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 2853
... become necessary for their safety , as their government , founded on usurpation , and tyrannically administered , could by no other means be supported . The life of man , there- fore , they regarded as a matter of little moment ; the ...
... become necessary for their safety , as their government , founded on usurpation , and tyrannically administered , could by no other means be supported . The life of man , there- fore , they regarded as a matter of little moment ; the ...
Page 2861
... become masters of the Pireum , and by the victory which we there obtained over the partisans of the oligarchy had reason to flatter ourselves that the civil dissen- sions were at an end , the wicked artifices of certain persons still ...
... become masters of the Pireum , and by the victory which we there obtained over the partisans of the oligarchy had reason to flatter ourselves that the civil dissen- sions were at an end , the wicked artifices of certain persons still ...
Page 2862
... become masters of the government and the city , they commenced hostilities against both parties , —against the Thirty , who had committed so many outrages , and against you who had suffered them . Yet it was evident that if the Thirty ...
... become masters of the government and the city , they commenced hostilities against both parties , —against the Thirty , who had committed so many outrages , and against you who had suffered them . Yet it was evident that if the Thirty ...
Page 2865
... become master of their persons , allow them to escape without suffering that punishment which you once sought to inflict , but prove yourselves worthy of that good fortune which has given you power over your enemies . The contest is ...
... become master of their persons , allow them to escape without suffering that punishment which you once sought to inflict , but prove yourselves worthy of that good fortune which has given you power over your enemies . The contest is ...
Page 2866
... become accomplices in his crimes and cannot even make use of his defense . Then you were compelled by the Thirty ; but at the present no man can compel you to vote in opposition to your sentiments . Do not , then , accuse yourselves by ...
... become accomplices in his crimes and cannot even make use of his defense . Then you were compelled by the Thirty ; but at the present no man can compel you to vote in opposition to your sentiments . Do not , then , accuse yourselves by ...
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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...