Obituary Addresses on the Occasion of the Death of Hon. William R. King, of Alabama, Vice-president of the United StatesR. Armstrong, 1854 - 63 páginas |
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Página 54 - 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 46 - 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 30 - His life was gentle, and the elements So mix'd in him that Nature might stand up And say to all the world, 'This was a man!
Página 23 - Thy words had such a melting flow, And spoke of truth so sweetly well, They dropp'd like Heaven's serenest snow, And all was brightness where they fell...
Página 10 - I hope, even some portion of his friendly regard — for a longer period, probably, than most of those within the sound of my voice ; a period of nearly thirty years. Such being the case, I feel as if I ought not to remain silent at this last moment, when our relations to him as members of this Senate are, by the performance of this day's melancholy duty, about to be closed for ever.
Página 18 - MR. DOUGLAS, of Illinois : Few men in this country have ever served the public for so long a period of time, and with a more fervent patriotism or unblemished reputation. For forty-five years he devoted his energies and talents to the performance of arduous public duties — always performing his trust with fidelity and ability, and never failing to command the confidence, admiration and gratitude of an enlightened constituency.
Página 51 - Perhaps one of the highest encomiums ever pronounced of a man in public life, is that of a historian eminent for his profound acquaintance with mankind, who, in painting a great character by a single line, says that he was just equal to all the duties of the highest offices which he attained, and never above them. There are in some men qualities which dazzle and consume to little or no valuable purpose. They seldom belong to the great benefactors of mankind.
Página 25 - ... just fairly emerged from the misty domain of speculation, and assumed the form and semblance of a philosophic truth. Instinct with the spirit of the age, and true, as he proved to be through life, to the principles of the republican school, he connected his fortunes with that party which claimed...
Página 60 - He stands to the memory, in sharp outline, as it were, against the sky, lik« some chiselled column of antique art, or some consular statue of the imperial republic wrapped in its marble robes, grandly beautiful in the simple dignity and unity of a faultless proportion.
Página 12 - Senate was called to supply the place temporarily, for a long course of years, and till he ceased to belong to it, it turned spontaneously to him. He undoubtedly owed this honor to distinguished qualifications for the chair. He possessed, in an eminent degree, that quickness of perception, that promptness of decision, that familiarity with the now somewhat complicated rules of congressional proceedings, and that urbanity of manner, which are required in a presiding officer. Not claiming, although...