Obituary Addresses on the Occasion of the Death of the Hon. Daniel Webster, of Massachusetts, Secretary of State for the United States: Delivered in the Senate and in the House of Representatives of the United States, Fourteenth and Fifteenth December, 1852R. Armstrong, 1853 - 86 էջ |
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... language of eulogy which has been poured out in all quarters from the press , the pulpit , the bar , legislative bodies , and public assemblies - since his own productions constitute his best eulogy . I could not , if I were to attempt ...
... language of eulogy which has been poured out in all quarters from the press , the pulpit , the bar , legislative bodies , and public assemblies - since his own productions constitute his best eulogy . I could not , if I were to attempt ...
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... language addressed to the people of England by one of her most gifted sons , when they were called to mourn , as we are called now , a bereave- ment which spread sorrow - dismay almost — through the nation , and under circumstances of ...
... language addressed to the people of England by one of her most gifted sons , when they were called to mourn , as we are called now , a bereave- ment which spread sorrow - dismay almost — through the nation , and under circumstances of ...
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... language , whom he studied and admired . As a statesman and politician his power was felt and acknowledged through the republic , and all bore willing testimony to his enlarged views , and to his ardent patriotism . And he acquired a ...
... language , whom he studied and admired . As a statesman and politician his power was felt and acknowledged through the republic , and all bore willing testimony to his enlarged views , and to his ardent patriotism . And he acquired a ...
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... language , or elevation of sentiment , can exceed some passages in the writings which remain of DANIEL WEBSTER . His fame , indeed , is secure , for it is guarded by his own works ; and as he himself said of Mr. Calhoun , " he has lived ...
... language , or elevation of sentiment , can exceed some passages in the writings which remain of DANIEL WEBSTER . His fame , indeed , is secure , for it is guarded by his own works ; and as he himself said of Mr. Calhoun , " he has lived ...
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... language , and oratory , which it has been the good fortune of any individual to have yet made . Were I to attempt it , I should be unable to determine on which of the varied scenes of his labors his genius and talents stood pre ...
... language , and oratory , which it has been the good fortune of any individual to have yet made . Were I to attempt it , I should be unable to determine on which of the varied scenes of his labors his genius and talents stood pre ...
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Էջ 45 - When my eyes shall be turned to behold for the last time the sun in heaven, may I not see him shining on the broken and dishonored fragments of a once glorious Union ; on States dissevered, discordant, belligerent ; on a land rent with civil feuds, or drenched, it may be, in fraternal blood ! Let their last feeble and lingering glance rather behold the gorgeous ensign of the republic, now known and honored throughout the earth, still full high advanced, its arms and trophies streaming in their original...
Էջ 42 - Hyperion's curls, the front of Jove himself, An eye like Mars, to threaten and command, A station like the herald Mercury New-lighted on a heaven-kissing hill, A combination and a form indeed, Where every god did seem to set his seal, To give the world assurance of a man.
Էջ 81 - The boast of heraldry, the pomp of power, And all that beauty, all that wealth e'er gave, Await alike th
Էջ 64 - How reverend is the face of this tall pile, Whose ancient pillars rear their marble heads To bear aloft its arched and ponderous roof, By its own weight made steadfast and immovable, Looking tranquillity. It strikes an awe And terror on my aching sight ; the tombs And monumental caves of death look cold, And shoot a chillness to my trembling heart.
Էջ 45 - 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...
Էջ 45 - What is all this worth?" Nor those other words of delusion and folly, "Liberty first and Union afterward," 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.
Էջ 47 - A superior and commanding human intellect, a truly great man, when Heaven vouchsafes so rare a gift, is not a temporary flame, burning brightly for a while, and then giving place to returning darkness. It is rather a spark of fervent heat, as well as radiant light, with power to enkindle the common mass of human mind; so that when it glimmers in its own decay, and finally goes out in death, no night follows, but it leaves the world all light, all on fire, from the potent contact of its own spirit.
Էջ 77 - They are no more, as in 1776, bold and fearless advocates of independence; no more, as at subsequent periods, the head of the government; no more, as we have recently seen them, aged and venerable objects of admiration and regard. They are no more. They are dead. But how little is there of the great and good which can die!
Էջ 48 - Lives of great men all remind us We can make our lives sublime, And, departing, leave behind us, Footprints on the sands of time; Footprints, that perhaps another, Sailing o'er life's solemn main, A forlorn and shipwrecked brother, Seeing, shall take heart again.
Էջ 72 - Where — taming thought to human pride !The mighty chiefs sleep side by side. Drop upon Fox's grave the tear, 'Twill trickle to his rival's bier ; O'er PITT'S the mournful requiem sound, And Fox's shall the notes rebound. The solemn echo seems to cry, ' Here let their discord with them die. Speak not for those a separate doom, Whom Fate made Brothers in the tomb ; But search the land of living men, Where wilt thou find their like agen...