Modern Eloquence, Volume 12Thomas Brackett Reed, Rossiter Johnson, Justin McCarthy, Albert Ellery Bergh J.D. Morris, 1903 |
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Page 487
... fact , acted with the greatest tenderness , all circumstances considered , toward citizens . who differed from the majority ; and , in that spirit , has directed the oath to be administered only in the case ON NULLIFICATION 487.
... fact , acted with the greatest tenderness , all circumstances considered , toward citizens . who differed from the majority ; and , in that spirit , has directed the oath to be administered only in the case ON NULLIFICATION 487.
Page 501
... spirit and the impulse of national feeling , it is idle , it is mere pedantry , to overlook the affections of nature . The order of nature could not subsist among mankind if there were not an instinctive patriotism , I do not say ...
... spirit and the impulse of national feeling , it is idle , it is mere pedantry , to overlook the affections of nature . The order of nature could not subsist among mankind if there were not an instinctive patriotism , I do not say ...
Page 503
... spirit of national independence alone , aroused where it had slumbered , enlightened where it had been deluded , and kindled into enthusiasm by the insults and outrages of an all - grasping invader , has been found sufficient , without ...
... spirit of national independence alone , aroused where it had slumbered , enlightened where it had been deluded , and kindled into enthusiasm by the insults and outrages of an all - grasping invader , has been found sufficient , without ...
Page 508
... ultimately triumphant , if we but pre- served our spirit untainted and our constancy unshaken . Such an assertion was , at that time , the object of ridicule with many persons : a single year has elapsed , 508 GEORGE CANNING.
... ultimately triumphant , if we but pre- served our spirit untainted and our constancy unshaken . Such an assertion was , at that time , the object of ridicule with many persons : a single year has elapsed , 508 GEORGE CANNING.
Page 511
... spirits on the score of liberty , that these new institutions and arrange- ments were conceived only to procure the highest protection that could be desired for liberty . To - day is uncovered and developed in the most positive manner ...
... spirits on the score of liberty , that these new institutions and arrange- ments were conceived only to procure the highest protection that could be desired for liberty . To - day is uncovered and developed in the most positive manner ...
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