 | Charles Sumner - Slavery - 1874 - 558 pages
...In one of his speeches during his short service in Congress, he arraigned military glory as " that rainbow that rises in showers of blood, — that serpent's eye that charms but to destroy";1 and when charged with the terrible responsibility of Government, he was none the... | |
 | Henry Wilson - Antislavery movements - 1874 - 754 pages
...motive — what 1 will not stop now to give my opinion concerning — to involve the two countries in a war, and trusting to escape scrutiny by fixing the public gaze on the exceeding brightness of military glory, — that attractive rainbow that rises in showers of... | |
 | Charles Sumner - Slavery - 1874 - 562 pages
...In one of his speeches during his short service in Congress, he arraigned military glory as " that rainbow that rises in showers of blood, — that serpent's eye that charms but to destroy" ; 1 and when charged with the terrible responsibility of Government, he was none the... | |
 | William Henry Herndon, Jesse William Weik - 1892 - 408 pages
...some strong motive—which I will not now stop to give my opinion concerning—to involve the coun* tries in a war, and trusting to escape scrutiny by...public gaze upon the exceeding brightness of military glory,—that attractive rainbow that rises in showers of blood, that serpent's eye that charms to... | |
 | William Henry Herndon, Jesse William Weik - Presidents - 1892 - 408 pages
...strong motive—which I will not now stop to give my opinion concerning—to involve the countries in a war, and trusting to escape scrutiny by fixing...public gaze upon the exceeding brightness of military glory,—that attractive rainbow that rises in showers of blood, that serpent's eye that charms to... | |
 | Henry Hooker Van Meter - Monasticism and religious orders - 1900 - 454 pages
...strong motive (what I will not now stop to give my opinion concerning) to involve the two countries in a war, and trusting to escape scrutiny by fixing...attractive rainbow that rises in showers of blood, he plunged into it, and has swept on and on, till disappointed in his calculation of the ease with... | |
 | Charles Sumner - Speeches, addresses, etc., American - 1900 - 434 pages
...In one of his speeches during his short service in Congress, he arraigned military glory as " that rainbow that rises in showers of blood, — that serpent's eye that charms but to destroy" ; 1 and when charged with the terrible responsibility of Government, he was none the... | |
 | Joseph Hartwell Barrett, Charles Walter Brown - Presidents - 1902 - 888 pages
...motive — what I will not stop now to give my opinion concerning — to involve the two countries in a war, and trusting to escape scrutiny by fixing...military glory — that attractive rainbow that rises ir showers of blood — that serpent's eye that charms to destroy — he plunged into it, and has swept... | |
 | Abraham Lincoln - United States - 1903 - 460 pages
...strong motive—what, I will not stop now to give my opinion concerning—to involve the two countries in a war, and trusting to escape scrutiny by fixing...showers of blood— that serpent's eye that charms to destroy,—he plunged into it, and has swept on and on till, disappointed in his calculation of the... | |
 | Abraham Lincoln - American literature - 1905 - 350 pages
...motive — what, I will not stop now to give my opinion concerning — to involve the two countries in a war, and trusting to escape scrutiny by fixing...that charms to destroy, — he plunged into it, and was swept on and on till, disappointed in his calculation of the ease with which Mexico might be subdued,... | |
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... that attractive rainbow that rises in showers of blood, that serpent's eye that charms to destroy... 
