 | Epes Sargent - 1852 - 570 pages
...purposes of foreign conquest and subjugation, Rome, in the height of her glory, is not to be compared ; a power which has dotted over the surface of the whole...her possessions and military posts ; whose morning drum-boat, following the sun, and keeping company with the hours, cireles the earth daily with one... | |
 | 1852 - 302 pages
...is speaking of Kngland as " apower to which Rome in the height of her glory is not to be compared ; a power which has dotted over the surface of the whole globe with her possessions and military hosts, whoso morning drum-beat, followisg the sun, and keepisg compang with the hours, circles the... | |
 | 1852 - 348 pages
...of Webster's magnificent speeches he remarks, that so vast are the possessions of England, that her morning drum-beat, following the sun, and keeping company with the hours, circles the earth daily with one continuous and unbroken strain of its martial airs. There is another musical sound,... | |
 | 1852 - 526 pages
...Rome, in the height of her glory, is not to be compared ; a power which has dotted over the surface iif the whole globe with her possessions and military posts — whose morning drum-beat, following thu sun, and keeping company with the hours, circles the earth daily with one continuous and unbroken... | |
 | 1852 - 860 pages
...magnificent speeches, he remarks that so vast ore the possessions of England, that her morning drum -beat, following the sun and keeping company with the hours, circles the earth daily with one continuous and unbroken strain of its martial airs. There is another musical sound,... | |
 | Daniel Webster - 1853 - 578 pages
...purposes of foreign conquest and subjugation, Rome, in the height of her glory, is not to be compared ; a power which has dotted over the surface of the whole...unbroken strain of the martial airs of England. The necessity of holding strictly to the principle upon which free governments are constructed, and to... | |
 | Benjamin Morgan Palmer - 1853 - 62 pages
...tread. In the beautiful language of Mr. Webster, the British empire is "a power, which has dotted.over the surface of the whole globe with her possessions...unbroken strain of the martial airs of England."* Where shall the limit be set upon the progress of this heroic people ? The word of Canute was not more... | |
 | Edwin Percy Whipple - 1853 - 434 pages
...purposes of foreign conquest and subjugation, Rome, in the height of her glory, is not to be compared, — a power which has dotted over the surface of the whole...keeping company with the hours, circles the earth daily with one continuous and unbroken strain of the martial airs of England." This passage is worthy... | |
 | Biographical magazine - 1853 - 586 pages
...speaking of England as " a power to which liome in the height of her glory is not to be compared ; a power which has dotted over the surface of the whole globe with her possessions and military hosts, whose morning drum-beat, following the sun, and keeping company with the hours, circles the... | |
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On this question of principle, while actual suffering was yet afar off, they raised their flag against a power, to which, for purposes of foreign conquest and subjugation, Rome, in the height of her glory, is not to be compared ; a power which has dotted... 
