 ... they were taken captive ; and so delighted with their captivity, that they followed implicitly, whithersoever he led them : That, at his bidding, their tears flowed from pity, and their cheeks flushed with indignation : That when it was over, they...  The Library of American Biography - Page 238by Jared Sparks - 1844Full view - About this book
 | A citizen of Pittsburgh - Readers - 1818 - 276 pages
...flushed with indignation : that when it was over, they felt aa if they had just awaked from some ecstatic dream, of which they were unable to recall or connect...lips of man ; and to this day, the old people of that country cannot conceive that a higher compliment can be paid to a speaker, than to say of him, in their... | |
 | William Wirt - Orators - 1832 - 490 pages
...flushed with indignation : That when it was over, they felt as if they had just awaked from some ecstatic dream, of which they were unable to recall or connect...compliment can be paid to a speaker, than to say of himv in their own homely phrase, " he is almost equal to Patrick, when he plead against the parsons."... | |
 | William Wirt - Statesmen - 1834 - 482 pages
...llushed with indignation : That when it was over, they felt as if they had just awaked from some ecstatic dream, of which they were unable to recall or connect the particulars. It was such a speech as they beIieye had never before fallen from the lips of man ; and to this day. the old people of that county... | |
 | William Wirt - United States - 1845 - 314 pages
...flushed with indignation: that when it was over, they felt as if they had just awaked from some ecstatic dream, of which they were unable to recall or connect...a speaker, than to say of him, in their own homely phrase:—"He is almost equal to Patrick, when he j '-id against the parsons." The only topic of this... | |
 | Phrenology - 1847 - 408 pages
...with indignation; that when it was over, they felt as if they had just awakened from some ecstatic dream of which they were unable to recall or connect...EQUAL TO PATRICK, WHEN HE PLEAD AGAINST THE PARSONS.' " That Henry owed all his renown to the extraordinary powers of his MIND, and none to fashionable dress... | |
 | William Wirt - Ithaca (N.Y.) - 1847 - 330 pages
...flushed with indignation : that when it was over, they felt as if they had just awaked from some ecstatic dream, of which they were unable to recall or connect...phrase : — " He is almost equal to Patrick, when ht plead against the parsons." The only topic of this speech of which any authentic account remains,... | |
 | Charles Campbell - History - 1847 - 220 pages
...cause," reckoned it the highest compliment that they could bestow upon a speaker, to say of him, " he is almost equal to Patrick when he plead against the Parsons." The decision of the Parsons' cause was rather equitable than legal, rather just than strictly constitutional.... | |
 | William Wirt - 1849 - 484 pages
...flushed with indignation : that when it was over, they felt as if they had just awaked from some ecstatic dream, of which they were unable to recall or connect...their own homely phrase : — " He is almost equal to Pat?'ick, when Jie plead against the parsons." The only topic of this speech of which any authentic... | |
 | Languages, Modern - 1853 - 496 pages
...man einem Sîebner тафеп tonnte, wenn man »on if)in — g(ciфfam fpricl)roortli$ — fagte: „He is almost equal to Patrick, when he plead against the parsons." §enrt;'3 großartige Serebtfamfeit »e^affte iljtn fefyr baib fine lpoIitifфe (Stellung, in ше1фег... | |
 | Rufus Wilmot Griswold - American prose literature - 1856 - 592 pages
...flushed with indignation : that when it was over, they felt as if they had just awaked from some eestatic dream, of which they were unable to recall or connect...people of that county cannot conceive that a higher complimn/ can be paid to a speaker, than to say of him, in their own homely phrase : — " Ht is almost... | |
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