The American Orator: Comprising a Collection, Principally from American Authors, of the Most Admired Specimens of Congressional, Forensic, Pulpit and Popular Eloquence, with Dialogues and Poetical Extracts, Adapted to Public Recitation : and an Introduction, Embracing the Principle Rules Relating to Delivery and ActionPublished and sold by Daniel Fenton, Thomas T. Stiles, printer, 1815 - Всего страниц: 324 |
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... militia ( which I pressed upon them as indispensible to the public security ) does not come within the scope of their authority . On what ground , I have been and still am unable to see , they had felt themselves authorised ( when that ...
... militia ( which I pressed upon them as indispensible to the public security ) does not come within the scope of their authority . On what ground , I have been and still am unable to see , they had felt themselves authorised ( when that ...
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... militia , against a country defended by at least twelve thousand regular veteran troops , besides its militia ! -- And to march into it , inviting treason by proclamation , in a quarter too where such a system could be retorted upon us ...
... militia , against a country defended by at least twelve thousand regular veteran troops , besides its militia ! -- And to march into it , inviting treason by proclamation , in a quarter too where such a system could be retorted upon us ...
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... militia for the defence of the frontiers of the United States , against in- vasion . " MR . SPEAKER , I HAVE moved for the indefinite postponement of this bill , before the amendments made in the committee of the whole house are ...
... militia for the defence of the frontiers of the United States , against in- vasion . " MR . SPEAKER , I HAVE moved for the indefinite postponement of this bill , before the amendments made in the committee of the whole house are ...
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... militia to fill the ranks of the regular army . On this monstrous device I shall make no remarks now . That bill may never be called up . It is already damned in public estimation , I trust that it is sleeping the sleep of death , and ...
... militia to fill the ranks of the regular army . On this monstrous device I shall make no remarks now . That bill may never be called up . It is already damned in public estimation , I trust that it is sleeping the sleep of death , and ...
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... militia consists of the whole people of a state , or rather of the whole male population capa- ble of bearing arms ; including all , of every description , avocation or age . Exemption from militia duty is a mere matter of grace . This ...
... militia consists of the whole people of a state , or rather of the whole male population capa- ble of bearing arms ; including all , of every description , avocation or age . Exemption from militia duty is a mere matter of grace . This ...
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Стр. 303 - O Woman ! in our hours of ease Uncertain, coy, and hard to please, And variable as the shade By the light quivering aspen made; When pain and anguish wring the brow, A ministering angel thou!
Стр. 316 - Twas but a kindred sound to move, For pity melts the mind to love. Softly sweet, in Lydian measures, Soon he soothed his soul to pleasures. War, he sung, is toil and trouble; Honour, but an empty bubble; Never ending, still beginning, Fighting still, and still destroying; If the world be worth thy winning, Think, O think it worth enjoying! Lovely Thais sits beside thee, Take the good the gods provide thee!
Стр. 76 - ... who think that nothing exists but what is gross and material ; and who therefore, far from being qualified to be directors of the great movement of empire, are not fit to turn a wheel in the machine.
Стр. 177 - He that hath pity upon the poor lendeth unto the LORD; and that which he hath given will he pay him again.
Стр. 322 - Why shrinks the soul Back on herself, and startles at destruction ? 'Tis the divinity that stirs within us; 'Tis Heaven itself that points out an hereafter, And intimates eternity to man.
Стр. 313 - When Cheerfulness, a nymph of healthiest hue, Her bow across her shoulder flung, Her buskins gem'd with morning dew, Blew an inspiring air, that dale and thicket rung, The hunter's call to Faun and Dryad known...
Стр. 316 - The princes applaud with a furious joy: And the King seized a flambeau with zeal to destroy; Thais led the way To light him to his prey, And like another Helen fired another Troy...
Стр. 314 - TWAS at the royal feast for Persia won By Philip's warlike son: Aloft in awful state The godlike hero sate On his imperial throne...