The World's Best Orations: From the Earliest Period to the Present Time, Volume 10F.P. Kaiser, 1899 - 111 pages The text of thousands of speeches from all historical periods through the 19th century arranged in alphabetical order. |
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Page 3684
... respect he owed that venera- ble body from whom he received his authority , he usurped the Government . His merit was so extraordinary , that our judg- ments , our passions , might be blinded by it . He made his way to empire by the ...
... respect he owed that venera- ble body from whom he received his authority , he usurped the Government . His merit was so extraordinary , that our judg- ments , our passions , might be blinded by it . He made his way to empire by the ...
Page 3728
... respect abroad ; and when this decayed her magistrates lost their reverence for justice and the laws , and degenerated into tyrants and oppressors , - her senators , forgetful of their dignity , and se- duced by base corruption ...
... respect abroad ; and when this decayed her magistrates lost their reverence for justice and the laws , and degenerated into tyrants and oppressors , - her senators , forgetful of their dignity , and se- duced by base corruption ...
Page 3739
... respect of the world . I dwell on this prospect with every satisfaction which an ar- dent love for my country can inspire : since there is no truth more thoroughly established than that there exists , in the economy and course of nature ...
... respect of the world . I dwell on this prospect with every satisfaction which an ar- dent love for my country can inspire : since there is no truth more thoroughly established than that there exists , in the economy and course of nature ...
Page 3741
... respect for your past kindness , but am supported by a full conviction that the step is compatible with both . The acceptance of , and continuance hitherto in , the office to which your suffrages have twice called me have been a uniform ...
... respect for your past kindness , but am supported by a full conviction that the step is compatible with both . The acceptance of , and continuance hitherto in , the office to which your suffrages have twice called me have been a uniform ...
Page 3746
... respect to our foreign relations , towards confirming their prosperity . Will it not be their wisdom to rely for the preservation of these advantages on the Union by which they were procured ? Will they not hence- forth be deaf to those ...
... respect to our foreign relations , towards confirming their prosperity . Will it not be their wisdom to rely for the preservation of these advantages on the Union by which they were procured ? Will they not hence- forth be deaf to those ...
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