| Joel Chandler Harris - Journalists - 1890 - 678 pages
...advisedly, for I feel that if, when I raise my provincial voice in this ancient and august presence, I could find courage for no more than the opening sentence,...that I appreciate the significance of being the first Sout]ifinie»-to speak at this board, which bears the substance, if it surpasses the semblance, of... | |
| Joel Chandler Harris - Journalists - 1800 - 338 pages
...advisedly, for I feel that if, when I raise my provincial voice in this ancient and august presence, I could find courage for no more than the opening sentence,...courtesy on my lips and grace in my heart. Permitted, tlirough your kindness, to catch my second wind, let me say that I appreciate the significance of being... | |
| Ralph Curtis Ringwalt - Orators - 1898 - 360 pages
...sentence, it would be well if, in that sentence, I had met in a rough sense my obligation as a guest, 10 and had perished, so to speak, with courtesy on my...significance of being the first Southerner to speak at this 15 board, which bears the substance, if it surpasses the semblance of original New England hospitality,... | |
| Ralph Curtis Ringwalt - Orators - 1898 - 360 pages
...advisedly, for I feel that if, when I raised my provincial voice in this ancient and august presence, I could find courage for no more than the opening sentence,...had met in a rough sense my obligation as a guest, 10 and had perished, so to speak, with courtesy on my lips and grace in my heart. Permitted, through... | |
| Guy Carleton Lee - 1899 - 490 pages
...advisedly, for I feel that if, when I raised my provincial voice in this ancient and august presence, I could find courage for no more than the opening sentence,...speak, with courtesy on my lips and grace in my heart. , , , In speaking to the toast with which you have honored me, I accept the term, 'The New South,'... | |
| Guy Carleton Lee - Elocution - 1899 - 492 pages
...advisedly, for I feel that if, when I raised my provincial voice in this ancient and august presence, I could find courage for no more than the opening sentence,...speak, with courtesy on my lips and grace in my heart. . . , In speaking to the toast with which you have honored me, I accept the term, ' The New South,"... | |
| William Peterfield Trent - American literature - 1905 - 558 pages
...perishe-d, so to speak, wii cccrtesy oa my lipe asi giace is my heart. Persiirted, thrcc^h yccr kiidaess, to catch my second wind, let me say that I appreciate the sLc^iicjcce of being the first Soctherrjer to speik at this board, which bears the substance, if it... | |
| William Jennings Bryan, Francis Whiting Halsey - Speeches, addresses, etc - 1906 - 286 pages
...advisedly, for I feel that if, when I raise my provincial voice in this ancient and august presence, I could find courage for no more than the opening sentence,...it would be well if in that sentence I had met in i Delivered before the New England Society at its annual dinner In New York City, December 18, 1888... | |
| Joseph Villiers Denney - 1910 - 348 pages
...advisedly, for I feel that if, when I raise my provincial voice in this ancient and august presence, I could find courage for no more than the opening sentence,...in a rough sense my obligation as a guest, and had is perished, so to speak, with courtesy on my lips and grace in my heart. Permitted, through your kindness,... | |
| Robert Irving Fulton, Thomas Clarkson Trueblood - Orator - 1912 - 428 pages
...December 21, 1886, upon invitation of the New England Society of that city. I. THE RETURNING ARMIES Mr. President and gentlemen, Let me express to you...speak, with courtesy on my lips and grace in my heart. Let me say that I appreciate the significance of being the first Southerner to speak at this board,... | |
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