The Columbian Orator: Containing a Variety of Original and Selected Pieces : Together with Rules : Calculated to Improve Youth and Others in the Ornamental and Useful Art of Eloquence |
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... STEPHEN . Stephen . LADIES and gentlemen , you have prob- ably heard of Foote , the comedian : if not , it is out of my power to tell you any thing about him , except this ; he had but one leg , and his name was Samuel . Or , to speak ...
... STEPHEN . Stephen . LADIES and gentlemen , you have prob- ably heard of Foote , the comedian : if not , it is out of my power to tell you any thing about him , except this ; he had but one leg , and his name was Samuel . Or , to speak ...
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... Steph . Pray who taught you all this worldly wisdom ? Tru . My own experience , Sir ; which is said to be the best school - master in the world , and ought to teach it to every man of common sense Steph . Then , do not imagine that you ...
... Steph . Pray who taught you all this worldly wisdom ? Tru . My own experience , Sir ; which is said to be the best school - master in the world , and ought to teach it to every man of common sense Steph . Then , do not imagine that you ...
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... Steph . Yes and a vile one it is . If a man speak from the impulse of the moment , he'll speak the mean- ing of his heart ; and will probably speak the truth . But if he mind your musty proverb , there will be more pros and cons in his ...
... Steph . Yes and a vile one it is . If a man speak from the impulse of the moment , he'll speak the mean- ing of his heart ; and will probably speak the truth . But if he mind your musty proverb , there will be more pros and cons in his ...
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... Steph . All that is escaping the subject . None of your figures , when the very original is before you . You talk about a man's mind , just as if it were a piece of ground , capable of bearing flax and hemp . You have fairly brought ...
... Steph . All that is escaping the subject . None of your figures , when the very original is before you . You talk about a man's mind , just as if it were a piece of ground , capable of bearing flax and hemp . You have fairly brought ...
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Page 149 - Profoundly penetrated with this idea, I shall carry it with me to my grave as a strong incitement to unceasing vows that Heaven may continue to you the choicest tokens of its beneficence; that your union and brotherly affection may be perpetual; that the free Constitution which is the work of your hands may be sacredly maintained...
Page 265 - ... mercenary aid on which you rely. For it irritates, to an incurable resentment, the minds of your enemies, to overrun them with the mercenary sons of rapine and plunder ; devoting them and their 'possessions to the rapacity of hireling cruelty. If I were an American, as I am an Englishman, while a foreign troop was landed in my country, I never would lay down my arms — never — never — never ! Your own army is infected with the contagion of these illiberal allies.
Page 184 - When your lordships look at the papers transmitted us from America, when you consider their decency, firmness, and wisdom, you cannot but respect their cause, and wish to make it your own.
Page 150 - I shall also carry with me the hope, that my Country will never cease to view them with indulgence; and that, after forty-five years of my life dedicated to its service with an upright zeal, the faults of incompetent abilities will be consigned to oblivion, as myself must soon be to the mansions of rest.
Page 149 - ... the happiness of the people of these States, under the auspices of liberty, may be made complete by so careful a preservation and so prudent a use of this blessing as will acquire to them the glory of recommending it to the applause, the affection, and adoption of every nation which is yet a stranger to it.
Page 149 - If benefits have resulted to our country from these services, let it always be remembered to your praise, and as an instructive example in our annals, that under circumstances in which the passions, agitated in every direction, were liable to mislead, amidst appearances sometimes dubious, vicissitudes of fortune often discouraging...
Page 147 - THE period for a new election of a citizen to administer the executive government of the United States, being not far distant ; and the time actually arrived, when your thoughts must be employed in designating the person, who is to be clothed with that important trust, it appears to me proper, especially as it may conduce to a more distinct expression of the public voice, that I should now...
Page 35 - I have, in obedience to the public summons, repaired to tha present station, it would be peculiarly improper to omit in this first official act, my fervent supplications to that Almighty Being, who rules over the universe, who presides in the councils of nations, and whose providential aids can supply every human defect...
Page 35 - I dare hope is that if, in executing this task, I have been too much swayed by a grateful remembrance of former instances, or by an affectionate sensibility to this transcendent proof of the confidence of my fellow-citizens, and have thence too little consulted my incapacity as well as disinclination for the weighty and untried cares before me, my error will be palliated by the motives which mislead me, and its consequences be judged by my country with some share of the partiality in which they originated.
Page 267 - Rome fall a moment ere her time? No, let us draw her term of freedom out In its full length, and spin it to the last, So shall we gain still one day's liberty; And let me perish, but in Cato's judgment, A day, an hour, of virtuous liberty, Is worth a whole eternity in bondage.