 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
 | William Penn - 1882 - 524 pages
...that day what would become of the glory of all flesh when God shall enter into judgment. Well, let my right hand forget its cunning and my tongue cleave to the roof of my mouth when I shall forget the lovingkindness of the Lord and the sure mercies of our God to us his... | |
 | Egerton Ryerson, John George Hodgins - Canada - 1883 - 640 pages
...their toils as well as joys. " If I forget thee," 0 thou Spiritual Jerusalem of my native land, " let my right hand forget its cunning, and my tongue cleave to the roof of my mouth. Peace be within thy walls, and prosperity within thy palaces 1" June 12th. — Although I... | |
 | David W. Lusk - Illinois - 1884 - 600 pages
...manufacturers; or, as it were, to listen to those breathings rising within the consecrated walls wherein the Constitution of the United States, and I will...Independence, were originally framed and adopted. I assure you and your Mayor that I had hoped, on this occasion, and upon all occasions during my life,... | |
 | George Washington Williams - African American soldiers - 1887 - 400 pages
...the future of my country to them — among my dead comrades there I swore to myself a solemn oath : ' May my right hand forget its cunning, and my tongue cleave to the roof of my mouth, if I ever fail to defend the rights of those men who have given their blood for me and my... | |
 | 1925 - 838 pages
...intelligence so intimately bound to God that every citizen has written on his heart: "If I forget thee, let my right hand forget its cunning and my tongue cleave to the roof of my mouth." We must have an intelligent citizenship that is righteous. American children will receive... | |
 | William Carlos Martyn - Biography & Autobiography - 1890 - 608 pages
...yielded ! O'Connell said, " Gentlemen, God knows I speak for the saddest people the sun sees ; but may my right hand forget its cunning, and my tongue cleave to the roof of my mouth, if, to save Ireland,— even Ireland, — 1 forget the negro one single hour !') — " From... | |
 | Henry Jarvis Raymond, Francis Bicknell Carpenter - Presidents - 1891 - 424 pages
...aunfacturers ; or, as it were, to listen to those breathings rising within tl-e consecrated walls wherein the Constitution of the United States, and, I will...Independence, were originally framed and adopted. [Enthusiastic applause.] I assure you and your Mayor that I hid hoped on this occasion, and upon all... | |
 | Wendell Phillips - Antislavery movements - 1891 - 502 pages
...yielded ! O'Counell said, " Gentlemen, God knows I speak for the saddest people the sun sees ; but may my right hand forget its cunning, and my tongue cleave to the roof of my mouth, if to save Ireland, even Ireland, I forget the negro one single hour ! " " From that day,"... | |
 | Annie Carter Cochran - Presbyterians - 1891 - 272 pages
...never had any other church home. She would not have hesitated to say of it, " If I forget thee, let my right hand forget its cunning, and my tongue cleave to the roof of my mouth." Those who knew Miss Thomson in her youth loved to speak of her great beauty, and her sweet... | |
 | Lucius Eugene Chittenden - Adirondack Mountains (N.Y.) - 1893 - 464 pages
...All my political warfare has been in favor of the teachings that came forth from these sacred wails. May my right hand forget its cunning and my tongue cleave to the roof of my mouth if I ever prove false to those teachings." We know now the solemn sincerity of his assertion... | |
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