 | African Americans - 1826 - 238 pages
...after having emancipated a hemisphere, resigned its crown, and preferred the retirement of domestick life to the adoration of a land he might be almost said to have created ! !). IIo\v shall we rank thee upon glory's page, Thou more than soldier, and just less than sage?... | |
 | Thomas Moore - 1827 - 426 pages
...whose sword Columbia's patriot train Casi off their monarch, that their mob »•••,. In reign ! How shall we rank thee upon Glory's page? Thou more than soldier and ¡IKI less than sage! Too form'd for peace lo act a conqueror's part. Too truíu'd in camps to learn... | |
 | J[ohn] H[anbury]. Dwyer - Elocution - 1828 - 314 pages
...beauty, the pride of every model, and the perfection of every master. As a general, he marshalled the peasant into a veteran, and supplied by discipline...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 one... | |
 | John Pierpont - Children's literature - 1828 - 320 pages
...banishes all hesitation. Who, like Washington, after having emancipated a hemisphere, resigned its crowa, and preferred the retirement of domestic life to the...of a land he might be almost said to have created! \ Happy, proud America! The lightnings of heaven yielded to your philosophy! The temptations of earth... | |
 | John Pierpont - Readers - 1829 - 290 pages
...act crowns his career, and banishes all hesitation. Who, like Washington, after having emancipated a hemisphere, resigned its crown, and preferred the retirement of domestic life to the adoration of a laud he might be almost said to have created ! Happy, proud America ! The lightnings of heaven yielded... | |
 | Caleb Bingham - 1829 - 234 pages
...after having emancipated a hemisphere, resigned its crown, and preferred the retirement of domestick life to the adoration of a land he might be almost said to have created ! 9. How shall we rank thee upon glory's page, Thou more than soldier, and just less than sage 1 All... | |
 | John Pierpont - Readers - 1831 - 294 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 ! Happy, proud America ! The lightnings of heaven yielded to your philosophy ! The temptations of earth... | |
 | Ebenezer Porter - Elocution - 1833 - 312 pages
...him to the command. Liberty un70 es 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! 65 sheathed his sword, necesaity stained, victory returned it. If he had paused here, history might... | |
 | Orators - 1834 - 602 pages
...act c rowns his career, and banishes all hesitation. Who, like Washington, after having emancipated a hemisphere, resigned its crown, and preferred the...land he might be almost said to have created ? " How thall we rank thee upon glory's page, Thou more than soldier, uid just leu than »ge ; All thou hut... | |
 | Thomas Moore - 1835 - 440 pages
...fame ; Beneath whose sword Columbia's patriot train Cast off their monarch, that the mob might reign ! How shall we rank thee upon glory's page ? Thou more than soldier, and just less than sage I Too form'd for peace to act a conqueror's part, Too train'd in camps to learn a statesman's art —... | |
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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... 
