Text-book of Prose, from Burke, Webster, and Bacon, with Notes, and Sketches of the Authors' Lives, for Use in Schools and ClassesGinn, Heath, & Company, 1881 |
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Page 348
... regard ; we do not follow rivers and moun- tains , and lines of latitude , to find boundaries , beyond which public improvements do not benefit us . We who come here , as agents and representatives of these narrow - minded and selfish ...
... regard ; we do not follow rivers and moun- tains , and lines of latitude , to find boundaries , beyond which public improvements do not benefit us . We who come here , as agents and representatives of these narrow - minded and selfish ...
Page 351
... regard to objects connected with such improvement . The peace , Mr. President , brought about an entirely new and a most interesting state of things : it opened to us other pros- pects , and suggested other duties . We ourselves were ...
... regard to objects connected with such improvement . The peace , Mr. President , brought about an entirely new and a most interesting state of things : it opened to us other pros- pects , and suggested other duties . We ourselves were ...
Page 352
... respect to the pow- ers of the government in regard to internal affairs . It may not savour too much of self - commendation to remark that , with this object , I considered the Constitution , its judicial 352 WEBSTER .
... respect to the pow- ers of the government in regard to internal affairs . It may not savour too much of self - commendation to remark that , with this object , I considered the Constitution , its judicial 352 WEBSTER .
Page 358
... regard to any party , probably , at one of the leading epochs in the history of parties , enough may be found to make out another in- flamed exhibition , not unlike that with which the honourable member has edified us . For myself , Sir ...
... regard to any party , probably , at one of the leading epochs in the history of parties , enough may be found to make out another in- flamed exhibition , not unlike that with which the honourable member has edified us . For myself , Sir ...
Page 359
... regard to which the attack was begun ; and it has nothing to do with those sentiments and opinions which , I have thought , tend to disunion , and all of which the honourable member seems to have adopted himself , and undertaken to ...
... regard to which the attack was begun ; and it has nothing to do with those sentiments and opinions which , I have thought , tend to disunion , and all of which the honourable member seems to have adopted himself , and undertaken to ...
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