the consciousness of a well spent life, above the malignant passions and bitter feelings...of the day. No ! his own beloved Monticello is not more moved by the storms that beat against its sides, than is this illustrious man, by the bowlings... | |
 | 1827 - 542 Seiten
...against such a man ! He is not more elevated by his lofty residence upon the summit of his own favorite mountain, than he is lifted, by the serenity of his mind and the consciousness of a well spent life, abovft the malignant passions and bitter feelings of the day. No ! his own beloved... | |
 | Henry Clay - 1842 - 518 Seiten
...against such a man! He is not more elevated by his lofty residence, upon the summit of his own favorite mountain, than he is lifted, by the serenity of his mind, and the consciousness of a well spent life, above the malignant passions and bitter feelings of the day. No ! his own beloved... | |
 | Henry Clay - 1843 - 624 Seiten
...against such a man! He is not more elevated by his lofty residence, upon the summit of his own favorite mountain, than he is lifted, by the serenity of his...and bitter feelings of the day. No! his own beloved Mootieello is not more moved by the storms that beat against its sides, than is this illustrious man,... | |
 | Henry Clay - 1843 - 226 Seiten
...against such a man ! He is not more elevated by his lofty residence upon the summit of his own favorite mountain, than he is lifted by the serenity of his mind and the consciousness of a well spent life, above the malignant passions and bitter feelings of the day. No ! his own beloved... | |
 | Henry Clay - 1843 - 544 Seiten
...against such a man ! He is not more elevated by hi* lofty residence, upon the summit of his own favorite mountain, than he is lifted, by the serenity of his mind, and the consciousness of a well spent life, above the malignant passions and bitter feelings of the day. No ! his own beloved... | |
 | Henry Clay - 1843 - 1144 Seiten
...the malignant passions and bitter feelings of the day. No ! his own beloved Monticello is not more moved by the storms that beat against its sides, than is this illustrious man, by the howlings of the whole British pack set loose from the Essex kennel ! When the gentleman to whom I have... | |
 | Henry Clay - 1844 - 648 Seiten
...against such a man! He is not more elevated by his lofty residence, upon the summit of his own favorite mountain, than he is lifted, by the serenity of his...of the day. No! his own beloved Monticello is not more moved by the storms that beat against its sides, than is this illustrious man, by the howlings... | |
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