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 posts ; whose morning drum-beat, following the sun, and keeping company with the hours, circles the... Speeches and Forensic Arguments - Page 190by Daniel Webster - 1835Full view - About this book
| James Loring Baker - 1859 - 40 pages
...over the surface of the whole globe with her possessions and military posts, whose morning drum beat, following the sun, and keeping company with the hours,...and unbroken strain of the martial airs of England." Such is England; and the inquiry comes, whence this wealth, which can thus send fleets and armies to... | |
| Charles Dexter Cleveland - 1859 - 812 pages
...military posts, whose morning drum-beat, following the sun and keeping company with the hours, circle the earth daily with one continuous and unbroken strain of the martial airs of England. THE MORNING. Tin air is tranquil, and its temperature mild. It is morning, and a morning sweet, and fresh,... | |
| Daniel Webster, Samuel M. Smucker - 1859 - 568 pages
...posts, whose morning drum-beat, following the sun, and keeping company with the hours, circles the earth with one continuous and unbroken strain of the martial airs of England." Another subject of general interest which occupied the attention of the nation and of her leading statesmen... | |
| Samuel Mosheim Smucker - 1859 - 662 pages
...posts, whose morning drum-beat, following the sun, and keeping company with the hours, circles the earth with one continuous and unbroken strain of the martial airs of England." Another subject of general interest which occupied the attention of the nation and of her leading statesmen... | |
| John Wingate Thornton - 1860 - 566 pages
...an act of Parliament, rather than against any suffering under its enactments, that they took up arms They poured out their treasures and their blood like...and unbroken strain of the martial airs of England." It is in this habitual study of political ethics, of " the liberty of the gospel," — perhaps the... | |
| John Wingate Thornton - 1860 - 556 pages
...the principles of civil liberty, would have regarded as barren phraseology, or mere parade of words. fibre. On this question of principle, while actual...and unbroken strain of the martial airs of England." It is in this habitual study of political ethics, of " the liberty of the gospel," — perhaps the... | |
| John Wingate Thornton - 1860 - 562 pages
...the principles of civil liberty, would have regarded as barren phraseology, or mere parade of words. fibre. On this question of principle,. while actual...and unbroken strain of the martial airs of England." It is in this habitual study of political ethics, of " the liberty of the gospel," — perhaps the... | |
| John Wingate Thornton - 1860 - 560 pages
...the principles of civil liberty, would have regarded as barren phraseology, or mere parade of words. fibre. On this question of principle, -while actual...hours, circles the earth daily with one continuous and unhroken strain of the martial airs of England." It is in this habitual study of political ethics,... | |
| 1860 - 656 pages
...height of her glory was not to be compared — a power which has dotted over the whole surface of the globe with her possessions and military posts, whose...earth daily with one continuous and unbroken strain of martial music." Whatever objects may have been contemplated in her first settlements, Great Britain... | |
| Charles Dexter Cleveland - 1862 - 792 pages
...military posts, whose morning drum-beat, following the sun and keeping company with the hours, circle the earth, daily with one continuous and unbroken strain of the martial airs of England. THE MORNING. The air is tranquil, and its temperature mild. It is morning, and a morning sweet, and fresh,... | |
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