 When the mariner has been tossed for many days in thick weather, and on an unknown sea, he naturally avails himself of the first pause in the storm, the earliest glance of the sun, to take his latitude, and ascertain how far the elements have driven him...  Complete Rhetoric - Seite 167von Alfred Hix Welsh - 1885 - 346 SeitenVollansicht - Über dieses Buch
 | Charles Wainwright March - 1873 - 324 Seiten
...Webster rose and addressed the Senate. His exordium is known by heart, everywhere : " Mr. President, when the mariner has been tossed, for many days, in thick...sea, he naturally avails himself of the first pause ib the storm, the earliest glance of the sun, to take his latitude, and ascertain how far the elements... | |
 | Joseph Banvard - 1875 - 362 Seiten
...rose and addressed the Senate. His exordium is known by heart every where : « Mr. President, when the mariner has been tossed, for many days, in thick...Let us imitate this prudence, and, before we float further on the waves of this debate, refer to the point from which we departed, that we may, at least,... | |
 | R. M. DEVENS - 1876 - 1014 Seiten
...Webster rose and addressed the senate. His exordium is known by heart everywhere : " Mr. President, when the mariner has been tossed, for many days, in thick...Let us imitate this prudence ; and before we float further, on the waves of this debate, refer to the point from which we departed, that we may, at least,... | |
 | M. A. Clancy - 1876 - 182 Seiten
...mariner, when tossed for many days in thick weather, avails himself of the earliest glance of the sun to ascertain how far the elements have driven him from his true course, so in like manner, at the end of one hundred years from the foundation of our government, we too have... | |
 | Hermann Von Holst - 1889 - 370 Seiten
...825 BUCHANAN'S ELECTION TO THE END OF THE 35TH CONGRESS. CHAPTER I. THE DEED SCOTT DECISION. " "When the mariner has been tossed for many days in thick...the elements have driven him from his true course." ' The stream of evolving circumstances shot with so much force and in such wild eddies towards the... | |
 | David A. McKnight - 1878 - 446 Seiten
...sun, to take his latitude nud ascertain how far the elements have driven him from his true courn*. " Let us imitate this prudence, and, before we float farther on the waves of this debate, reft-r to the point from which we departed, that we may at least be able to conjecture where we »re... | |
 | Richard Miller Devens - 1879 - 680 Seiten
...WTebster rose and addressed the senate. His exordium is known by heart everywhere : " Mr. President, when the mariner has been tossed, for many days, in thick...Let us imitate this prudence ; and before we float further, on the waves of this debate, refer to the point from which we departed, that we may, at least,... | |
 | Daniel Webster, Edwin Percy Whipple - 1879 - 780 Seiten
...When the mariппег has been tossed for many days in I thick weather, and on an unknown sea, i.he bmi from his true course. Let us imitate this prudence, and, before we float farther on the waves of... | |
 | 1880 - 698 Seiten
...The Senate , January 26, 1830. Mr. Webster addressed the Senate as follows : — Mr. PRESIDENT : When the mariner has been tossed, for many days, in thick...imitate this prudence, and before we float farther, refer to the point from which we departed, that we may at least be able to conjecture where we now... | |
 | John Wien Forney - 1880 - 518 Seiten
...conflict, to re-publish for our own guidance and the benefit of the people: " MR. PRESIDENT : When the mariner has been tossed for many days in thick weather, and on an open sea, he naturally avails himself of the first pause in the storm, the earliest glance of the sun... | |
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