Rome, in the height of her glory, is not to be compared, — a power which has dotted over the surface of the whole globe with her possessions and military posts, whose morning drum-beat, following the sun, and keeping company with the hours, circles... Speeches and Forensic Arguments - Page 254by Daniel Webster - 1848Full view - About this book
| United States. Congress - 1825 - 736 pages
...surface of the whole globe with her possessions anc] military posts; whose morning drum-beat, following the sun, and keeping company with the hours, circles...earth daily with one continuous and unbroken strain ul the martial airs of England. The necessity of holding strictly to the principle upon which free... | |
| Alfred Hawkins - 1834 - 548 pages
...surface of the whole globe with her possessions and military posts, whose morning drum-beat, following the sun, and keeping company with the hours, circles...and unbroken strain of the martial airs of England." And truly, when we look to our own country, what just cause of pride and dignity do we behold ! The... | |
| Alfred Hawkins, John Charlton Fisher - 1834 - 534 pages
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| 1835 - 1040 pages
...surface of the whole globe with her possessions and military posts, whose morning drum-beat, following the sun, and keeping company with the hours, circles...and unbroken strain of the martial airs of England.' And this conveys a withering rebuke on the ordinary desire of dishonest political art. ' Sir, I see,... | |
| Daniel Webster, James Rees - 1839 - 108 pages
...surface of the whole globe with her possessions and military posts, whose morning drum-beat, following the sun and keeping company with the hours, circles...and unbroken strain of the martial airs of England. SPIBIT OF LIBERTT.. The first object of a free people is, the preservation of their liberty ; and liberty... | |
| William Leggett - 1840 - 324 pages
...surface of the whole globe with her possessions and military posts ; whose morning drum-beat, following the sun, and keeping company with the hours, circles...and unbroken strain of the martial airs of England." Such was the cause for which our fathers fought, and such the power with which they battled. They were... | |
| William Leggett - 1840 - 324 pages
...surface of the whole globe with her possessions and military posts ; whose morning drum-beat, following the sun, and keeping company with the hours, circles...and unbroken strain of the martial airs of England." Such was the cause for which our fathers fought, and such the power with which they battled. They were... | |
| 1842 - 468 pages
...surface of the globe with her possessions and military posts — whose morning drum-beat, following the sun, and keeping company with the hours, circles...and unbroken strain of the martial airs of England. Handd and the Serpent. — The first time the serpent was introduced into an orchestra over which Handel... | |
| 1842 - 650 pages
...surface of the whole globe with her possessions and military posts, whose morning drum-beat, following the sun, and keeping company with the hours, circles...and unbroken strain of the martial airs of England. Our next specimen conveys an energetic rebuke : — Sir, I see in those vehicles which carry to the... | |
| Sir Richard Henry Bonnycastle - 1842 - 388 pages
...surface of the globe with her possessions and military posts — whose morning drum-beat, following the sun, and keeping company with the hours, circles...and unbroken strain of the martial airs of England." After this, pardon a little military vanity, gentle reader — I am a British soldier, engaged in keeping... | |
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