Forensic Declamations, for the Use of Schools and CollegesAbraham Howry Espenshade Silver, Burdett, and Company, 1901 - 202 pages |
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... hands ; their diadems , crowns of glory which should never fade away . They prostrated themselves in the dust before their Maker ; but they set their feet on the neck of their King . THE MAYFLOWER EDWARD EVERETT From an oration on the "
... hands ; their diadems , crowns of glory which should never fade away . They prostrated themselves in the dust before their Maker ; but they set their feet on the neck of their King . THE MAYFLOWER EDWARD EVERETT From an oration on the "
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... never be lost on a New England ear . It is closely associated with all that is great in New Eng- land history . It is hallowed by a thousand memories of obstacles overthrown , of dangers nobly braved , of sufferings unshrinkingly borne ...
... never be lost on a New England ear . It is closely associated with all that is great in New Eng- land history . It is hallowed by a thousand memories of obstacles overthrown , of dangers nobly braved , of sufferings unshrinkingly borne ...
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... never will be wanting hearts in New England to kindle at their virtues , nor tongues and pens to vindicate their name . WILLIAM PENN ROBERT J. BURDETTE An extract from Mr. Burdette's " Life of William Penn , " pub- lished in 1882 , in ...
... never will be wanting hearts in New England to kindle at their virtues , nor tongues and pens to vindicate their name . WILLIAM PENN ROBERT J. BURDETTE An extract from Mr. Burdette's " Life of William Penn , " pub- lished in 1882 , in ...
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... never stained his hand with a bribe . Living under a government at war with the people , and educated in a school that taught the doctrine of passive obedience , his lifelong dream was of a popular government , of a state where the ...
... never stained his hand with a bribe . Living under a government at war with the people , and educated in a school that taught the doctrine of passive obedience , his lifelong dream was of a popular government , of a state where the ...
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... never knew . Clasping the continent , from sea to sea stretches a chain of states as free as his own . From sunrise to sunset reaches a land where the will of the people is the supreme law , a land that never felt the pressure of a ...
... never knew . Clasping the continent , from sea to sea stretches a chain of states as free as his own . From sunrise to sunset reaches a land where the will of the people is the supreme law , a land that never felt the pressure of a ...
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American American Revolution ANDREAS HOFER arms army battle behold blood brave Bunker Hill BUNKER HILL MONUMENT Christian citizens civilization conquer courage crown DANIEL WEBSTER death declamation Democracy Demosthenes earth embargo enemy England extract is taken eyes fame fathers fight flag following extract forever freedom gentlemen GEORGE WILLIAM CURTIS glorious glory Greece Hale hand happy heart heaven HENRY HOFER honorable gentleman hope House human immortal independence Ireland JONATHAN MAXCY justice Knights of Labor land liberty live Lord March memory ment minute-man monument moral Nathan Hale nation never noble North Northern laborers oration patriot peace political principles Printed by permission race Republic Revolution Rome slavery South speech delivered spirit stand THOMAS BABINGTON MACAULAY thousand tion to-day triumph Union United States Senate victory virtue voice Washington whole WILLIAM WILLIAM PENN
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Page 19 - 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, if we mean not basely to abandon the noble struggle in which we have been so long engaged, and which we have pledged ourselves never to abandon until the glorious object of our contest shall be obtained, we must fight ; I repeat it, Sir, we must fight ! An appeal to arms, and to the God of Hosts, is all that is left us ! They tell us,...
Page 18 - 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 20 - Gentlemen may cry peace, peace — but there is no peace. The war is actually begun! The next gale that sweeps from the north will bring to our ears the clash of resounding arms! Our brethren are already in the field! Why stand we here idle? What is it that gentlemen wish? What would they have? Is life so dear, or peace so sweet, as to be purchased at the price of chains and slavery? Forbid it, Almighty God! I know not what course others may take; but as for me, give me liberty, or give me death!
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 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 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 18 - We have petitioned, we have remonstrated, we have supplicated, we have prostrated ourselves before the throne, and have implored its interposition to arrest the tyrannical hands of the Ministry and Parliament. 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.
Page 19 - 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. Besides, sir, we have no election. If we were base enough to desire it, it is now too late to retire from the contest. There is no retreat but in submission and slavery ! Our chains are forged. Their clanking may be heard on the plains of Boston! The war is inevitable — and let it come!! 1 repeat it,...