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... Essays and Reviews ... - Seite 180von Edwin Percy Whipple - 1848 - 360 SeitenVollansicht - Über dieses Buch
| Charles Wainwright March - 1856 - 470 Seiten
...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...and unbroken strain of the martial airs of England." CHAPTEK XXV. GIBRALTAR— THE GUIDES AND MONKEYS— THE BOCK— ST. MICHAEL'S CAVE — ENGLISH OFFICERS—... | |
| 1856 - 518 Seiten
...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...and unbroken strain of the martial airs of England. DANIEL WEBSTEB. 32. THE SENTINELS OP LIBERTY. WHEN the members of this house shall lose the freedom... | |
| Charles Wainwright March - 1856 - 466 Seiten
...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...continuous and unbroken strain of the martial airs of En gland." CHAPTER XXY. GIBRALTAR — THE GUIDES AND MONKEYS — THE ROCK — ST. MICHAEL'S CAVE —... | |
| lady Emmeline Charlotte E. Stuart Wortley - 1856 - 516 Seiten
...Britain, wherein he says, " a Power to which Rome, in the height of her glory, is not to be compared,—a power which has dotted over the surface of the whole...and unbroken strain of the martial airs of England." He might have added, less poetically but quite as verackmsly,—and a power whose public-houses and... | |
| Arthur Mills - 1856 - 482 Seiten
...height of her glory, was not to be compared — a Power which has dotted over the whole surface of the globe with her possessions and military posts —...earth daily with one continuous and unbroken strain of martial music." Every empire which the world has yet known has manifested at an earlier stage of its... | |
| 1856 - 864 Seiten
...original ; Webster is speaking of England as " a power to which Home in the height of her glory is not to be compared ; a power which has dotted over...the whole globe with her possessions and military hosts, whose mnrniny drum-beat, following the tun, and keejiing company with the Itourt, circles the... | |
| David Addison Harsha - 1857 - 544 Seiten
...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...keeping company with the hours, circles the earth with one continuous and unbroken strain of the martial airs of England." This speech was received with... | |
| Oliver Prescott Hiller - 1857 - 388 Seiten
...poetic view of the vastness of England's possessions, as is presented in the following splendid passage :—"A Power, which has dotted over the surface of...keeping company with the hours, circles the earth with one continuous and unbroken strain of the martial airs of England." Let Englishmen thank Webster... | |
| John Disturnell - 1857 - 412 Seiten
...power, which, to use the eloquent language of Daniel Webster, ' has dotted over the whole surface of the globe with her possessions and military posts, whose...earth daily with one continuous and unbroken strain of martial music.' The company is growing richer every year, and its jurisdiction and its lands will soon... | |
| Christopher Columbus Andrews - 1857 - 232 Seiten
...power, which, to use the eloquent language of Daniel Webster, " has dotted over the whole surface of the globe with her possessions and military posts —...earth daily with one continuous and unbroken strain of martial music." The company is growing richer every year, and its jurisdiction and its lands will soon... | |
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