Specimens of American Eloquence: Consisting of Choice Selections from the Productions of the Most Distinguished American OratorsE. Hunt, 1837 - 383 Seiten |
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... oppressors ; her senators , forgetful of their dignity , and se . duced by base corruption , betrayed their country ; her sol- diers , regardless of their relation to the community , and urged only by the hopes of plunder and rapine ...
... oppressors ; her senators , forgetful of their dignity , and se . duced by base corruption , betrayed their country ; her sol- diers , regardless of their relation to the community , and urged only by the hopes of plunder and rapine ...
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... oppression . And it is too observable , that they are prone to introduce the same mode of decision in the disputes of individuals ; and from thence have often arisen great animosities between them and the inhabitants , who , whilst in a ...
... oppression . And it is too observable , that they are prone to introduce the same mode of decision in the disputes of individuals ; and from thence have often arisen great animosities between them and the inhabitants , who , whilst in a ...
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... oppression , which they may not obtain from us by our own consent , in the smooth chan- nel of commerce . We wish the wealth and prosperity of Britain ; we contribute largely to both . Doth what we con- tribute lose all its value ...
... oppression , which they may not obtain from us by our own consent , in the smooth chan- nel of commerce . We wish the wealth and prosperity of Britain ; we contribute largely to both . Doth what we con- tribute lose all its value ...
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... oppression ; if you feel the true fire of patriotism burning in your breasts : if you , from your souls , despise the ... oppressed , a name and a praise in the whole earth , until the last shock of time shall bury the empires of the ...
... oppression ; if you feel the true fire of patriotism burning in your breasts : if you , from your souls , despise the ... oppressed , a name and a praise in the whole earth , until the last shock of time shall bury the empires of the ...
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... let us , my friends , take ex- ample ; from them , let us catch the divine enthusiasm ; and feel , each for himself , the godlike pleasure of diffusing hap- piness on all around us ; of delivering the oppressed 54 HANCOCK'S ORATION ,
... let us , my friends , take ex- ample ; from them , let us catch the divine enthusiasm ; and feel , each for himself , the godlike pleasure of diffusing hap- piness on all around us ; of delivering the oppressed 54 HANCOCK'S ORATION ,
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Seite 105 - It is in vain, sir, to extenuate the matter. Gentlemen may cry, Peace, Peace — but there is no peace. The war is actually begun! The next gale that sweeps from the north will bring to our ears the clash of resounding arms! Our brethren are already in the field! Why stand we here idle? What is it that gentlemen wish ? What would they have ? Is life so dear, or peace so sweet, as to be purchased at the price of chains and slavery ? Forbid it, Almighty God ! I know not what course others may take;...
Seite 277 - For there is hope of a tree, if it be cut down, that it will sprout again, and that the tender branch thereof will not cease. Though the root thereof wax old in the earth, and the stock thereof die in the ground; yet through the scent of water it will bud, and bring forth boughs like a plant.
Seite 104 - They tell us, sir, that we are weak ; unable to cope with so formidable an adversary. But when shall we be stronger ? Will it be the next week, or the next year...
Seite 104 - Sir, we are not weak, if we make a proper use of those means which the God of nature hath placed in our power. Three millions of people, armed in the holy cause of liberty, and in such a country as that which we possess, are invincible by any force which our enemy can send against us.
Seite 104 - And what have we to oppose to them? Shall we try argument? Sir, we have been trying that for the last ten years. Have we anything new to offer upon the subject? Nothing. We have held the subject up in every light of which it is capable; but it has been all in vain.
Seite 103 - I have but one lamp by which my feet are guided; and that is the lamp of experience. I know of no way of judging of the future but by the past And judging by the past, I wish to know what there has been in the conduct of the British ministry for the last ten years, to justify those hopes with which gentlemen have been pleased to solace themselves and the house? Is it that insidious smile with which our petition has been lately received?
Seite 80 - A great chord of sentiment and feeling runs through two continents, and vibrates over both. Every breeze wafts intelligence from country to country; every wave rolls it; all give it forth, and all in turn receive it. There is a vast commerce of ideas; there are marts and exchanges for intellectual discoveries, and a wonderful fellowship of those individual intelligences which make up the mind and opinion of the age. Mind is the great lever of all things; human thought is the process by which human...
Seite 277 - Well-a-well, man that is born of woman is of few days and full of trouble, as the Scripture says, and I reckon it's so.
Seite 22 - Young man, there is America — which at this day serves for little more than to amuse you with stories of savage men and uncouth manners; yet shall, before you taste of death, show itself equal to the whole of that commerce which now attracts the envy of the world.
Seite 75 - We live in a most extraordinary age. Events so various and so important that they might crowd and distinguish centuries are, in our times, compressed within the compass of a single life.