 | John Epy Lovell - Elocution - 1844 - 900 pages
...act crowns his career, and banishes all hesitation. Who, like Washington, after having emancipated a hemisphere, resigned its crown and preferred the retirement...might be almost said to have created ? '' How shall wo rank thee upon glory's page, Thou more than soldier, and just less than sage? All thou hast been... | |
 | Great Britain - 1845 - 558 pages
...act crowns his career, and banishes all hesitation. Who, like Washington, after having emancipated a hemisphere, resigned its crown, and preferred the...just less than sage ; All thou hast been reflects less fame on thee, • Far less than all thou hast forborne to be !" Such, Sir, is the testimony of... | |
 | William Gilmore Simms - American literature - 1845 - 448 pages
...very well be employed in this place to anticipate the verses of Miss Seward upon the same subject. " How shall we rank thee upon glory's page, Thou more than soldier, and just less than sage ; Too formed for peace to act a conqueror's part, Too trained in camps to learn a statesman's art ;... | |
 | John Epy Lovell - Readers - 1846 - 540 pages
...act crowns his career, and banishes all hesitation. Who, like Washington, after having emancipated a hemisphere, resigned its crown and preferred the retirement...almost said to have created ? " How shall we rank the* upon glory's page, Thou more than soldier, and just less than sage? All thou hast been reflects... | |
 | James Sheridan Knowles - Elocution - 1847 - 344 pages
...act crowns his career, and banishes all hesitation. Who, like Washington, after having emancipated a hemisphere, resigned its crown, and preferred the...and just less than sage; All thou hast been reflects less fame on thee. Far less than all Ihou hast forborne to be !" Such, sir, is the testimony of one... | |
 | M. O. Stevens - American literature - 1847 - 322 pages
...lion, and given the caged eagle to the free air of heaven, and refused a proffered crown, preferring the retirement of domestic life to the adoration of a land he might be almost said to have created. Destitute of the selfishness of the recluse, he chose to commune with his God and nature ; with the... | |
 | David Bates Tower - 1853 - 444 pages
...act crowns his career, and banishes all hesitation. Who, like Washington, after having emancipated a hemisphere, resigned its crown, and preferred the...domestic life to the adoration of a land he might almost be said to have created ? " How shall we rank thee upon Glory's page, Thou more than soldier,... | |
 | John Celivergos Zachos - Elocution - 1851 - 570 pages
...act crowns his career, and banishes all hesitation. Who, like Washington, after having emancipated a hemisphere, resigned its crown, and preferred the...of a land he might be almost said to have created 1 " How shall we rank thee upon glory's page, Thou more than soldier and just less than sage ; All... | |
 | Conduct of life - 1854 - 402 pages
...act crowns his career, and banishes all hesitation. Who, like Washington, after having emancipated a hemisphere, resigned its crown, and preferred the...Thou more than soldier, and just less than sage ; All tbou hast been reflects less fame on thee, Far less than all thou hast forborne to be ! " Happy, proud... | |
 | David Bates Tower, Cornelius Walker - Elocution - 1854 - 440 pages
...act crowns his career, and banishes all hesitation. Who, like Washington, after having emancipated a hemisphere, resigned its crown, and preferred the...domestic life to the adoration of a land he might almost be said to have created? " How shall we rank thee upon Glory's page, Thou more than soldier,... | |
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But the last glorious act crowns his career, and banishes all hesitation. Who, like Washington, after having emancipated an hemisphere, resigned its crown, and preferred the retirement of domestic life to the adoration of a land he might be almost said... 
