The Life, Eulogy, and Great Orations of Daniel WebsterW.M. Hayward & Company, 1853 - 112 pages |
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Page 12
... passing his hand over his great broad forehead . " We - shall - see - sir , to- morrow ; we shall see to - morrow , Sir ! " And they did see - and the country - and the world . " It was on Tuesday , January the 26th , 1830 , ―a day to ...
... passing his hand over his great broad forehead . " We - shall - see - sir , to- morrow ; we shall see to - morrow , Sir ! " And they did see - and the country - and the world . " It was on Tuesday , January the 26th , 1830 , ―a day to ...
Page 30
... passed the threshold with a tranquil majesty , casting upon the world a last look which was at once his calmest and noblest . " Like the sun itself , he " shone largest at his setting . " 4 His resting place is where it should be ; in ...
... passed the threshold with a tranquil majesty , casting upon the world a last look which was at once his calmest and noblest . " Like the sun itself , he " shone largest at his setting . " 4 His resting place is where it should be ; in ...
Page 31
... passed on , each brought with it some slight proof of a gradual decay in his bodily powers and rescources . On Sunday evening , October 10 , he desired a friend , who was sitting with him , to read to him the passage in the ninth ...
... passed on , each brought with it some slight proof of a gradual decay in his bodily powers and rescources . On Sunday evening , October 10 , he desired a friend , who was sitting with him , to read to him the passage in the ninth ...
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... passed out of this world one of its great beneficent ' and controlling spirits . As the sun rose on that quiet Sabbath morning the expected , yet dreaded , event was announced as a public calamity , first , by the solemn discharge of ...
... passed out of this world one of its great beneficent ' and controlling spirits . As the sun rose on that quiet Sabbath morning the expected , yet dreaded , event was announced as a public calamity , first , by the solemn discharge of ...
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... passed on both sides , pausing for a moment to look upon that loved and honored form . Parents held their children by the hand , bade them contemplate the face of their benefactor , and charged them never to lose the memory of that ...
... passed on both sides , pausing for a moment to look upon that loved and honored form . Parents held their children by the hand , bade them contemplate the face of their benefactor , and charged them never to lose the memory of that ...
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