Forensic Declamations, for the Use of Schools and CollegesAbraham Howry Espenshade Silver, Burdett, and Company, 1901 - 202 pages |
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... thousand misgivings , the uncertain , the tedious voyage . Suns rise and set , and weeks and months pass , and winter surprises them on the deep , but brings them not the sight of the wished - for shore . I see them now , scantily ...
... thousand misgivings , the uncertain , the tedious voyage . Suns rise and set , and weeks and months pass , and winter surprises them on the deep , but brings them not the sight of the wished - for shore . I see them now , scantily ...
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... thousand memories of obstacles overthrown , of dangers nobly braved , of sufferings unshrinkingly borne , in the service of free- dom and religion . It kindles at once the pride of ancestry , and inspires the deepest feelings of ...
... thousand memories of obstacles overthrown , of dangers nobly braved , of sufferings unshrinkingly borne , in the service of free- dom and religion . It kindles at once the pride of ancestry , and inspires the deepest feelings of ...
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... thousand Frenchmen from French America . My lords , you cannot conquer America . What is your present situation there ? We do not know the worst ; but we know that in three campaigns we have " YOU CANNOT CONQUER AMERICA " 23 done ...
... thousand Frenchmen from French America . My lords , you cannot conquer America . What is your present situation there ? We do not know the worst ; but we know that in three campaigns we have " YOU CANNOT CONQUER AMERICA " 23 done ...
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... thousand men to the drooping patriot army . Oh , your Majesty , King George the Third here was a spirit , could you but have known it , that would cost you an empire ; here was an ignominious death that would grow in the esti- mation of ...
... thousand men to the drooping patriot army . Oh , your Majesty , King George the Third here was a spirit , could you but have known it , that would cost you an empire ; here was an ignominious death that would grow in the esti- mation of ...
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... thousand strong , came to seize them and carry them over sea for trial , and so nip the bud of Freedom auspiciously opening in that early spring . The town militia came together before daylight , " for training . A great , tall man ...
... thousand strong , came to seize them and carry them over sea for trial , and so nip the bud of Freedom auspiciously opening in that early spring . The town militia came together before daylight , " for training . A great , tall man ...
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Page 87 - Both parties deprecated war, but one of them would make war rather than let the nation survive, and the other would accept war rather than let it perish. And the war came.
Page 71 - Liberty first, and union afterwards," — but everywhere, spread all over in characters of living light, blazing on all its ample folds as they float over the sea and over the land and in every wind under the whole heavens, that other sentiment dear to every true American heart — " Liberty and union, now and forever, one and inseparable ! " THE SOUTH AND THE UNION ROBERT Y.
Page 18 - Our petitions have been slighted; our remonstrances have produced additional violence and insult; our supplications have been disregarded; and we have been spurned, with contempt, from the foot of the throne! 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...
Page 37 - Venerable men, you have come down to us from a former generation. Heaven has bounteously lengthened out your lives that you might behold this joyous day. 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 rolla at your feet; but all else, how changed!
Page 88 - Both read the same Bible and pray to the same God, and each invokes His aid against the other. It may seem strange that any men should dare to ask a just God's assistance in wringing their bread from the sweat of other men's faces, but let us judge not, that we be not judged. The prayer of both could not be answered. That of neither has been answered fully. The Almighty has His own purposes. "Woe unto the world because of offenses, for it must needs be that offenses come; but woe to that man by whom...
Page 19 - There is a just God who presides over the destinies of nations, and who will raise up friends to fight our battles for us. The battle, sir, is not to the strong alone ; it is to the vigilant, the active, the brave.
Page 17 - No, sir, she has none. They are meant for us : they can be meant for no other. They are sent over to bind and rivet upon us those chains which the British ministry have been so long forging.
Page 12 - My hold of the colonies is in the close affection which grows from common names, from kindred blood, from similar privileges, and equal protection. These are ties which, though light as air, are as strong as links of iron. Let the colonies always keep the idea of their civil rights associated with your government ; they will cling and grapple to you, and no force under heaven will be of power to tear them from their allegiance.
Page 93 - While I am very anxious that any great disaster or the capture of our men in great numbers shall be avoided, I know these points are less likely to escape your attention than they would be mine. If there is anything wanting which is within my power to give, do not fail to let me know it. And now with a brave army and a just cause, may God sustain you.
Page 140 - One generation passeth away, and another generation cometh, but the earth abideth forever.