 When my eyes shall be turned to behold for the last time the sun in heaven, may I not see him shining on the broken and dishonored fragments of a once glorious Union; on States dissevered, discordant, belligerent; on a land rent with civil feuds, or drenched,...  Treasury of Choice Quotations - Pagina 369di Treasury - 1869 - 458 pagineVisualizzazione completa - Informazioni su questo libro
 | David Addison Harsha - 1857 - 544 pagine
...ante-rooms and stairways, as he pronounced in deepest tones of pathos these words of solemn significance: 'When my eyes shall be turned to behold, for the last...heaven, may I not see him shining on the broken and dishonored fragments of a once glorious Union; on States dissevered, discordant, belligerent! on a... | |
 | 1857 - 642 pagine
...behold, for the last time, the sun in heaven, may I not see him shining on the broken and dishonored fragm Let their last feeble and lingering glance, rather behold the gorgeous ensign of the republic, now... | |
 | 1857 - 690 pagine
...least, that curtain may not rise. God grant, that on my vision never may bo opened what lies behind. When my eyes shall be turned to behold, for the last...heaven, may I not see him shining on the broken and dishonored fragments of a once glorious Union ; on States dissevered, discordant, belligerent; on a... | |
 | Maurice Glen Baxter - 1984 - 676 pagine
...behold for the last time the sun in heaven, may I not see him shining on the broken and dishonored fragments of a once glorious Union; on States dissevered,...feuds, or drenched, it may be, in fraternal blood! Let their last feeble and lingering glance rather behold the gorgeous ensign of the republic, now known... | |
 | Robert A. Ferguson - 1984 - 456 pagine
...Webster's "integrity of heart and magnanimity of feeling" (v1, 7, 8, 14, 41, 46, 15). Hayne's methods mean "States dissevered, discordant, belligerent, on a...feuds, or drenched, it may be, in fraternal blood!" Webster's attitude leads instead to "the prosperity and honor of the whole country." Fortunately, the... | |
 | 1989 - 90 pagine
...schoolchildren were required to memorize the closing lines of Daniel Webster's second reply to Robert Hayne: "When my eyes shall be turned to behold, for the last...heaven, may I not see him shining on the broken and dishonored fragments of a once glorious Union. . . . but every where, spread all over in characters... | |
 | Suzy Platt - 1992 - 550 pagine
...least, that curtain may not rise! God grant that on my vision never may be opened what lies behind! When my eyes shall be turned to behold for the last...heaven, may I not see him shining on the broken and dishonored fragments of a once glorious Union; on States dissevered, discordant, belligerent; on a... | |
 | Christian Liberty Press, Geoffrey Parsons - 2007 - 196 pagine
...the right to nullify or set aside an act of Congress. The concluding words of Webster's speech were: When my eyes shall be turned to behold, for the last...heaven, may I not see him shining on the broken and dishonored fragments of a once glorious Union; on States dissevered, discordant, belligerent; on a... | |
 | William J. Federer, William Joseph Federer - 1994 - 868 pagine
...Daniel Webster delivered these words in his second speech on Foote's Resolution, January 26, 1830: When my eyes shall be turned to behold for the last...heaven, may I not see him shining on the broken and dishonored fragments of a once glorious Union; on States disevered, discordant, belligerent; on a land... | |
 | Robert Vincent Remini - 1997 - 830 pagine
...least, that curtain may not rise! God grant that on my vision never may be opened what lies behind! When my eyes shall be turned to behold for the last...heaven, may I not see him shining on the broken and dishonored fragments of a once glorious Union; on States dissevered, discordant, belligerent; on a... | |
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