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
American arms army articles of confederation authority battle beautiful blessings blood Boston Boston Massacre British cause celebration century CHARLES FRANCIS ADAMS Cheers church citizens civil colonies common Congress Constitution continent Continental Congress Declaration of Independence despotism divine duty earth England equal Europe faith fathers fellow-citizens flag Fourth of July freedom future Gent allow glory grand hands happy heart heroes honor hope human hundred institutions John Adams justice King labor land legislation live loyal manhood Massachusetts ment Messieurs mighty millions moral nation never noble ocean old world ORATION ORATION DELIVERED patriotism peace peril Philibert Berthelier political present principles progress prosperity race rebellion religious liberty republic republican revolution rich ship Sitka slavery soil sovereignty spirit struggle territory thirteen colonies thousand tion to-day toast triumph true truth Union United victory virtue Washington WASHINGTON HEIGHTS wealth
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Seite 11 - 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 19 - 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 28 - The hand that rounded Peter's dome, And groined the aisles of Christian Rome, Wrought in a sad sincerity: Himself from God he could not free; He builded better than he knew : The conscious stone to beauty grew.
Seite 22 - 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 12 - 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 14 - On this question of principle, while actual suffering was yet afar off, they raised their flag against a power, to which, for purposes of foreign conquest and subjugation, Rome, in the height of her glory, is not to be compared ; a power which has dotted over the surface of the whole globe with her possessions and military posts, whose morning drum-beat, following the sun, and keeping company with the hours, circles the earth with one continuous and unbroken strain of the martial airs of England.
Seite 28 - I am apt to believe that it will be celebrated by succeeding generations as the great anniversary festival. It ought to be commemorated as the day of deliverance, by solemn acts of devotion to God Almighty. It ought to be solemnized with pomp and parade, with shows, games, sports, guns, bells, bonfires, and illuminations, from one end of this continent to the other, from this time forward forevermore.
Seite 11 - 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...