The World's Best Orations: From the Earliest Period to the Present Time, Volume 8F. P. Kaiser, 1899 - 4107 pages The text of thousands of speeches from all historical periods through the 19th century arranged in alphabetical order. |
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Page 2873
... united with England that the Scotchman should for- get the glories of his annals , the tombs of his ancestors , or relax one jot of his love for his native soil . I say not this to flatter you , I say it not for Scotland alone . I say ...
... united with England that the Scotchman should for- get the glories of his annals , the tombs of his ancestors , or relax one jot of his love for his native soil . I say not this to flatter you , I say it not for Scotland alone . I say ...
Page 2890
... United States what Bismarck did in federating and nationalizing Germany . At his death in 1891 he was compared to the greatest statesmen of his day . In his method he was said to be " Beaconsfield over again . " " He wished distinctly ...
... United States what Bismarck did in federating and nationalizing Germany . At his death in 1891 he was compared to the greatest statesmen of his day . In his method he was said to be " Beaconsfield over again . " " He wished distinctly ...
Page 2891
... United Kingdom its charter and constitution in the shape of that act so often re- ferred to by constitutional ... United States against England will be transferred to Canada ; that the United States will say , and SIR JOHN ALEXANDER ...
... United Kingdom its charter and constitution in the shape of that act so often re- ferred to by constitutional ... United States against England will be transferred to Canada ; that the United States will say , and SIR JOHN ALEXANDER ...
Page 2892
... United States have settled all their differences and all their quarrels upon a perpet- ual basis , these happy ... United States do to England ? Let England withdraw herself into her shell , and what can the United States do ? England ...
... United States have settled all their differences and all their quarrels upon a perpet- ual basis , these happy ... United States do to England ? Let England withdraw herself into her shell , and what can the United States do ? England ...
Page 2900
... united . The old Monumental Square is filled with hallowed memories . This day registers the birthday of the Declaration of Independence ; and this monument that we dedicate to - day attests that every promise of that declaration has ...
... united . The old Monumental Square is filled with hallowed memories . This day registers the birthday of the Declaration of Independence ; and this monument that we dedicate to - day attests that every promise of that declaration has ...
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Page 3235 - Not as the conqueror comes They, the true-hearted, came ; Not with the roll of the stirring drums, And the trumpet that sings of fame. Not as the flying come, In silence and in fear ; — They shook the depths of the desert gloom, With their hymns of lofty cheer.
Page 3139 - No farther seek his merits to disclose, Or draw his frailties from their dread abode (There they alike in trembling hope repose), The bosom of his Father and his God.
Page 3015 - Lords and commons of England ! consider what nation it is whereof ye are, and whereof ye are the governors : a nation not slow and dull, but of a quick, ingenious, and piercing spirit ; acute to invent, subtile and sinewy to discourse, not beneath the reach of any point the highest that human capacity can soar to.
Page 3013 - Are God and Nature then at strife, That Nature lends such evil dreams? So careful of the type she seems, So careless of the single life...
Page 3150 - But, at the distance of twenty-five years, I can neither forget nor express the strong emotions which agitated my mind as I first approached and entered the eternal city. After a sleepless night, I trod, with a lofty step, the ruins of the Forum ; each memorable spot where Romulus stood, or Tully spoke, or Csesar fell, was at once present to my eye ; and several days of intoxication were lost or enjoyed before I could descend to a cool and minute investigation.
Page 3033 - How goodly are thy tents, O Jacob, and thy tabernacles, O Israel! As the valleys are they spread forth, as gardens by the river's side, as the trees of lign aloes which the Lord hath planted, and as cedar trees beside the waters.
Page 3016 - Why else was this nation chosen before any other, that out of her as out of Sion should be proclaimed and sounded forth the first tidings and trumpet of reformation to all Europe ? And had it not been the obstinate perverseness of our prelates against the divine and admirable spirit of...
Page 3019 - ... methinks I see her as an eagle mewing her mighty youth, and kindling her undazzled eyes at the full midday beam; purging and unsealing her long-abused sight at the fountain itself of heavenly radiance ; while the whole noise of timorous and flocking birds, with those also that love the twilight, flutter about, amazed at what she means, and in their envious gabble would prognosticate a year of sects and schisms.
Page 3092 - Lord, dost thou not care that my sister did leave me to serve alone? bid her therefore that she help me. But the Lord answered and said unto her, Martha, Martha, thou art anxious and troubled about many things : but one thing is needful : for Mary hath chosen the good part, which shall not be taken away from her.
Page 3013 - Who roll'd the psalm to wintry skies, Who built him fanes of fruitless prayer, Who trusted God was love indeed And love Creation's final law Tho...