Report of the Committee of Arrangements Appointed by the Common Council of the City of New York: To Render a Suitable Tribute of Respect to the Memory of the Hon. Daniel Webster, Late Secretary of State of the United StatesMcSpedon & Baker, printers, 1853 - 255 páginas |
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... glory , sunk below the horizon of time , and become immortal in the two worlds at the same moment . " It is to testify the Society's sense of such a loss , and to do honor to the memory of such a man , that we are now assembled . Rev ...
... glory , sunk below the horizon of time , and become immortal in the two worlds at the same moment . " It is to testify the Society's sense of such a loss , and to do honor to the memory of such a man , that we are now assembled . Rev ...
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... glory and the defence . Resolved , That while in common with all his country- men , we admire his great intellect , his vast acquirements , his wise statesmanship , and his wonderful eloquence , and honor his noble labors and high ...
... glory and the defence . Resolved , That while in common with all his country- men , we admire his great intellect , his vast acquirements , his wise statesmanship , and his wonderful eloquence , and honor his noble labors and high ...
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... glory . The statesman is dead ; but " I STILL LIVE , " were the last words of DANIEL WEBSTER , on that Sabbath day when , ere the morning sun appeared , his spirit winged its way from the shores of the resounding sea of his own beloved ...
... glory . The statesman is dead ; but " I STILL LIVE , " were the last words of DANIEL WEBSTER , on that Sabbath day when , ere the morning sun appeared , his spirit winged its way from the shores of the resounding sea of his own beloved ...
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... glory - who had been accustomed through life to look to his lips for political wisdom , and to rely on his unfathomed resources for assurance in every public emergency — who had cher- ished his magnanimous character as their ideal of ...
... glory - who had been accustomed through life to look to his lips for political wisdom , and to rely on his unfathomed resources for assurance in every public emergency — who had cher- ished his magnanimous character as their ideal of ...
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... law , and their common country . That they hold , in the highest respect , the learning , the eloquence , the acquirements , and the achievements of the illustrious deceased , and glory in them , for the 88 SUPERIOR COURT. ...
... law , and their common country . That they hold , in the highest respect , the learning , the eloquence , the acquirements , and the achievements of the illustrious deceased , and glory in them , for the 88 SUPERIOR COURT. ...
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Página 223 - Liberty first and Union afterwards'; but everywhere, spread all over in characters of living light, blazing on all its ample folds, as they float over the sea and over the land, and in every wind under the whole heavens, that other sentiment, dear to every true American heart, Liberty and Union, now and forever, one and inseparable...
Página 225 - Lives of great men all remind us We can make our lives sublime, And, departing, leave behind us, Footprints on the sands of time; Footprints, that perhaps another, Sailing o'er life's solemn main, A forlorn and shipwrecked brother, Seeing, shall take heart again.
Página 244 - Here lies our good Edmund, whose genius was such, We scarcely can praise it, or blame it too much; Who, born for the universe, narrowed his mind, And to party gave up what was meant for mankind.
Página 200 - O'er PITT'S the mournful requiem sound, And Fox's shall the notes rebound. The solemn echo seems to cry, ' Here let their discord with them die. Speak not for those a separate doom, Whom Fate made Brothers in the tomb ; But search the land of living men, Where wilt thou find their like agen...
Página 126 - Thus saith the Lord, Let not the wise man glory in his wisdom, Neither let the mighty man glory in his might, Let not the rich man glory in his riches : But let him that glorieth glory in this, That he understandeth and knoweth me, That I am the Lord which exercise lovingkindness, judgment, and righteousness, in the earth : For in these things I delight, saith the Lord.
Página 237 - How reverend is the face of this tall pile, Whose ancient pillars rear their marble heads, To bear aloft its arched and ponderous roof, By its own weight made steadfast and immovable, Looking tranquillity. It strikes an awe And terror on my aching sight ; the tombs And monumental caves of death look cold, And shoot a chillness to my trembling heart.
Página 220 - Hyperion's curls, the front of Jove himself, An eye like Mars, to threaten and command, A station like the herald Mercury New-lighted on a heaven-kissing hill, A combination and a form indeed, Where every god did seem to set his seal, To give the world assurance of a man.
Página 188 - THE peace of God, which passeth all understanding, keep your hearts and minds in the knowledge and love of God, and of His Son Jesus Christ our Lord : And the blessing of God Almighty, the Father, the Son, and the Holy Ghost, be amongst you and remain with you always.
Página 222 - When my eyes shall be turned to behold for the last time the sun in heaven, may I not see him shining on the broken and dishonored fragments of a once glorious Union ; on States dissevered, discordant, belligerent; on a land rent with civil feuds, or drenched, it may be, in fraternal blood!
Página 24 - ... necessary and indispensable element in any great human character. There is no living without it. Religion is the tie that connects man with his Creator, and holds him to His throne. If that tie be all sundered, all broken, he floats away, a worthless atom in the Universe ; its proper attractions all gone, its destiny thwarted, and its whole future nothing but darkness, desolation, and death. A man with no sense of religious duty is he whom the Scriptures describe, in such terse but terrific language,...