The World's Best Orations: From the Earliest Period to the Present Time, Volume 8F. P. Kaiser, 1901 - 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 2841
... Parliament - Author of ' Greater Britain , ' etc. , WILLIAM DRAPER LEWIS , PH . D. , Dean of the Department of Law , WILLIAM P. TRENT , M. A. , London , England . UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA , Philadelphia . Professor of English and ...
... Parliament - Author of ' Greater Britain , ' etc. , WILLIAM DRAPER LEWIS , PH . D. , Dean of the Department of Law , WILLIAM P. TRENT , M. A. , London , England . UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA , Philadelphia . Professor of English and ...
Page 2869
... Parliament in 1831 and served ten years , returning again in 1852 and serving until 1866 , - the year he was raised to the peerage as Baron Lytton . In 1858 and 1859 he was Colonial Secretary in Lord Derby's administration . In Parliament ...
... Parliament in 1831 and served ten years , returning again in 1852 and serving until 1866 , - the year he was raised to the peerage as Baron Lytton . In 1858 and 1859 he was Colonial Secretary in Lord Derby's administration . In Parliament ...
Page 2875
... Parliament ; surrounded at home by well - loved books , whose contents he assimilated seemingly without effort ; de- voted to his work in literature ; full of the broad sympathies with progress which made his public life a blessing to ...
... Parliament ; surrounded at home by well - loved books , whose contents he assimilated seemingly without effort ; de- voted to his work in literature ; full of the broad sympathies with progress which made his public life a blessing to ...
Page 2884
... Parliament ever held your doctrines ? You can oppose to the unanimous voice of all the wise and good , of all ages and of both hemispheres , nothing but a clamor which was first heard a few months ago , a clamor in which you can- not ...
... Parliament ever held your doctrines ? You can oppose to the unanimous voice of all the wise and good , of all ages and of both hemispheres , nothing but a clamor which was first heard a few months ago , a clamor in which you can- not ...
Page 2890
... Parliament had been prorogued , the Liberals de- nounced the prorogation , and in opening his speech on the whole subject , Sir John discussed prerogative and popular rights in a way which gave this part of his speech a lasting value as ...
... Parliament had been prorogued , the Liberals de- nounced the prorogation , and in opening his speech on the whole subject , Sir John discussed prerogative and popular rights in a way which gave this part of his speech a lasting value as ...
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Page 3237 - 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 2988 - ... and thine ears shall hear a word behind thee, saying, " This is the way, walk ye in it," when ye turn to the right hand, and when ye turn to the left.
Page 3141 - 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 3017 - 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 3015 - 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 3035 - 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 3018 - 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 3094 - 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 3015 - 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...
Page 3220 - With as deep a reverence for the True as ever inspired the bosom of man, I would, nevertheless, limit, in some measure, its modes of inculcation. I would limit to enforce them. I would not enfeeble them by dissipation. The demands of Truth are severe. She has no sympathy with the myrtles.