Webster and His Master-pieces, Том 2Miller, Orton & Mulligan, 1854 Vol. 1 comprises a biography of Daniel Webster; v. 2 consists of speeches and writings by Webster. |
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... regard being always had to the rights of property . Of such corporations , all who live within the limits are of course obliged to be members , and to submit to the duties which the law imposes on them as such . Other civil corporations ...
... regard being always had to the rights of property . Of such corporations , all who live within the limits are of course obliged to be members , and to submit to the duties which the law imposes on them as such . Other civil corporations ...
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... regard private prop- erty could not legally be infringed by that prerogative . Yet , in this instance , it appeared that even these were not now se- cure from invasion . The privileges of a college are attacked ; men are illegally ...
... regard private prop- erty could not legally be infringed by that prerogative . Yet , in this instance , it appeared that even these were not now se- cure from invasion . The privileges of a college are attacked ; men are illegally ...
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... regard to law , will not fail to adopt a course which will accord with her high- est and best interests , and in no small degree elevate her reputation . It was , for many and obvious reasons , most anxiously de- sired that the question ...
... regard to law , will not fail to adopt a course which will accord with her high- est and best interests , and in no small degree elevate her reputation . It was , for many and obvious reasons , most anxiously de- sired that the question ...
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... regard , when we shall sleep with the fathers , we protract our own earthly being , and seem to crowd what- ever is future , as well as all that is past , into the narrow com- pass of our earthly existence . As it is not a vain and ...
... regard , when we shall sleep with the fathers , we protract our own earthly being , and seem to crowd what- ever is future , as well as all that is past , into the narrow com- pass of our earthly existence . As it is not a vain and ...
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... regard for whatever advances human knowledge or improves human happiness , we are not altogether unworthy of our origin . There is a local feeling connected with this occasion , too strong to be resisted ; a sort of genius of the place ...
... regard for whatever advances human knowledge or improves human happiness , we are not altogether unworthy of our origin . There is a local feeling connected with this occasion , too strong to be resisted ; a sort of genius of the place ...
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Страница 408 - Liberty first and Union afterwards ; but everywhere, spread all over in characters of living light, blazing on all its ample folds, as they float over the sea and over the land, and in every wind under the whole heavens, that other sentiment, dear to every true American heart, Liberty and Union, Now and Forever, One and Inseparable.
Страница 256 - Against the insidious wiles of foreign influence (I conjure you to believe me, fellow-citizens) the jealousy of a free people ought to be constantly awake, since history and experience prove that foreign influence is one of the most baneful foes of republican government.
Страница 256 - Why forego the advantages of so peculiar a situation? Why quit our own to stand upon foreign ground ? Why, by interweaving our destiny with that of any part of Europe, entangle our peace and prosperity in the toils of European ambition, rivalship, interest, humor or caprice?
Страница 479 - It has a preamble, and that preamble expressly recites, that the duties which it imposes are laid " for the support of government, for the discharge of the debts of the United States, and the encouragement and protection of manufactures.
Страница 202 - Resolved, That the Declaration, passed on the fourth, be fairly engrossed on parchment, with the title and style of ' THE UNANIMOUS DECLARATION OF THE THIRTEEN UNITED STATES OF AMERICA ' ; and that the same, when engrossed be signed by every member of Congress.
Страница 424 - Canada acceding to this Confederation, and joining in the measures of the United States, shall be admitted into, and entitled to all the advantages of this Union: but no other colony shall be admitted into the same, unless such admission be agreed to by nine states.
Страница 249 - The voluntary outpouring of the public feeling, made to-day, from the North to the South, and from the East to the West, proves this sentiment to be both just and natural.
Страница 204 - The clear conception, outrunning the deductions of logic, the high purpose, the firm resolve, the dauntless spirit, speaking on the tongue, beaming from the eye, informing every feature, and urging the whole man onward, right onward to his object — this, this is eloquence; or rather it is something greater and higher than all eloquence, it is action, noble, sublime, godlike action/ In July 1776, the controversy had passed the stage of argument.
Страница 160 - We wish that this structure may proclaim the magnitude and importance of that event to every class and every age. We wish that infancy may learn the purpose of its erection from maternal lips, and that weary and withered age may behold it, and be solaced by the recollections which it suggests.
Страница 408 - I have not allowed myself, sir, to look beyond the Union, to see what might lie hidden in the dark recess behind. I have not coolly weighed the chances of preserving liberty when the bonds that unite us together shall be broken asunder. I have not accustomed myself to hang over...