Reminiscences of CongressBaker and Scribner, 1850 - 295 pages |
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... seemed to him impossible to be fulfilled . It was so much more extravagant than his most extravagant hopes . It had never entertained his mind a moment . A col- legiate education in those days was something of far greater importance ...
... seemed to him impossible to be fulfilled . It was so much more extravagant than his most extravagant hopes . It had never entertained his mind a moment . A col- legiate education in those days was something of far greater importance ...
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... seemed then to require that he should go somewhere and do something to earn a little money . An ap- plication was at this time made to him from Fryeburg , Maine , to take charge of a school there . He accepted the offer , mount- ed his ...
... seemed then to require that he should go somewhere and do something to earn a little money . An ap- plication was at this time made to him from Fryeburg , Maine , to take charge of a school there . He accepted the offer , mount- ed his ...
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... his son ; " I cannot think of doing otherwise . I mean to use my tongue in the courts , not my pen ; to be an actor , not a register of other men's actions . " For a moment Judge Webster seemed angry . He rocked 24 CHAPTER I.
... his son ; " I cannot think of doing otherwise . I mean to use my tongue in the courts , not my pen ; to be an actor , not a register of other men's actions . " For a moment Judge Webster seemed angry . He rocked 24 CHAPTER I.
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Charles Wainwright March. For a moment Judge Webster seemed angry . He rocked his chair slightly , a flash went over his eye , softened by age , but even then black as jet , but it immediately disappeared , and his countenance regained ...
Charles Wainwright March. For a moment Judge Webster seemed angry . He rocked his chair slightly , a flash went over his eye , softened by age , but even then black as jet , but it immediately disappeared , and his countenance regained ...
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... seemed rushing upon him , all eager for utterance . He held them , however , under the command of his mind , as greyhounds with a leash , till he neared the close of his speech , when , warmed by the previous restraint , he poured them ...
... seemed rushing upon him , all eager for utterance . He held them , however , under the command of his mind , as greyhounds with a leash , till he neared the close of his speech , when , warmed by the previous restraint , he poured them ...
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Page 147 - 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!
Page 135 - ... and on an unknown sea, he naturally avails himself of the first pause in the storm, the earliest glance of the sun, to take his latitude and ascertain how far the elements have driven him from his true course. Let us imitate this prudence, and, before we float farther on the waves of this debate, refer to the point from which we departed, that we may at least be able to conjecture where we now are. I ask for the reading of the resolution before the Senate.
Page 174 - It is accomplished. The deed is done. 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 I Ah, gentlemen ! that was a dreadful mistake ! Such a secret can be safe nowhere.
Page 197 - Government created by this compact was not made the exclusive or final judge of the extent of the powers delegated to itself; since that would have made its discretion, and not the Constitution, the measure of its powers...
Page 141 - Mr. President, I shall enter on no encomium upon Massachusetts ; she needs none. There she is. Behold her, and judge for yourselves. There is her history ; the world knows it by heart. The past, at least, is secure. There is Boston, and Concord, and Lexington, and Bunker Hill ; and there they will remain forever.
Page 169 - Although the fig tree shall not blossom, neither shall fruit be in the vines; The labour of the olive shall fail, and the fields shall yield no meat; The flock shall be cut off from the fold, and there shall be no herd in the stalls: Yet I will rejoice in the Lord, I will joy in the God of my salvation.
Page 213 - And not for justice ? What, shall one of us, That struck the foremost man of all this world But for supporting robbers, shall we now Contaminate our fingers with base bribes, And sell the mighty space of our large honours For so much trash as may be grasped thus ? I had rather be a dog, and bay the moon, Than such a Roman.
Page 44 - I saw young Harry, with his beaver on, His cuisses on his thighs, gallantly arm'd, Rise from the ground like feather'd Mercury, And vaulted with such ease into his seat As if an angel dropp'd down from the clouds, To turn and wind a fiery Pegasus, And witch the world with noble horsemanship.
Page 134 - He saith among the trumpets, Ha, ha ; and he smelleth the battle afar off, the thunder of the captains and the shouting.
Page 240 - This, Sir, is practical nullification. And now, Sir, against all these theories and opinions, I maintain, — 1. That the Constitution of the United States is not a league, confederacy, or compact between the people of the several States in their sovereign capacities ; but a government proper, founded on the adoption of the people, and creating direct relations between itself and individuals.