The Nation and the Constitution: An Oration Delivered Before the City Authorities and Citizens of Providence, July 4, 1866Providence Press Company, 1866 - 23 Seiten |
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... under their eagles ? What inspired the people so long given up to business and wealth , and pleasure , and almost to ignoble effeminacy , to come forward and willingly— ! yes , joyfully - offer the treasures of their be to b.
... under their eagles ? What inspired the people so long given up to business and wealth , and pleasure , and almost to ignoble effeminacy , to come forward and willingly— ! yes , joyfully - offer the treasures of their be to b.
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... wealth of power and beauty with no niggard hand ; nor can we forget that its waves once upheld that little craft , whose rapidly - turning wheels prophesied and made possible those sailless fleets whose keels have since vexed every sea ...
... wealth of power and beauty with no niggard hand ; nor can we forget that its waves once upheld that little craft , whose rapidly - turning wheels prophesied and made possible those sailless fleets whose keels have since vexed every sea ...
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... wealth of this country ? The crowded steamers that throng its waters ; the fleets of barges , with their guardian tugs , moving in unending procession ; the sails , that fly to and fro all the day ; and , ever and anon , the thundering ...
... wealth of this country ? The crowded steamers that throng its waters ; the fleets of barges , with their guardian tugs , moving in unending procession ; the sails , that fly to and fro all the day ; and , ever and anon , the thundering ...
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... wealth and dominion . Its posses- sion has been the most eagerly - coveted prize be- tween nations . To - day , beyond a peradventure , that commerce is ours . Into our coffers , " Ormus and Ind , " China , and Far Japan , shall pour ...
... wealth and dominion . Its posses- sion has been the most eagerly - coveted prize be- tween nations . To - day , beyond a peradventure , that commerce is ours . Into our coffers , " Ormus and Ind , " China , and Far Japan , shall pour ...
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... wealth , America shall stand the centre and con- troller of the earth . All lands shall acknowledge her might , and pay tribute to her power . Within the lifetime of some who now hear me , a hundred stars shall cluster on that banner ...
... wealth , America shall stand the centre and con- troller of the earth . All lands shall acknowledge her might , and pay tribute to her power . Within the lifetime of some who now hear me , a hundred stars shall cluster on that banner ...
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Häufige Begriffe und Wortgruppen
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Beliebte Passagen
Seite 29 - Workmen wrought thy ribs of steel, Who made each mast, and, sail, and rope, What anvils rang, what hammers beat, In what a forge and what a heat Were shaped the anchors of thy hope!
Seite 5 - Flag of the free heart's hope and home, By angel hands to valor given ! Thy stars have lit the welkin dome, And all thy hues were born in heaven. Forever float that standard sheet ! Where breathes the foe but falls before us, With Freedom's soil beneath our feet, And Freedom's banner streaming o'er us ? JOSEPH RODMAN DRAKE.
Seite 2 - What constitutes a State? Not high-raised battlement or labored mound, Thick wall or moated gate; Not cities proud, with spires and turrets crowned; Not bays and broad-armed ports, Where, laughing at the storm, rich navies ride; Not starred and spangled courts, Where low-browed baseness wafts perfume to pride. No: MEN, high-minded MEN...
Seite 28 - Then and there was the first scene of the first act of opposition to the arbitrary claims of Great Britain. Then and there the child Independence was born.
Seite 6 - No farther seek his merits to disclose, Or draw his frailties from their dread abode (There they alike in trembling hope repose), The bosom of his Father and his God.
Seite 9 - Yet now despair itself is mild, Even as the winds and waters are; I could lie down like a tired child, And weep away the life of care Which I have borne and yet must bear...
Seite 29 - Thou, too, sail on, O Ship of State! Sail on, O UNION, strong and great ! Humanity with all its fears, With all the hopes of future years, Is hanging breathless on thy fate...