The Life, Eulogy, and Great Orations of Daniel WebsterW.M. Hayward & Company, 1853 - 112 pages |
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... orator's " Great Speech " in reply to Mr. HAYNE , of South Carolina . ) It is authentically related of Mr. WEBSTER , that as he was walking down the centre - walk in the Capitol Park , the day after Mr. HAYNE's speech , a friend said to ...
... orator's " Great Speech " in reply to Mr. HAYNE , of South Carolina . ) It is authentically related of Mr. WEBSTER , that as he was walking down the centre - walk in the Capitol Park , the day after Mr. HAYNE's speech , a friend said to ...
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... orator concluded these opening remarks . And while the clerk read the resolution , many attempted the impossibility of getting nearer the speaker . Every head was inclined closer towards him , every ear turned in the direction of his ...
... orator concluded these opening remarks . And while the clerk read the resolution , many attempted the impossibility of getting nearer the speaker . Every head was inclined closer towards him , every ear turned in the direction of his ...
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... orator carried out the moral of Macbeth , and proved by the example of that deep - thinking , intellectual , but insanely ambi- tious character , how little of substantial good or permanent power was to be secured by a devious and ...
... orator carried out the moral of Macbeth , and proved by the example of that deep - thinking , intellectual , but insanely ambi- tious character , how little of substantial good or permanent power was to be secured by a devious and ...
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... orator strove , Titan like , to reach the very heavens themselves , they were giddy with an apprehension that he would break down in his flight . They dared not believe , that genius , learning , any intellectual endowment however ...
... orator strove , Titan like , to reach the very heavens themselves , they were giddy with an apprehension that he would break down in his flight . They dared not believe , that genius , learning , any intellectual endowment however ...
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... orator was going through his exordium , they held their breath and hid their faces , mindful of the savage attack upon him and New Eng- land , and the fearful odds against him , her champion ; —as he went deeper into his speech , they ...
... orator was going through his exordium , they held their breath and hid their faces , mindful of the savage attack upon him and New Eng- land , and the fearful odds against him , her champion ; —as he went deeper into his speech , they ...
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