The National Orator;: Consisting of Selections, Adapted for Rhetorical Recitation, from the Parliamentary, Forensic and Pulpit Eloquence of Great Britain and America: Interspersed with Extracts from the Poets, and with DialoguesCharles Dexter Cleveland N. & J. White, 108 Pearl-Street., 1832 - 284 pagina's |
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Pagina 18
... leaves the world , Looks kindly on that spot last . * The May - Flower was the name of the vessel in which the pilgrims embarked for New - England . The pilgrim spirit has not fled ; It walks in 18 NATIONAL ORATOR . The Pilgrim Fathers ...
... leaves the world , Looks kindly on that spot last . * The May - Flower was the name of the vessel in which the pilgrims embarked for New - England . The pilgrim spirit has not fled ; It walks in 18 NATIONAL ORATOR . The Pilgrim Fathers ...
Pagina 23
... Leave America , if she has taxable matter in her , to tax herself . I am not here going into the distinctions of rights , nor attempting to mark their boundaries . I do not enter into these metaphysical distinctions . I hate the very ...
... Leave America , if she has taxable matter in her , to tax herself . I am not here going into the distinctions of rights , nor attempting to mark their boundaries . I do not enter into these metaphysical distinctions . I hate the very ...
Pagina 34
... leave the helm , and , like a fearful lad , With tearful eyes add water to the sea , And give more strength to that which hath too much ; Whiles , † in his moan , the ship splits on the rock , Which industry and courage might have sav'd ...
... leave the helm , and , like a fearful lad , With tearful eyes add water to the sea , And give more strength to that which hath too much ; Whiles , † in his moan , the ship splits on the rock , Which industry and courage might have sav'd ...
Pagina 38
... are forgotten , because they leave no lasting results , affecting and happiness of communities . Such is frequently the for- 38 NATIONAL ORATOR . The Commemoration of the Land- The great Effects of Moral Power IBID WEBSTER.
... are forgotten , because they leave no lasting results , affecting and happiness of communities . Such is frequently the for- 38 NATIONAL ORATOR . The Commemoration of the Land- The great Effects of Moral Power IBID WEBSTER.
Pagina 42
... leave for the consideration of those who shall then occupy our places , some proof that we hold the bless- ings transmitted from our fathers in just estimation ; some proof of our attachment to the cause of good government , and of ...
... leave for the consideration of those who shall then occupy our places , some proof that we hold the bless- ings transmitted from our fathers in just estimation ; some proof of our attachment to the cause of good government , and of ...
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Populaire passages
Pagina 190 - Suit the action to the word, the word to the action, with this special observance, that you o'erstep not the modesty of nature : for any thing so overdone is from the purpose of playing; whose end, both at the. first and now, was and is, to hold, as 'twere, the mirror up to nature ; to show Virtue her own feature, Scorn her own image, and the very age and body of the time his form and pressure.
Pagina 204 - Romans, countrymen, and lovers! hear me for my cause; and be silent, that you may hear: believe me for mine honor ; and have respect to mine honor, that you may believe : censure me in your wisdom ; and awake your senses, that you may the better judge. If there be any in this assembly, any dear friend of Caesar's, to him I say that Brutus' love to Csesar was no less than his.
Pagina 86 - Seven years, my Lord, have now passed since I waited in your outward rooms, or was repulsed from your door ; during which time I have been pushing on my work through difficulties, of which it is useless to complain, and have brought it at last to the verge of publication, without one act of assistance, one word of encouragement, or one smile of favour. Such treatment I did not expect, for I never had a patron before.
Pagina 243 - There runs not a drop of my blood in the veins of any living creature.
Pagina 170 - She'd come again, and with a greedy ear Devour up my discourse : Which I observing, Took once a pliant hour ; and found good means To draw from her a prayer of earnest heart, That I would all my pilgrimage dilate...
Pagina 132 - And rouse him at the name of Crispian. He that shall live this day, and see old age, Will yearly on the vigil feast his neighbours, And say, "To-morrow is Saint Crispian." Then will he strip his sleeve and show his scars, And say, "These wounds I had on Crispin's day.
Pagina 243 - I appeal to any white man to say, if ever he entered Logan's cabin hungry, and he gave him not meat, if ever he came cold and naked, and he clothed him not.
Pagina 204 - tis true, this god did shake ; His coward lips did from their colour fly, And that same eye whose bend doth awe the world Did lose his lustre : I did hear him groan : Ay, and that tongue of his that bade the Romans Mark him and write his speeches in their books, Alas, it cried, 'Give me some drink, Titinius,
Pagina 136 - ... spirit of union and harmony. In pursuing the great objects which our condition points out to us, let us act under a settled conviction, and an habitual feeling, that these twenty-four States are one country. Let our conceptions be enlarged to the circle of our duties. Let us extend our ideas over the whole of the vast field in which we are called to act. Let our object be, OUR COUNTRY, OUR WHOLE COUNTRY, AND NOTHING BUT OUR COUNTRY.
Pagina 20 - In vain, after these things, may we indulge the fond hope of peace and reconciliation. There is no longer any room for hope. If we wish to be free, if we mean to preserve inviolate those inestimable privileges, for which we have been so long contending...