Orators of the American RevolutionC. Scribner, 1860 - 439 páginas |
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... thoughts had been condensed in words of more than classic beauty ; Burns , whose lofty soul spread its own pathos and dignity over the " short and simple annals of the poor ; " Smith , who called into existence a new science , fraught ...
... thoughts had been condensed in words of more than classic beauty ; Burns , whose lofty soul spread its own pathos and dignity over the " short and simple annals of the poor ; " Smith , who called into existence a new science , fraught ...
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... thought , in the autumn of 1774 , I had with Mr. Henry , before we took leave of each other , some familiar con- versation , in which I expressed a full conviction that our resolves , declarations of rights , enumeration of wrongs ...
... thought , in the autumn of 1774 , I had with Mr. Henry , before we took leave of each other , some familiar con- versation , in which I expressed a full conviction that our resolves , declarations of rights , enumeration of wrongs ...
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... thought we should prevail ; with- out either he thought it doubtful . Henry was clear in one opinion , Richard Henry Lee in an opposite opinion , and Washington doubted between the two . Henry , however , appeared in the end to be ...
... thought we should prevail ; with- out either he thought it doubtful . Henry was clear in one opinion , Richard Henry Lee in an opposite opinion , and Washington doubted between the two . Henry , however , appeared in the end to be ...
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... every section are prompt to obey . What were the thoughts that accom- panied those patriots , as they turned their backs upon every thing dear around home's hearth , and set their FIELDS OF EARLY AMERICAN ELOQUENCE . 47.
... every section are prompt to obey . What were the thoughts that accom- panied those patriots , as they turned their backs upon every thing dear around home's hearth , and set their FIELDS OF EARLY AMERICAN ELOQUENCE . 47.
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... thought and public care . " He was among the very first to excite popular rebellion against wrong , and he is here to aid its progress and pray for its consummation . Of few words , but abounding in great and beneficent deeds , he sits ...
... thought and public care . " He was among the very first to excite popular rebellion against wrong , and he is here to aid its progress and pray for its consummation . Of few words , but abounding in great and beneficent deeds , he sits ...
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Página 174 - The second day of July, 1776, will be the most memorable epocha in the history of America. I am apt to believe that it will be celebrated by succeeding generations as the great anniversary festival. It ought to be commemorated as the day of deliverance, by solemn acts of devotion to God Almighty. It ought to be solemnized with pomp and parade, with shows, games, sports, guns, bells, bonfires, and illuminations, from one end of this continent to the other, from this time forward, for evermore.
Página 165 - Tis liberty alone that gives the flower Of fleeting life its lustre and perfume; And we are weeds without it. All constraint, Except what wisdom lays on evil men, Is evil : hurts the faculties, impedes Their progress in the road of science ; blinds The eyesight of Discovery ; and begets In those that suffer it a sordid mind Bestial, a meagre intellect, unfit To be the tenant of man's noble form.
Página 34 - Straits, — whilst we are looking for them beneath the arctic circle, we hear that they have pierced into the opposite region of polar cold ; that they are at the antipodes, and engaged under the frozen serpent of the South. Falkland Island, which seemed too remote and romantic an object for the grasp of national ambition, is but a stage and restingplace in the progress of their victorious industry.
Página 283 - THE SACRED RIGHTS OF MANKIND ARE NOT TO BE RUMMAGED FOR AMONG OLD PARCHMENTS OR MUSTY RECORDS. THEY ARE WRITTEN, AS WITH A SUNBEAM, IN THE WHOLE VOLUME OF HUMAN NATURE, BY THE HAND OF THE DIVINITY ITSELF ; AND CAN NEVER BE ERASED OR OBSCURED BY MORTAL POWER.
Página 250 - 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.
Página 111 - There happened in my time one noble speaker who was full of gravity in his speaking. His language, where he could spare or pass by a jest, was nobly censorious. No man ever spoke more • neatly, more pressly, more weightily, or suffered less emptiness, less idleness, in what he uttered.
Página 205 - As a remarkable instance of this, I may point out to the public that heroic youth, Colonel Washington, whom I cannot but hope Providence has hitherto preserved in so signal a manner for some important service to his country.
Página 298 - My motives must remain in the depository of my own breast : my arguments will be open to all, and may be judged of by all. They shall at least be offered in a spirit, which will not disgrace the cause of truth.
Página 65 - Otis was a flame of fire ; with a promptitude of classical allusions, a depth of research, a rapid summary of historical events and dates, a profusion of legal authorities, a prophetic glance of his eyes into futurity, and a rapid torrent of impetuous eloquence, he hurried away all before him. American Independence was then and there born.
Página 223 - ... a preacher in earnest; weeping sometimes for his auditory, sometimes with them ; always preaching to himself, like an angel from a cloud, but in none; carrying some, as St. Paul was, to heaven in holy raptures, and enticing others by a sacred art and courtship to amend their lives...