The Life, Eulogy, and Great Orations of Daniel WebsterW.M. Hayward & Company, 1853 - 112 pages |
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... merely personal reflection upon an opponent , no unparliamentary allusion , ever escaped his lips , in the hottest strife of debate ; nor , during his whole career in the councils of the nation , was he ever , " called to order 6.
... merely personal reflection upon an opponent , no unparliamentary allusion , ever escaped his lips , in the hottest strife of debate ; nor , during his whole career in the councils of the nation , was he ever , " called to order 6.
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... whole audience followed the direction of his own -and witnessed the changing countenance and visible agitation of Mr. Calhoun . Surely , no prediction ever met a more rapid or fuller confirm- ation , even to the very manner in which the ...
... whole audience followed the direction of his own -and witnessed the changing countenance and visible agitation of Mr. Calhoun . Surely , no prediction ever met a more rapid or fuller confirm- ation , even to the very manner in which the ...
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... whole heavens , that other sen- timent , dear to every American heart , " LIBERTY AND UNION , NOW AND FOREVER , ONE AND INSEPARABLE ! " The speech was over , but the tones of the orator still lingered upon the ear , and the audience ...
... whole heavens , that other sen- timent , dear to every American heart , " LIBERTY AND UNION , NOW AND FOREVER , ONE AND INSEPARABLE ! " The speech was over , but the tones of the orator still lingered upon the ear , and the audience ...
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... whole mass hurried . He stood almost in the centre of the room , hemmed in by eager crowds , from whom there was no escape , all pressing to get nearer to him . He seemed but little exhausted by the intellectual exertion of the day ...
... whole mass hurried . He stood almost in the centre of the room , hemmed in by eager crowds , from whom there was no escape , all pressing to get nearer to him . He seemed but little exhausted by the intellectual exertion of the day ...
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... whole country by telegraphic tongues of flames - that great life shall be but a history , a biography , a tale told in an evening tent . ' In the tents of life it shall long be recited ; but no word shall reach the ear of that dead ...
... whole country by telegraphic tongues of flames - that great life shall be but a history , a biography , a tale told in an evening tent . ' In the tents of life it shall long be recited ; but no word shall reach the ear of that dead ...
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