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" We wish, that this structure may proclaim the magnitude and importance of that event, to every class and every age. We wish, that infancy may learn the purpose of its erection from maternal lips, and that weary and withered age may behold it, and be solaced... "
The New-York Review, and Atheneum Magazine - Page 217
edited by - 1825
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The District School Reader, Or, Exercises in Reading and Speaking: Designed ...

William Draper Swan - 1845 - 482 pages
...withered age may behold it, and be solaced by the recollections which it suggests. We wish that labor may look up here, and be proud, in the midst of its...come on us also, desponding patriotism may turn its eyes hitherward, and be assured that the foundations of our national power still stand strong. We wish...
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Library of Oratory: Embracing Select Speeches of Celebrated ..., Volume 1

1845 - 564 pages
...We wish that labor may look up here, and toe proud, in the midst of its toil. We wish that, in tbose days of disaster, which, as they come on all nations,...come on us also, desponding patriotism may turn its eyes hitherward, and be assured that the foundations of our national power still stand strong. We •wish...
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American Oratory: Or, Selections from the Speeches of Eminent Americans

1845 - 552 pages
...withered age may behold it, and be solaced by the recollections which it suggests. We wish that labor may look up here, and be proud, in the midst of its...toil. We wish that, in those days of disaster, which, aŤ they come on all nations, must be expected to come on us also, desponding patriotism may turn its...
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Practical Speaking: As Taught in Yale College

Erasmus Darwin North - 1846 - 454 pages
...withered age may behold it, and be solaced by the recollections which it suggests. / We wish that labor may look up here, and be proud, in the midst of its toil. \ We wish that, in those days of disaster, / [upon vs, also, which, as they come upon all nations, must be expected to come may turn its eyes...
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The United States Speaker: a Copious Selection of Exercises in Elocution ...

John Epy Lovell - 1846 - 540 pages
...proud, in the midst of its toil. We wish, that, in those days of disaster, which, as they come upon all nations, must be expected to come on us also, desponding patriotism may turn its eyes hi the i, and be assured that the foundations of our national power still eland strong. We wish,...
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North American First Class Reader: The Sixth Book of Tower's Series for ...

David Bates Tower - 1853 - 444 pages
...withered age may behold it, and be solaced by the recollections which it suggests. We wish that labor may look up here, and be proud in the midst of its...that, in those days of disaster, which, as they come upon all nations, must be expected to come on us also, desponding patriotism may turn its eyes hither,...
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Living Orators in America

Elias Lyman Magoon - 1849 - 514 pages
...withered age may behold it, and be solaced by the recollections which it suggests. We wish, that labor may look up here, and be proud, in the midst of its...come on us also, desponding patriotism may turn its eyes hitherward, and be assured that the foundations of our national power still stand strong. We wish,...
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Class Book of Prose and Poetry: Consisting of Selections from the Best ...

Truman Rickard, Hiram Orcutt - 1850 - 130 pages
...withered age may behold it and be solaced by the recollections which it suggests. We wish that labor may look up here, and be proud in the midst of its...that in those days of disaster, which, as they come upon all nations, 45 must be expected to come on us also, desponding patriotism may turn his eye hither,...
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The English Language in Its Elements and Forms: With a History of Its Origin ...

William Chauncey Fowler - 1851 - 1502 pages
...He carried away the palm." 5. Substituting the abstract for the concrete term : We wish that Labor may look up here, and be proud in the midst of its toil. We wish that Infancy may learn the purpose of its creation from maternal lips ; and that weary and withered Age...
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The Book of Eloquence: A Collection of Extracts in Prose and Verse, from the ...

1853 - 458 pages
...withered age may behold it, and be solaced by the recollections which it suggests. We wish, that labor may look up here, and be proud, in the midst of its...come on us also, desponding patriotism may turn its eyes hitherward, and be assured that the foundations of our national power still stand strong. We wish,...
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