| John Barber - 1828 - 310 páginas
...obtain joy and gladness, and sorrow and sighing shall flee away. SPEECH OF PATRICK HENRY. Mr. President, it is natural to man to indulge in the illusions of...against a painful truth, and listen to the song of that Syren, till she transforms us into beasts. Is this the part of wise men, engaged in a great and arduous... | |
| 1828 - 394 páginas
...of disloyalty towards the majesty of Heaven, which I revere above all earthly kings. Mr. President, it is natural to man to indulge in the illusions of...against a painful truth, and listen to the song of that syren, till she seduces our judgments. Is it the part of wise men, engaged in a great and arduous struggle... | |
| John Pierpont - 1828 - 320 páginas
...a number of Men sufficient for that Purpose : —23d March, 1775. MR. PRESIDENT—It is natural for man to indulge in the illusions of hope. We are apt...against a painful truth; and listen to the song of that syren till she transforms us into beasts. Is this the part of wise men, engaged ia a great and arduous... | |
| George Merriam - 1828 - 286 páginas
...before the Virginia Convention of Delegates, March, 1775. — WIRT. MR. PRESIDENT, IT is natural for man to indulge in the illusions of hope. We are apt...a painful truth — and listen to the song of that syren, till she transforms us into beasts. Is it the part of wise men engaged in a great and arduous... | |
| J[ohn] H[anbury]. Dwyer - 1828 - 314 páginas
...Heaven, which he revered above all earthly kings. " Mr. President, it is natural to man to indulge iu the illusions of hope. We are apt to shut our eyes...a painful truth — and listen to the song of that syren, till she transforms us into beasts. Is this the part of wise men, engaged in a great and arduous... | |
| Montgomery Robert Bartlett - 1828 - 426 páginas
...di-rec-to-ry LESSON 34. Patrick Henry's War Speech. 1. Mr. President, It is natural for man to indulge in tbe illusions of hope. We are apt to shut our eyes against a painful truth, and listen to the song of the Syrian till she transforms us into beasts. But is this the part of wise men, engaged in an arduous... | |
| Jonathan Barber - 1828 - 264 páginas
...never would lay down my arms — never — never — never. SPEECH OF PATRICK HENRY. Mr. President, it is natural to man to indulge in the illusions of hope. We are apt to shut our eyes * Sir Jeffrey (now lord) Amherst. t General Burgoyne's army. against a painful truth — and listen... | |
| John Pierpont - 1829 - 290 páginas
...number of Men sufficient for that Purpose : —23d March, 1775. MR. PRESIDENT — It is natural for man to indulge in the illusions of hope. We are apt...against a painful truth ; and listen to the song of that syren till she transforms us into beasts. Is this the part of wise men, engaged in a great and arduous... | |
| 1829 - 432 páginas
...majesty of heaven, which he revered above all earthly kings. "Mr. President," said he, "it is natural tr> man to indulge in the illusions of hope. We are apt...against a painful truth, and listen to the song of that syren, till she transforms us into beasts. Is this," he asked, "the part of wise men, engaged in a... | |
| Benjamin Dudley Emerson - 1830 - 334 páginas
...FROM PATRICK HENRY S SPEECH BEFORE THE LEGISLATURE OF VIRGINIA. Mu PRESIDENT — It is natural for man to indulge in the illusions of hope. We are apt...against a painful truth, and listen to the song of that syren, till she transforms us into beasts. Is this the part of wise men engaged in a great and arduous... | |
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