 | George Ticknor Curtis - Legislators - 1870 - 762 pages
...demand is made in derision of the established law of nations. Gentlemen, there is something on curth greater than arbitrary or despotic power. The lightning has its power, and the whirlwind has its power, and the earthquake has its power ; but there is something among men more capable of shaking... | |
 | Daniel Webster, Edwin Percy Whipple - Speeches, addresses, etc - 1879 - 780 pages
...pleasure. And I see that this demand is made in derision of the established law of nations. Gentlemen, there is something on earth greater than arbitrary...The lightning has its power, and the whirlwind has its power, and the earthquake has its power; but there is something among men more capable of shaking... | |
 | Goold Brown - English language - 1851 - 1124 pages
...The other side of the sea is my Father's ground, as well as this side." — Rutherford. " Gentlemen, there is something on earth greater than arbitrary...The lightning has its power, and the whirlwind has its power, and the earthquake has its power. But there is something among men more capable of shaking... | |
 | Daniel Webster - 1881 - 648 pages
...pleasure. And I see that this demand is made in derision of the established law of nations. Gentlemen, there is something on earth greater than arbitrary...The lightning has its power, and the whirlwind has its power, and the earthquake has its power; but there is something among men more capable of shaking... | |
 | Gilbert John Clark - Law - 1895 - 434 pages
...pleasure. And I see that this demand is in derision of the established laws of nations. Gentlemen, there is something on earth greater than arbitrary...The lightning has its power, and the whirlwind has its power, and the earthquake has its power, but there is something among men more capable of shaking... | |
 | United States. Congress - Stark Statue (United States Capitol (Washington, D.C.)) - 1895 - 286 pages
...pleasure, and I see that this demand is made in derision of the established laws of nations. Gentlemen, there is something on earth greater than arbitrary or despotic power. The lightning has its power, the whirlwind has its power, and the earthquake has i's power, but there is something among men more... | |
 | Mellen Chamberlain - United States - 1898 - 498 pages
...pleasure. And I see that this demand is made in derision of the established laws of nations. Gentlemen, there is something on earth greater than arbitrary...The lightning has its power, and the whirlwind has its power, and the earthquake has its power ; but there is something among men more capable of shaking... | |
 | David Josiah Brewer - Speeches, addresses, etc - 1899 - 464 pages
...demand of the fugitives who had sought refuge within the Turkish frontier: — "Gentlemen (he says), there is something on earth greater than arbitrary...The lightning has its power; and the whirlwind has its power; and the earthquake has its power; but there is something among men more capable of shaking... | |
 | Daniel Webster - United States - 1903 - 364 pages
...pleasure. And I see that this demand is made in derision of the established law of nations. Gentlemen, there is something on earth greater than arbitrary...The lightning has its power, and the whirlwind has its power, and the earthquake has its power ; but there is something among men more capable of shaking... | |
 | Slavery - 1860 - 326 pages
...the protection of Turkey, for the purpose of sacrificing him on the altar of despotism : " Gentlemen, there is something on earth greater than arbitrary...power. The lightning has its power, and the whirlwind haï its power, and the earthquake has its power ; but there is something among men more capable of... | |
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Gentlemen, there is something on earth greater than arbitrary or despotic power. The lightning has its power, and the whirlwind has its power, and the earthquake has its power ; but there is something among men more capable of shaking despotic thrones... 
