The Works of William H. Seward, Volume 3Houghton, Mifflin, 1887 - Legislators |
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Page 24
... claim for his country Lacedæmonian heroisin , or even the Italian's boast- " Terra potens atque ubere glebæ ” — but that more than Spartan valor and more than Roman magnifi- cence is required of her . Go , then , ye laborers in a noble ...
... claim for his country Lacedæmonian heroisin , or even the Italian's boast- " Terra potens atque ubere glebæ ” — but that more than Spartan valor and more than Roman magnifi- cence is required of her . Go , then , ye laborers in a noble ...
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... claim could they have had to our remembrance , and had they with- held their support from that cause , should we not now have even cursed their memories ? Let the infamy which still to the third generation hangs over the names of the ...
... claim could they have had to our remembrance , and had they with- held their support from that cause , should we not now have even cursed their memories ? Let the infamy which still to the third generation hangs over the names of the ...
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... claims to our homage rest on merits more rare than even personal bravery and high military conduct . The fame of the young general had now reached his native land . France had enough of virtue to exult in the glory which her youthful ...
... claims to our homage rest on merits more rare than even personal bravery and high military conduct . The fame of the young general had now reached his native land . France had enough of virtue to exult in the glory which her youthful ...
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... claims aud embalms , and shrines with her soul - subdu- ing litanies , the heart of yet another- " Who through the foes has borne her banished gods . " Behold now a nation which needeth not to speak its melan- choly precedence . The ...
... claims aud embalms , and shrines with her soul - subdu- ing litanies , the heart of yet another- " Who through the foes has borne her banished gods . " Behold now a nation which needeth not to speak its melan- choly precedence . The ...
Page 57
... claiming the name of Liberty , was threatening to involve the world in anarchy . Nevertheless , there was no hope for Ireland but in aid from France , and in the arms of her own people . The insurrection was planned with skill and ...
... claiming the name of Liberty , was threatening to involve the world in anarchy . Nevertheless , there was no hope for Ireland but in aid from France , and in the arms of her own people . The insurrection was planned with skill and ...
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