Sir, when I heard the gentleman lay down principles which place the murderers of Alton side by side with Otis and Hancock, with Quincy and Adams, I thought those pictured lips [pointing to the portraits in the Hall] would have broken into voice to rebuke... The Life and Times of Wendell Phillips - Page 79by George Lowell Austin - 1884 - 431 pagesFull view - About this book
| Edward Griffin Parker - Orators - 1857 - 496 pages
...heroes of the Revolutionary day, frowning from the wall, he exclaimed : " I thought those pictured lips would have broken into voice to rebuke the recreant American, — the slanderer of the dead. The gentleman said" (here he fixed his glittering gaze on Austin) " that he should sink into insignificance,... | |
| Wendell Phillips - History - 1863 - 660 pages
...laws and constitution of the Province. The rioters of our day go for their own wills, right or wrong. Sir, when I heard the gentleman lay down principles...recreant American, — the slanderer of the dead. [Great applause and counter applause.] The gentleman said that he should sink into insignificance if... | |
| Wendell Phillips - Antislavery movements - 1863 - 582 pages
...laws and constitution of the Province. The rioters of our day go for their own wills, right or wrong. Sir, when I heard the gentleman lay down principles...recreant American, — the slanderer of the dead. [Great applause and counter applause.] The gentleman said that he should sink into insignificance if... | |
| Wendell Phillips - History - 1863 - 588 pages
...and constitution of the Province. The rioters of our day go for their own wills, right or wrong. ( Sir, when I heard the gentleman lay down principles...thought those pictured lips [pointing to the portraits m the Hall] would have broken into voice to rebuke the recreant American, — the slanderer of the... | |
| Wendell Phillips - 1864 - 580 pages
...and constitution of the Province. The rioters of our day go for their own wills, right or __ wrong. Sir, when I heard the gentleman lay down principles...those pictured lips [pointing to the portraits in the Hull] would have broken into voice to rebuke the ! | recreant American, — the slanderer of the dead.... | |
| John Ward Dean, George Folsom, John Gilmary Shea, Henry Reed Stiles, Henry Barton Dawson - United States - 1864 - 446 pages
...mob that murdered Elijah P. Lovejoy, at Alton, the previous month, used the following language : — "•Sir, when I heard the gentleman lay down principles...murderers of Alton side by side with Otis, and Hancock, and Quincy, and Adams, I thought those pictured lips [pointing to the portraits in the hall] would... | |
| John Ward Dean, George Folsom, John Gilmary Shea, Henry Reed Stiles, Henry Barton Dawson - United States - 1864 - 478 pages
...murdered Elijah P. Lovejoy, at Alton, the previous month, used the following language : — "Sir, when^I heard the gentleman lay down principles which place...murderers of Alton side by side with Otis, and Hancock, and Quincy, and Adams, I thought those pictured lips [pointing to the portraits in the hall] would... | |
| Harriet Beecher Stowe - 1868 - 652 pages
...allurements — it is calm, intense, and commanding. "Sir," he said, in the course of this speech, "when I heard the gentleman lay down principles which...and Hancock, with Quincy and Adams, I thought those precious lips, (pointing to the portraits in the hall) would have broken into voices to rebuke the... | |
| Harriet Beecher Stowe - Generals - 1868 - 606 pages
...allurements — it is calm, intense, and commanding. "Sir," he said, in the course of this speech, u when I heard the gentleman lay down principles which...and Hancock, with Quincy and Adams, I thought those precious lips, (pointing to the portraits in the hall) would have broken into voices to rebuke the... | |
| Samuel Joseph May - Antislavery movements - 1869 - 434 pages
...Chairman, when I heard the gentleman lay down principles which placed the rioters, incendiaries, and murderers of Alton side by side with Otis and Hancock,...the recreant American, the slanderer of the dead. [Great applause and counter-applause.] Sir, the gentleman said that he should sink into insignificance... | |
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