 I assure you and your mayor that I had hoped on this occasion, and upon all occasions during my life, that I shall do nothing inconsistent with the teachings of these holy and most sacred walls. I have never asked anything that does not breathe from those...  Anecdotes of Public Men - Page 244by John Wien Forney - 1873Full view - About this book
 | Epes Sargent - Elocution - 1852 - 568 pages
...Washington be appointed commander of the forces raised, or to be raised, for defence of American liberty, may my right hand forget its cunning, and my tongue cleave to the roof of my mouth, if I hesitate or waver in the support I give him ! The war, then, must go on. We must fight... | |
 | Epes Sargent - Readers - 1852 - 570 pages
...Washington be appointed commander of the forces raised, or to be raised, for defence of American liberty, may my right hand forget its cunning, and my tongue cleave to the roof of my mouth, if I hesitate or waver in the support I give him ! The war, then, must go on. We must fight... | |
 | Joseph Tate Cooper - 1853 - 264 pages
...But this I should be bound to do, as a faithful, consistent Odd-Fellow. Rather than do this, " Let my right hand forget its cunning, and my tongue cleave to the roof of my mouth." "0! my soul, come not thou into their secret ; unto their assembly, mine honour be not thou... | |
 | Conduct of life - 1853 - 402 pages
...death, and born into the kingdom of God's dear Son — if I do not remember thee and love thee, let my right hand forget its cunning, and my tongue cleave to the roof of my mouth, if I prefer not Jerusalem above my chief joy." Another ground of tho believer's attachment... | |
 | Julia Griffiths - Abolitionists - 1854 - 362 pages
...at the peril of his life should claim of me shelter and the means of escape. Before I refuse that, " may my right hand forget its cunning and my tongue cleave to the roof of my mouth." at tlje GTJOH is the unholy and gigantic <)ower that, leaving its territorial domain, has... | |
 | Elocution - 1854 - 576 pages
...Washington be appointed commander of the forces raised, or to be raised, for defence of American liberty, may my right hand forget its cunning, and my tongue cleave to the roof of my mouth, if I hesitate or waver in the support I give him ! The war, then,-must go on. We must fight... | |
 | Julia Griffiths - Abolitionists - 1854 - 348 pages
...at the peril of his life should claim of me shelter and the means of escape. Before I refuse that, " may my right hand forget its cunning and my tongue cleave to the roof of my mouth." Cjj* (Enxroarjment 0f i\tj$lafoe-f otar. OUCH is the unholy and gigantic power that, leaving... | |
 | Julia Griffiths - Abolitionists - 1854 - 382 pages
...at the peril of his life should claim of me shelter and the means of escape. Before I refuse that, " may my right hand forget its cunning and my tongue cleave to the roof of my mouth." (Encrw|ment of t|e EXTRACT. OUCH is the unholy and gigantic power that, leaving its territorial... | |
 | John Cumming - 1854 - 342 pages
..." dealer on the streets will tell you, in his calmest moments, " If I forget thee, O Jerusalem, let my right hand forget its cunning, and my tongue cleave to the roof of my mouth ; " and the last desire of the dying Jew is to be buried in Jerusalem ; and the poorest pilgrims... | |
 | Rufus Claggett - 1855 - 208 pages
...Washington be appointed commander of the forces, raised, or to be raised, for defence of American liberty, may my right hand forget its cunning, and my tongue cleave to the roof of my mouth, if I hesitate or waver | in the support I give him. The war, then, must go on. We must fight... | |
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