On this question of principle, while actual suffering was yet afar offj 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... Life of Daniel Webster - Page 306by Benjamin Franklin Tefft - 1854 - 498 pagesFull view - About this book
| United States. Congress - Law - 1825 - 736 pages
...it, to the smallest fibre. On this question of principle, while actual suffering was yet afar off, they raised their flag against a power to which, for...the surface of the whole globe with her possessions anc] military posts; whose morning drum-beat, following the sun, and keeping company with the hours,... | |
| Religion - 1835 - 1040 pages
...fibre. On this question of principle, while actual suffering was yet afar off, they raised their nag against a power, to which for purposes of foreign...glory, is not to be compared — a power which has dot-, ted over the surface of the whole globe with her possessions and military posts, whose morning... | |
| John Ramsay McCulloch, John Ramsay M'Culloch - Great Britain - 1839 - 760 pages
...the annals of history: "a power," to use the eloquent language of a foreigner, " to which, for the purposes of foreign conquest and subjugation, Rome,...in the height of her glory, is not to be compared ; which has dotted over the globe with her possessions and military posts ; whose morning drum-beat,... | |
| William Leggett - Slavery - 1840 - 324 pages
...phraseology, or mere parade of words. On this question of principle, while actual suffering was yet afar off, they raised their flag against a power to which, for...whole globe with her possessions and military posts j whose morning drum-beat, following the sun, and keeping company with the hours, circles the earth... | |
| American periodicals - 1853 - 672 pages
...cannot leave this speech without adding the highly poetic description it contains of England, as " a power to which, for purposes of foreign conquest...posts, whose morning drumbeat, following the sun, nnd keeping company with the hours, circles the earth with one continuous nnd unbroken strain of the... | |
| Daniel Webster - 1848 - 498 pages
...it, to the smallest fibre. On this question of principle, while actual suffering was yet afar off, they raised .their flag against a power, to which,...possessions and military posts, whose morning drum-beat, followmg the sun, and keeping company with the hours, circles the earth daily with one continuous and... | |
| Edwin Percy Whipple - Literary Collections - 1848 - 372 pages
...mere parade of words. . .... On this question of principle, while actual Buffering was yet afar off, they raised their flag against a power, to which,...and subjugation, Rome, in the height of her glory, ia not to be compared, — a power which has dotted over the surface of the whole globe with her possessions... | |
| Electronic journals - 1867 - 696 pages
...follows : " On this question of principle, while actual suffering was yet afar off, they (the Colonies) raised their flag against a power to which, for purposes...of her glory, is not to be compared ; a power which is dotted over the .surface of the whole globe with her possessions and military posts, whose morning... | |
| Charles Wainwright March - Lawyers - 1850 - 320 pages
...destroyed it to the smallest fibre. On this question of principle, while actual suffering was yet afar off, they raised their flag against a power, to which,...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... | |
| Daniel Webster - United States - 1851 - 578 pages
...it, to the smallest fibre. 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, Home, in the height of her glory, is not to be compared ; a power which has dotted over the surface... | |
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