Off-hand Takings; Or, Crayon Sketches of the Noticeable Men of Our AgeDe Witt & Davenport, 1854 - 408 páginas |
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... 66 high art " biographer may deem them of but little value , constitute a charm which the most elaborate expositions of mental characteristics would fail to secure . But let it not be thought that in the following vi PREFACE .
... 66 high art " biographer may deem them of but little value , constitute a charm which the most elaborate expositions of mental characteristics would fail to secure . But let it not be thought that in the following vi PREFACE .
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George Washington Bungay. But let it not be thought that in the following por- traits mental traits are lost sight of . On the contrary , our Author has a keen eye for detecting such , and a ready pen to record them . A poet himself ...
George Washington Bungay. But let it not be thought that in the following por- traits mental traits are lost sight of . On the contrary , our Author has a keen eye for detecting such , and a ready pen to record them . A poet himself ...
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... thought ; " magnificent eyes ; an ample chest ; a patrician hand ; a face broad and dark as some of the fugitives he would return to bondage . See him in the zenith of his man- hood , standing on the battle - ground at Bunker Hill ...
... thought ; " magnificent eyes ; an ample chest ; a patrician hand ; a face broad and dark as some of the fugitives he would return to bondage . See him in the zenith of his man- hood , standing on the battle - ground at Bunker Hill ...
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... thoughts should be mainly bent on considering , not how the Union should be best pre- served , but how tolerable might be the condition of the people when it shall be broken up and destroyed . While the Union lasts , we have high ...
... thoughts should be mainly bent on considering , not how the Union should be best pre- served , but how tolerable might be the condition of the people when it shall be broken up and destroyed . While the Union lasts , we have high ...
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... thought . Now he flings a page of meaning into a single aphorism , -now he electrifies his spell- bound hearers with a spontaneous burst of eloquence , —now he dissolves their eyes to tears by a wizard stroke of pathos , -now he ...
... thought . Now he flings a page of meaning into a single aphorism , -now he electrifies his spell- bound hearers with a spontaneous burst of eloquence , —now he dissolves their eyes to tears by a wizard stroke of pathos , -now he ...
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Página 19 - While the Union lasts we have high, exciting, gratifying prospects spread out before us — for us and our children. Beyond that I seek not to penetrate the veil. God grant that in my day, at least, that curtain may not rise ! God grant that on my vision never may be opened what lies behind ! When my eyes shall be turned to behold for the last time the sun in heaven, may I not see him shining on the broken and dishonored fragments of a once glorious Union ; on States dissevered, discordant, belligerent...
Página 18 - It is to that Union we owe our safety at home and our consideration and dignity abroad. It is to that Union that we are chiefly indebted for whatever makes us most proud of our country. That Union we reached only by the discipline of our virtues in the severe school of adversity. It had its origin in the necessities of disordered finance, prostrate commerce, and ruined credit.
Página 126 - But let its humbled sons, instead, From sea to lake, A long lament, as for the dead, In sadness make. Of all we loved and honored, naught Save power remains; A fallen angel's pride of thought, Still strong in chains.
Página 18 - I have not allowed myself, sir, to look beyond the Union to see what might lie hidden in the dark recess behind. I have not coolly weighed the chances of preserving liberty when the bonds that unite us together shall be broken asunder. I have not accustomed myself to hang over the precipice of disunion to see whether with my short sight I can fathom the depth of the abyss below...
Página 17 - ... that, some years ago. How, then, they would ask, do you propose to defend us ? We are not afraid of bullets, but treason has a way of taking people off that we do not much relish. How do you propose to defend us? "Look at my floating banner," he would reply; "see there the nullifying law!
Página 14 - Sir, I deny this power of State legislatures altogether. It cannot stand the test of examination. Gentlemen may say, that in an extreme case, a State government might protect the people from intolerable oppression. Sir, in such a case, the people might protect themselves, without the aid of the State governments. Such a case warrants revolution. It must make, when it comes, a law for itself. A nullifying act of a State legislature cannot alter the case, nor make resistance any more lawful. In maintaining...
Página 56 - WHEN I am dead, no pageant train Shall waste their sorrows at my bier, Nor worthless pomp of homage vain Stain it with hypocritic tear ; For I will die as I did live, Nor take the boon I cannot give. Ye shall not raise a marble bust Upon the spot where I repose ; Ye shall not fawn before my dust, In hollow circumstance of woes ; Nor sculptured clay, with lying breath, Insult the clay that moulds beneath.
Página 109 - The Gothic cathedral is a blossoming in stone subdued by the insatiable demand of harmony in man. The mountain of granite blooms into an eternal flower, with the lightness and delicate finish as well as the aerial proportions and perspective of vegetable beauty.
Página 14 - I decline her umpirage. I have not sworn to support the constitution according to her construction of its clauses. I have not stipulated, by my oath of office or otherwise, to come under any responsibility, except to the people, and those whom they have appointed to pass upon the question, whether the laws, supported by my votes, conform to the constitution of the country.
Página 161 - With prospects bright upon the world he came, Pure love of virtue, strong desire of fame ; Men watched the way his lofty mind would take, And all foretold the progress he would make.