 | Daniel Webster - 1825 - 52 pages
...our military bands ; whom nothing brought hither, but the unquenchable fire of his own spirit ; Him ! cut off by Providence, in the hour of overwhelming...it would fertilize a land of freedom or of bondage ! how shall I struggle with the emotions, that stifle the utterance of thy name ! — Our poor work... | |
 | 1827 - 544 pages
...our military bands; whom nothing brought hither, but the unquenchable fire of his own spirit; Him! cut off by Providence, in the hour of overwhelming...it would fertilize a land of freedom or of bondage! how shall I struggle with the emotions, that stifle the utterance of thy name! — Our poor work may... | |
 | 1827 - 540 pages
...overwhelming anxiety and thick gloom; failing, ere he saw the star of his country rise: pouring our his generous blood, like water, before he knew whether...it would fertilize a land of freedom or of bondage! how shall I struggle with the emotions, that stifle the utterance of thy name!—Our poor work may... | |
 | 1827 - 564 pages
...our military bands ; whom nothing brought hither, but ihe unquenchable fire of his own spirit; Him! cut off by Providence, in the hour of overwhelming anxiety and thick gloom ; talling, ere he saw the star of his country rise ; pouring out his generous blood, like water, before... | |
 | Samuel Phillips Newman - 1829 - 270 pages
...This is termed APOSTROPHE. The following example is from Webster's Address on Bunker Hill. " Him ! cut off by Providence in the hour of overwhelming...saw the star of his country rise; pouring out his genereus blood, like water, before he knew whether it would fertilize a land of freedom or of bondage... | |
 | Daniel Webster - 1830 - 518 pages
...our military bands; whom nothing brought hither, but the unquenchable fire of his own spirit; Him! cut off by Providence, in the hour of overwhelming...it would fertilize a land of freedom or of bondage! how shall I struggle with the emotions, that stifle the utterance of thy name! — Our poor work may... | |
 | Daniel Webster - 1830 - 518 pages
...our military bands; whom nothing brought hither, but the unquenchable fire' of his own spirit; Him! cut off by Providence, in the hour of overwhelming...water, before he knew whether it would fertilize a land1 of freedom or of bondage! how shall I struggle with the emotions, that stifle the utterance of... | |
 | Daniel Webster - 1835 - 524 pages
...military bands; whom nothing brought hither, but the unquenchable fire of his own spirit; Him! cut oft' by Providence, in the hour of overwhelming anxiety...it would fertilize a land of freedom or of bondage! how shall I struggle with the emotions, that stifle the utterance of thy name! — Our poor work may... | |
 | Jonathan Barber - 1836 - 404 pages
...military bands ; whom nothing brought hither but the unquenchable fire of his 3* own spirit; Him ! cut off by Providence in the hour of overwhelming...it would fertilize a land of freedom or of bondage! how shall I struggle with the emotions that stifle the utterance of thy name! Our poor work may perish;... | |
 | 1836 - 552 pages
...our military bands ; whom nothing brought hither but the unquenchable fire of his own spirit ; him ! cut off by Providence, in the hour of overwhelming...it would fertilize a land of freedom or of bondage ! how shall I struggle with the emotions that stifle the utterance of thy name ! — Our poor work... | |
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But, ah! Him! the first great martyr in this great cause! Him! the premature victim of his own self-devoting heart! Him! the head of our civil councils, and the destined leader of our military bands, whom nothing brought hither but the unquenchable fire... 
