American Eloquence: A Collection of Speeches and Addresses, by the Most Eminent Orators of America; with Biographical Sketches and Illustrative Notes, Τόμος 2Frank Moore D. Appleton, 1859 |
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A Collection of Speeches and Addresses, by the Most Eminent Orators of America; with Biographical Sketches and Illustrative Notes Frank Moore. AMERICAN ELOQUENCE . JOHN MARSHALL . JOHN MARSHALL , the most illustrious of America's Judges ...
A Collection of Speeches and Addresses, by the Most Eminent Orators of America; with Biographical Sketches and Illustrative Notes Frank Moore. AMERICAN ELOQUENCE . JOHN MARSHALL . JOHN MARSHALL , the most illustrious of America's Judges ...
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... America may If we add debility to our take place . in the old system ; to little purpose , indeed , did | she propose improvements ; and to no purpose is this plan constructed for the promotion of our happiness , if we refuse it now ...
... America may If we add debility to our take place . in the old system ; to little purpose , indeed , did | she propose improvements ; and to no purpose is this plan constructed for the promotion of our happiness , if we refuse it now ...
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... America at least , the government on your table is very much superior to it . I ask you if your House of Representatives would be better than it is , if a hundredth part of the people were to elect a majority of them . If your Senators ...
... America at least , the government on your table is very much superior to it . I ask you if your House of Representatives would be better than it is , if a hundredth part of the people were to elect a majority of them . If your Senators ...
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... American ports , and of manning them with American citizens in order to cruise against nations with whom America was at peace . In reasoning against this extravagant claim , the then Secre- tary of State , in his letter of the 17th of ...
... American ports , and of manning them with American citizens in order to cruise against nations with whom America was at peace . In reasoning against this extravagant claim , the then Secre- tary of State , in his letter of the 17th of ...
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... American jurisdiction , by privateers fitted out of the American ports , which the gentleman from New York has cited with such merited approbation ; which he has declared to stand on the same principles with those which ought to have ...
... American jurisdiction , by privateers fitted out of the American ports , which the gentleman from New York has cited with such merited approbation ; which he has declared to stand on the same principles with those which ought to have ...
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Σελίδα 399 - 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...
Σελίδα 154 - t; I have use for it. Go, leave me. — (Exit Emilia). I will in Cassio's lodging lose this napkin, And let him find it. Trifles, light as air, Are to the jealous confirmations strong As proofs of Holy Writ.
Σελίδα 369 - In a day of peace, let us advance the arts of peace and the works of peace. Let us develop the resources of our land, call forth its powers, build up its institutions, promote all its great interests, and see whether we' also, in our day and generation,, may not perform something worthy to be remembered.
Σελίδα 78 - That a final judgment or decree in any suit, in the highest court of law or equity of a State in which a decision in the suit could be had, where is drawn in question the validity of a treaty or statute of or an authority exercised under the United States, and the decision is against their validity...
Σελίδα 46 - The inhabitants of the ceded territory shall be incorporated in the Union of the United States and admitted as soon as possible according to the principles of the federal Constitution to the enjoyment of all the rights, advantages and immunities of citizens of the United States, and in the mean time they shall be maintained and protected in the free enjoyment of their liberty, property and the Religion which they profess.
Σελίδα 400 - Deep sleep had fallen on the destined victim, and on all beneath his roof. A healthful old man, to whom sleep was sweet, the first sound slumbers of the night held him in their soft but strong embrace. The assassin enters, through the window already prepared, into an unoccupied apartment. With noiseless foot he paces the lonely hall, half lighted by the moon ; he winds up the ascent of the stairs, and reaches the door of the chamber.
Σελίδα 374 - That Congress have no authority to interfere in the emancipation of slaves, or in the treatment of them in any of the States; it remaining with the several States alone to provide rules and regulations therein, which humanity and true policy may require.
Σελίδα 209 - The judicial power of the United States, shall be vested in one Supreme Court, and in such inferior courts as Congress may from time to time ordain and establish.
Σελίδα 364 - You are now where you stood fifty years ago, this very hour, with your brothers and your neighbors, shoulder to shoulder, in the strife for your country. Behold how altered ! The same heavens are indeed over your heads ; the same ocean rolls at your feet ; but all else how changed...
Σελίδα 400 - He retreats, retraces his steps to the window, passes out through it as he came in, and escapes. He has done the murder — no eye has seen him, no ear has heard him. The secret is his own, and it is safe! Ah, gentlemen, that was a dreadful mistake ! Such a secret can be safe nowhere. The whole creation of God has neither nook nor corner, where the guilty can bestow it, and say it is safe.