The Life, Eulogy, and Great Orations of Daniel WebsterW.M. Hayward & Company, 1853 - 112 pages |
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... heart and manner , as simple and unostentatious as a child . The kindliness and tenderness of his heart were seen and felt by all who came within the charmed circle of his intimacy . He was , as we have said , a country boy in early ...
... heart and manner , as simple and unostentatious as a child . The kindliness and tenderness of his heart were seen and felt by all who came within the charmed circle of his intimacy . He was , as we have said , a country boy in early ...
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... heart , everywhere : " Mr. President , when the mariner has been tossed , for many days , in thick weather , and on an unknown sea , he naturally avails himself of the first pause in the storm , the earliest glance of the sun , to take ...
... heart , everywhere : " Mr. President , when the mariner has been tossed , for many days , in thick weather , and on an unknown sea , he naturally avails himself of the first pause in the storm , the earliest glance of the sun , to take ...
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... heart . The past , at least , is secure . There is Boston , and Concord , and Lexington , and Bunker Hill — and there they will remain forever . The bones of her sons , falling in the great struggle for independence , now lie mingled ...
... heart . The past , at least , is secure . There is Boston , and Concord , and Lexington , and Bunker Hill — and there they will remain forever . The bones of her sons , falling in the great struggle for independence , now lie mingled ...
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... heart was there but throbbed with vehe- ment , tumultuous , irrepressible emotion , as he dwelt upon New England ... hearts were overcome ; grave judges and men grown old in dignified life turned aside their heads , to conceal the ...
... heart was there but throbbed with vehe- ment , tumultuous , irrepressible emotion , as he dwelt upon New England ... hearts were overcome ; grave judges and men grown old in dignified life turned aside their heads , to conceal the ...
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... hearts . This was acting - not to the life , but life itself . * The personal appearance of Mr. Webster has been a theme of frequent discus- sion . He was at the time this speech was delivered twenty years younger than now . Time had ...
... hearts . This was acting - not to the life , but life itself . * The personal appearance of Mr. Webster has been a theme of frequent discus- sion . He was at the time this speech was delivered twenty years younger than now . Time had ...
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