It did not happen to me to be born in a log cabin, but my elder brothers and sisters were born in a log cabin raised amid the snow-drifts of New Hampshire, at a period so early that, when the smoke rose first from its rude chimney and curled over the... Daniel Webster - Page 222by John Bach McMaster - 1902 - 343 pagesFull view - About this book
| Daniel Webster - 1843 - 568 pages
...by public rebuke. A man who is not ashamed of himself, needs not be ashamed of his early condition. Gentlemen, it did not happen to me to be born in a...snow-drifts of New Hampshire, at a period so early as that, when the smoke first rose from its rude chimney, and curled over the frozen hills, there was... | |
| John Fanning Watson - 1846 - 440 pages
...and civilization, are sufficiently in point, to deserve a repetition here. His remarks are : — " It did not happen to me to be born in a log cabin, but my elder brothers and sisters were — in a log cabin, raised amid the snow drifts of New Hampshire, at a period so early, as that when... | |
| 1881 - 792 pages
...in a log cabiu, but my older brothers and sisters were born in one, and ra:sed among tke gnow-drifts of New Hampshire, at a period so early that when the smoke arose from the rude chimney, and curled over the frozen hills, there was no similar evidence of a white... | |
| Charles Lanman - 1852 - 82 pages
...Webster's birthplace is the following extract from one of his speeches, delivered at Saratoga, in 1840: " It did not happen to me to be born in a log cabin;...and sisters were born in a log cabin raised amid the snow drifts of New Hampshire, at a period so early as that, when the smoke first rose from its rude... | |
| 1852 - 302 pages
...time: " It did not happen to mo to 1* bora in a log cahin ; but my elder brothers and sisters wero born in a log cabin raised amid the snow-drifts of New Hampshire, at a period so early as that, when the smoke first rose from its rude chimney, and curled over the frozen hills, there was... | |
| 1856 - 396 pages
...the published rebuke. A man who is not ashamed of himself need not be ashamed of hia early condition. It did not happen to me to be born in a log cabin, but my older brothers and sisters were bora in a log cabin, raised among the snow drifts of New Hampshire,... | |
| DANIEL WEBSTER - 1853 - 778 pages
...punished by public rebuke. A man who is not ashamed of himself need not be ashamed of his early condition. Gentlemen, it did not happen to me to be born in a...Hampshire, at a period so early that, when the smoke fn-st rose from its rude chimney, and curled over the frozen hills, there was no similar evidence of... | |
| Joseph Banvard - 1853 - 390 pages
...of moving eloquence from Mr. Webster, in which there are other affecting allusions to his father. " Gentlemen, it did not happen to me to be born in a...snowdrifts of New Hampshire, at a period so early as that, when the smoke first rose from its rude chimney, and curled over the frozen hills, there was... | |
| Biographical magazine - 1853 - 586 pages
...his birthplace, a very humble farm-house, and to the lowly condition of his family at the time : " It did not happen to me to be born in a log cabin ; but my elder brothers and sisters were born ma log cabin raised amid the snow-drifts of New Hampshire, at a period so early as that, when the smoke... | |
| Alfred Bunn - 1853 - 362 pages
...by public rebuke. A man who is not ashamed of himself, need not be ashamed of his early condition. "Gentlemen, "It did not happen to me to be born in a log-cabin, but my eldest brothers and sisters were born in one, raised amid the snow-drifts of New... | |
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