The Life, Eulogy, and Great Orations of Daniel WebsterW.M. Hayward & Company, 1853 - 112 pages |
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... eloquence had flourished for ages . All the soldier seeks in opportunity was nere . Mr. Webster perceived , and felt equal to , the destinies of the moment . The very greatness of the hazard exhilarated him . His spirits rose with the ...
... eloquence had flourished for ages . All the soldier seeks in opportunity was nere . Mr. Webster perceived , and felt equal to , the destinies of the moment . The very greatness of the hazard exhilarated him . His spirits rose with the ...
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... eloquence of the orator . One of the happiest retorts ever made in a forensic controversy was his application of Hayne's comparison of the ghost of the " murdered coalition " to the ghost of Banquo : " Sir , the honorable member was not ...
... eloquence of the orator . One of the happiest retorts ever made in a forensic controversy was his application of Hayne's comparison of the ghost of the " murdered coalition " to the ghost of Banquo : " Sir , the honorable member was not ...
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... eloquence with which the orator spoke of the Old Bay State or the tones of deep pathos in which the words were pronounced : " Mr. President , I shall enter on no encomium upon Massachu- setts . There she is ― behold her , and judge for ...
... eloquence with which the orator spoke of the Old Bay State or the tones of deep pathos in which the words were pronounced : " Mr. President , I shall enter on no encomium upon Massachu- setts . There she is ― behold her , and judge for ...
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... eloquence , like Vulcan in his armory forging thoughts for the Gods ! 1 The human face never wore an expression of more withering , relentless scorn , than when the orator replied to Hayne's allusion to the " murdered coalition . " " It ...
... eloquence , like Vulcan in his armory forging thoughts for the Gods ! 1 The human face never wore an expression of more withering , relentless scorn , than when the orator replied to Hayne's allusion to the " murdered coalition . " " It ...
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... eloquence . It has given intensity to his purposes , and lent the richest glow to his genius . It has made his eloquence a language of the heart , felt and understood over every portion of the land it consecrates . On Plymouth Rock , on ...
... eloquence . It has given intensity to his purposes , and lent the richest glow to his genius . It has made his eloquence a language of the heart , felt and understood over every portion of the land it consecrates . On Plymouth Rock , on ...
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