Modern Eloquence, Volume 12Thomas Brackett Reed, Rossiter Johnson, Justin McCarthy, Albert Ellery Bergh J.D. Morris, 1903 |
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Page 428
... peace . Carlyle's idea is correct . He thought that no man has a right to speak until what he has to say is so ripe with meaning , and the season for his saying it is so compelling , that what he says will result in a deed - a thing ...
... peace . Carlyle's idea is correct . He thought that no man has a right to speak until what he has to say is so ripe with meaning , and the season for his saying it is so compelling , that what he says will result in a deed - a thing ...
Page 484
... peace . If you are willing we should part in peace , tell us so , and we shall know what to do when you reduce the question to submission or resistance . If you remain silent , you then compel us to infer what you intend . In that case ...
... peace . If you are willing we should part in peace , tell us so , and we shall know what to do when you reduce the question to submission or resistance . If you remain silent , you then compel us to infer what you intend . In that case ...
Page 488
... peaceful and an efficient remedy against an unconstitutional act of the general government , and may be asserted , as such , through the state tribunals . Both parties agree that the acts against which it is directed are ...
... peaceful and an efficient remedy against an unconstitutional act of the general government , and may be asserted , as such , through the state tribunals . Both parties agree that the acts against which it is directed are ...
Page 500
... peace on any terms must be made , as the only hope of saving it from popular indignation and popular reform ? There is yet another question to be asked . By what power , in what part of the world , has that final blow been struck which ...
... peace on any terms must be made , as the only hope of saving it from popular indignation and popular reform ? There is yet another question to be asked . By what power , in what part of the world , has that final blow been struck which ...
Page 503
... exertions ; great , indeed , has been the drain upon our resources ; long and wearisome has the struggle been ; and late is the moment at which peace is brought within our reach . But even though THE FALL OF BONAPARTE 503.
... exertions ; great , indeed , has been the drain upon our resources ; long and wearisome has the struggle been ; and late is the moment at which peace is brought within our reach . But even though THE FALL OF BONAPARTE 503.
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