Speeches and Forensic Arguments, Volume 1Perkins & Marvin, 1838 |
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... occasion , impose upon us . We have come to this Rock , to record here our homage for our Pilgrim Fath- ers ; our sympathy in their sufferings ; our gratitude for their la- bors ; our admiration of their virtues ; our veneration for ...
... occasion , impose upon us . We have come to this Rock , to record here our homage for our Pilgrim Fath- ers ; our sympathy in their sufferings ; our gratitude for their la- bors ; our admiration of their virtues ; our veneration for ...
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... occasion , too strong to be resisted ; a sort of genius of the place , which inspires and awes us . We feel that we are on the spot , where the first scene of our history was laid ; where the hearths and altars of New England were first ...
... occasion , too strong to be resisted ; a sort of genius of the place , which inspires and awes us . We feel that we are on the spot , where the first scene of our history was laid ; where the hearths and altars of New England were first ...
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... occasion attracts our attention more immediately to those which took possession of New England , and the ... occasions the oracles did not speak a language dissonant from the views and purposes of the state . Political science among the ...
... occasion attracts our attention more immediately to those which took possession of New England , and the ... occasions the oracles did not speak a language dissonant from the views and purposes of the state . Political science among the ...
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... occasion to strike a blow , which should sever , forever , the tie of colonial dependence ; and these spirits were found , in all the extent which that or any cri- sis could demand , in Otis , Adams , Hancock , and the other immedi- ate ...
... occasion to strike a blow , which should sever , forever , the tie of colonial dependence ; and these spirits were found , in all the extent which that or any cri- sis could demand , in Otis , Adams , Hancock , and the other immedi- ate ...
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... occasion . Of our system of government , the first thing to be said , is , that it is really and practically a free system . It originates entirely with the people , and rests on no other foundation than their assent . To judge of its ...
... occasion . Of our system of government , the first thing to be said , is , that it is really and practically a free system . It originates entirely with the people , and rests on no other foundation than their assent . To judge of its ...
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