The Columbian Orator: Containing a Variety of Original and Selected Pieces; Together with Rules, Calculated to Improve Youth and Others in the Ornamental and Useful Art of EloquenceParker & Bliss at the Troy Bookstore, 1811 - 300 Seiten |
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... Fellow - Citizens of the Senate , and of the House of Representatives . MONG the vicissitudes incident to life , no event A could have filled me with greater anxieties than that of which the notification was transmitted by your order ...
... Fellow - Citizens of the Senate , and of the House of Representatives . MONG the vicissitudes incident to life , no event A could have filled me with greater anxieties than that of which the notification was transmitted by your order ...
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... fellow - citizens , and have thence too little consulted my incapacity as well as disinclination for the weighty and untried cares before me , my error will be palliated by the motives which misled me ; and its consequences be judged by ...
... fellow - citizens , and have thence too little consulted my incapacity as well as disinclination for the weighty and untried cares before me , my error will be palliated by the motives which misled me ; and its consequences be judged by ...
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... fellow . He has murdered his countryman : he has murdered his friend : I say positively , I won't go in the boat with that fellow . I will swim over the river : I can swim like a duck . Mer . Swim over the Styx ! it must not be done ...
... fellow . He has murdered his countryman : he has murdered his friend : I say positively , I won't go in the boat with that fellow . I will swim over the river : I can swim like a duck . Mer . Swim over the Styx ! it must not be done ...
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... fellow ? I have neither sword nor pistol ; and his shade seems to be twice as strong as mine . Mer . You must answer his questions . It was your own desire to have a conversation with him . He is not well - bred ; but he will tell you ...
... fellow ? I have neither sword nor pistol ; and his shade seems to be twice as strong as mine . Mer . You must answer his questions . It was your own desire to have a conversation with him . He is not well - bred ; but he will tell you ...
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... fellow was purchasing fortune at the expense of his happiness . Es . ' Tis even so , friend ; fortune and felicity are as often at variance as man and wife . Mr. Tat . I found it so , Sir . This high life ( as I thought it ) did not ...
... fellow was purchasing fortune at the expense of his happiness . Es . ' Tis even so , friend ; fortune and felicity are as often at variance as man and wife . Mr. Tat . I found it so , Sir . This high life ( as I thought it ) did not ...
Häufige Begriffe und Wortgruppen
Amandar America Apennines appear arms army art thou Aunt Betty Bashaw behold Betty blood body brother Catiline cause cerned Cesar Cicero COLUMBIAN ORATOR Conj conjurer dare dear death Demosthenes dignity dread earth eloquence enemies eyes father fear feel fellow France friends genius gentleman gesture give glory Hamet hands happiness hear heart heaven Hector honor hope House House of Bourbon human immortal JOCHEBED justice king land laws learned liberty Lion live look master ment mind mother motion nation nature never o'er Oran orator ourselves Ozro passions peace Pharsalia Philistia pleasure Pray Precep Quintilian rise Roman Roman senate Saint Patrick scene Schoolm sentiments slave soul speak SPEECH spirit stars Steph sword TAMERLANE tell thee thing thou thought throne tion trust virtue voice whole wisdom words Zanga
Beliebte Passagen
Seite 149 - I shall carry it with me to my grave, as a strong incitement to unceasing vows that Heaven may continue to you the choicest tokens of its beneficence; that your union and brotherly affection may be perpetual, that the free constitution, which is the work of your hands, may be sacredly maintained; that its administration in every department may be stamped with wisdom and virtue; that, in fine, the happiness of the people of these states, under the auspices of liberty, may be made complete, by so careful...
Seite 153 - Must stand acknowledged, while the world shall stand, The most important and effectual guard, Support, and ornament of Virtue's cause. There stands the messenger of truth : there stands The legate of the skies ! — His theme divine, His office sacred, his credentials clear. By him the violated law speaks out Its thunders ; and by him, in strains as sweet As angels use, the Gospel whispers peace.
Seite 147 - The period for a new election of a citizen, to administer the executive government of the United States, being not far distant, and the time actually arrived when your thoughts must be employed in designating the person who is to be clothed with that important trust, it appears to me proper, especially as it may conduce to a more distinct expression of the public voice, that I should now apprise you of the resolution I have formed, to decline being considered among the number of those out of whom...
Seite 148 - I have the consolation to believe that while choice and prudence invite me to quit the political scene, patriotism does not forbid it.
Seite 149 - ... has supported me, and for the opportunities I have thence enjoyed of manifesting my inviolable attachment by services faithful and persevering, though in usefulness unequal to my zeal. If benefits have resulted to our country from these services, let it always be remembered to your praise and as an instructive example in our annals that under circumstances in which the passions, agitated in every direction, were liable to mislead...
Seite 148 - The strength of my inclination to do this, previous to the last election, had even led to the preparation of an address, to declare it to you ; but mature reflection on the then perplexed and critical posture of our affairs with foreign nations, and the unanimous advice of persons entitled to my confidence, impelled me to abandon the idea. I rejoice that the state of your concerns, external as well as internal, no longer renders the pursuit of inclination incompatible with the sentiment of duty or...
Seite 36 - No people can be bound to acknowledge and adore the Invisible Hand which conducts the affairs of men more than the people of the United States. Every step by which they have advanced to the character of an independent nation seems to have been distinguished by some token of providential agency...
Seite 150 - I shall also carry with me the hope that my country will never cease to view them with indulgence, and that after forty-five years of my life dedicated to its service, with an upright zeal, the faults of incompetent abilities will be consigned to oblivion, as myself must soon be to the mansions of rest.
Seite 147 - The acceptance of and continuance hitherto in the office to which your suffrages have twice called me have been a uniform sacrifice of inclination to the opinion of duty and to a deference for what appeared to be your desire.
Seite 185 - To conclude, my lords, if the ministers thus persevere in misadvising and misleading the king, I will not say, that they can alienate the affections of his subjects from his crown ; but I will affirm, that they will make the crown not worth his wearing. I will not say that the king is betrayed ; but I will pronounce, that the kingdom is undone.