 Many a piece did I commit to memory, and recite and rehearse, in my own room, over and over again ; yet when the day came, when the school collected to hear declamations, when my name was called, and I saw all eyes turned to my seat, I could not raise...  The Private Life of Daniel Webster - Pagina 24di Charles Lanman - 1852 - 205 pagineVisualizzazione completa - Informazioni su questo libro
 | Charles Wainwright March - 1850 - 320 pagine
...rehearse in my own room, over and over again; yet when the day came, when the school collected to hear declamations, when my name was called, and I saw all....entreated, most winningly, that I would venture. But I never could command sufficient resolution." Such diffidence of its own powers may be natural... | |
 | Charles Lanman - 1852 - 82 pagine
...one thing I could not do—I could not make a declamation; I could not speak before the school. The kind and excellent Buckminster sought especially to...But I never could command sufficient resolution." time when he was unable to read a chapter in the bible; and when a mere boy, the motto which prompted'all... | |
 | Daniel Webster - 1853
...rehearse in my own room, over and over again ; yet when the day came, when the school collected to hear declamations, when my name was called, and I saw all...and entreated, most winningly, that I would venture. But I never could command sufficient resolution.' Such diffidence of its own powers may be natural... | |
 | Joseph Banvard - 1853 - 390 pagine
...the school collected to hear the declamation, when' my name was called, and I saw all eyes turned tf> my seat, I could not raise myself from it. Sometimes...but I never could command sufficient resolution." From any other witness, this would appear almost incredible. It is difficult to conceive how one who... | |
 | Daniel Webster - 1854 - 640 pagine
...rehearse in my own room, over and over again ; yet when the day came, when the school collected to hear declamations, when my name was called, and I saw all...and entreated, most winningly, that I would venture. But I never could command sufficient resolution.' Such diffidence of its own powers may be natural... | |
 | Joseph Banvard - 1856 - 386 pagine
...room, over and over again ; yet when the day came, when the school collected to hear the declamation, when my name was called, and I saw all eyes turned...but I never could command sufficient resolution." From any other witness, this would appear almost incredible. It is difficult to conceive how one who... | |
 | Daniel Webster, Edwin David Sanborn - 1856 - 566 pagine
...rehearse, in my own room, over and over again ; yet when the day came, when the school collected to hear declamations, when my name was called, and I saw all...and entreated, most winningly, that I would venture ; but I could never command sufficient resolution. When the occasion was over, I went home and wept... | |
 | David Addison Harsha - 1857 - 544 pagine
...rehearse in my own room, over and over again ; yet when the day came, when the school collected to hear declamations, when my name was called, and I saw all...sometimes they smiled. Mr. Buckminster always pressed and entrealed, most willingly, that I would venture. But I never could command sufficient resolution."... | |
 | 1857 - 650 pagine
...rehearse in my own room, over and over again ; yet when the day came, when the school collected to hear declamations, when my name was called, and I saw all...the instructors frowned, sometimes they smiled. Mr. Bnckminster always pressed and entreated, most winningly, that I would venture. But I never could command... | |
 | 1857 - 690 pagine
...again ; yet when the day came, when the school collected to hear declamations, when my name was culled, and I saw all eyes turned to my seat, I could not...the instructors frowned, sometimes they smiled. Mr. Buckmicster always pressed and entreated, most wiuiiingly, that I would venture. But I never could... | |
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