Orations and Speeches on Various Occasions, Volume 3C.C. Little and J. Brown, 1859 - Speeches, addresses, etc., American |
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Edward Everett. I have included two or three articles of a different kind , such as the Memoir of Abdul Rahaman , the Obituary Notice of Mr. Abbott Lawrence , and the Memoir of Mr. Peter C. Brooks . The first of these seemed to furnish a ...
Edward Everett. I have included two or three articles of a different kind , such as the Memoir of Abdul Rahaman , the Obituary Notice of Mr. Abbott Lawrence , and the Memoir of Mr. Peter C. Brooks . The first of these seemed to furnish a ...
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... kind . I may be allowed to say , that I decline many more invitations to speak in public than I accept , and that my frequent appearance is the result of urgency , to which I often yield with great reluctance , being sensible that I am ...
... kind . I may be allowed to say , that I decline many more invitations to speak in public than I accept , and that my frequent appearance is the result of urgency , to which I often yield with great reluctance , being sensible that I am ...
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... kind of union , in order to put a stop to war ; if , at this junc- ture , the people of these thirty United States , most of which are of the average size of a European kingdom , - destined , if they remain a century longer at peace ...
... kind of union , in order to put a stop to war ; if , at this junc- ture , the people of these thirty United States , most of which are of the average size of a European kingdom , - destined , if they remain a century longer at peace ...
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... kind . It is not often that the performance of duty is attended with less call for self - denial , than when we have nothing to do but to eat a good dinner . I suppose , in fact , that self - denial is not the principle which generally ...
... kind . It is not often that the performance of duty is attended with less call for self - denial , than when we have nothing to do but to eat a good dinner . I suppose , in fact , that self - denial is not the principle which generally ...
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... kind between the two great parties . Christians have for ages been complimented by the Turks , as well as by other Mussulman races , with sundry ill - sounding epithets not nec- essary to be repeated on this occasion ; and I must say ...
... kind between the two great parties . Christians have for ages been complimented by the Turks , as well as by other Mussulman races , with sundry ill - sounding epithets not nec- essary to be repeated on this occasion ; and I must say ...
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Page 113 - To gild refined gold, to paint the lily, To throw a perfume on the violet, To smooth the ice, or add another hue Unto the rainbow, or with taper-light To seek the beauteous eye of heaven to garnish, Is wasteful, and ridiculous excess.
Page 217 - The blue-eyed myriads from the Baltic coast The prostrate South to the destroyer yields Her boasted titles and her golden fields • With grim delight the brood of winter view A brighter day, and heavens of azure hue, Scent the new fragrance of the breathing rose, And quaff the pendent vintage as it grows.
Page 208 - Ah, no. To distant climes, a dreary scene, Where half the convex world intrudes between, Through torrid tracts with fainting steps they go, Where wild Altama murmurs to their woe.
Page 209 - The various terrors of that horrid shore : Those blazing suns that dart a downward ray, And fiercely shed intolerable day; Those matted woods where birds forget to sing, But silent bats in drowsy clusters cling; Those poisonous fields with rank luxuriance crown'd, Where the dark scorpion gathers death around; Where at each step the stranger fears to wake The rattling terrors of the vengeful snake...
Page 562 - ... charged with collecting and diffusing information, and enabled by premiums and small pecuniary aids to encourage and assist a spirit of discovery and improvement.
Page 15 - Here we may place a distinct epoch in the continuous history of our race ; the end of the old world and the beginning of the new ; — not sharply defined but gradually commingling, the former fading away as the latter brightens into being.
Page 265 - He smote the rock of the national resources, and abundant streams of revenue gushed forth. He touched the dead corpse of the Public Credit, and it sprung upon its feet...
Page 166 - Her suffering ended with the day, Yet lived she at its close, And breathed the long, long night away In statue-like repose ; " ' But when the sun in all his state Illumed the eastern skies, She passed through Glory's morning gate, And walked in paradise.
Page 564 - ... it is contrary to experience that a miracle should be true, but not contrary to experience that testimony should be false.
Page 474 - If I forget thee, O Jerusalem, let my right hand forget her cunning. If I do not remember thee, let my tongue cleave to the roof of my mouth; if I prefer not Jerusalem above my chief joy.