 Ah, gentlemen ! that was a dreadful mistake. Such a secret can be safe nowhere. The whole creation of God has neither nook nor corner where the guilty can bestow it, and say it is safe.  Speeches and Forensic Arguments - Page 452by Daniel Webster - 1830 - 520 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Evert Augustus Duyckinck, George Long Duyckinck - American literature - 1856 - 838 pages
...Gentlemen, that was a dreadful mistake. Such a secret con be safe nowhere. The whole creation of God hns neither nook nor corner where the guilty can bestow...and say it is safe. Not to speak of that eye which pierces through all disguises, and beholds every thing as in the splendor of noon, such secrets of... | |
 | William Holmes McGuffey - Readers - 1857 - 456 pages
...done the murder; no eye has seen him, no ear has heard him. The secret is his own, and it is safe! 6. Ah! gentlemen, that was a dreadful mistake. Such a...eye which glances through all disguises, and beholds every thing as in the splendor of noon; such secrets of guilt are never safe from detection, even by... | |
 | History - 1857 - 642 pages
...murder — no eye has seen him, no ear has heard him. The secret is his own, and it is safe ! Ah 1 him in the propriety of the observance of such maxims....more essential 'to a democracy than to any other. every thum as in the splendor of noon, — such secrets of guilt are never safe from detection, even... | |
 | American Orators - 1857 - 690 pages
...murder — no eye has seen him, no ear has heard him. The secret is his own, and it is safe ! Ah l gentlemen, that was a dreadful mistake. Such a secret...eye which glances through all disguises, and beholds every thing, as in the splendor of noon, — such secrets of gnilt are never safe from detection, even... | |
 | American Orators - 1857 - 656 pages
...murder — no eye has seen him, no ear has heard him. The secret is his own, aud it is sate ! Ah I gentlemen, that was a dreadful mistake. •" Such...speak of that eye which glances through all disguises, aud beholds every thing, as in the splendor of noon, — such secrets <>f guilt are never safe from... | |
 | Epes Sargent - Readers - 1857 - 350 pages
...blind and blackening in the moonless air. $. Ah! Gentlemen, that was a dreadful mistake. Such a sev ret can be safe nowhere. The whole creation of God has...where the guilty can bestow it, and say it is safe. Examples of Middle Pitch. 1. I have seen A curious child,who dwelt upon a tract Of inland ground, applying... | |
 | History - 1857 - 650 pages
...murder — no eye has seen him, no ear has heard him. The secret is his own, aud it is safe ! Ah I gentlemen, that was a dreadful mistake. Such a secret...nowhere. The whole creation of God has neither nook nor comer, where the guilty can bestow it, and say it is safe. Not to speak of that eye which glances through... | |
 | Mary Russell Mitford - American literature - 1857 - 396 pages
...nowhere. The whole creation of God has neither nook nor corner where the guilty can bestow it and say that it is safe. Not to spe.ak of that Eye which glances...through all disguises and beholds everything as in the splendour of noon. Such secrets of guilt are never safe from detection, even by men. True it is, generally... | |
 | Epes Sargent - Elocution - 1857 - 444 pages
...CICERO v. VERRIS. Not that I doubt the honorable gentleman's disposition to do right — far from it ! Ah ! gentlemen, that was a dreadful mistake. Such a secret can be safe nowhere. — WEBSTEH. DIAGRAM II. — DEPRECATORY POSITION. Diagram 3. — This diagram represents positions... | |
 | Lucius Osgood - Elocution - 1858 - 494 pages
...came in, and escapes. He has done the murder; no eye has seen him, no ear has heard him. The secret is his own, and it is safe ! Ah, gentlemen, that was...where the guilty can bestow it and say it is safe. 7. Not to speak of that eye which glances through all disguises and beholds every thing as in the splendor... | |
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