 VENERABLE MEN! you have come down to us from a former generation. Heaven has bounteously lengthened out your lives, that you might behold this joyous day. You are now where you stood fifty years ago, this very hour, with your brothers and your neighbors,...  Speeches and Forensic Arguments - Page 60by Daniel Webster - 1835 - 4 pagesFull view - About this book
 | 1840 - 554 pages
...I had almost said so overwhelming, this renowned theatre of their courage and patriotism. Venerable men ! you have come down to us, from a former generation....ago, this very hour, with your brothers, and your neighbors, shoulder to shoulder, in the strife for your country. Behold, how altered ! The same heavens... | |
 | Moses Severance - 1841 - 316 pages
...almost said so overwhelming, — this renowned theater of their courage and patriotism. 3. Venerable men ! you have come down to us from a former generation....that you might behold this joyous day. You are now here where you stood fifty years ago this very hour, with your brothers and your neighbors, shoulder... | |
 | 1845 - 564 pages
...I had almost said so overwhelming, this renowned theatre of their courage and patriotism. Venerable men ! you have come down to us, from a former generation....ago, this very hour, with your brothers, and your neighbors, shoulder to shoulder, in the strife for your country. Behold, how altered ! The same heavens... | |
 | Jesse Olney - 1845 - 348 pages
...delivered at the laying of the Corner Stone of the Bunker Hill Monument, June \"ith, 1825. 1. VENERABLE MEN! you have come down to us, from a former generation....you stood fifty years ago, this very hour, with your Orothers, and your neighbors, shoulder to shoulder, in the strife for your country. * J wcnh Warren,... | |
 | Lyman Cobb - 1845 - 252 pages
...delivered at the laying of the corner stone of the Bunker Hill Monument, June, 17th, 1825.] 1. VENERABLE MEN ! you have come down to us, from a former generation....your lives, that you might behold this joyous day. 2. You are now upon the heights of Bunker, where you stood, fifty years ago, this very hour, with your... | |
 | 1845 - 552 pages
...where you stood fifty years ago, this very hour, with your brothers, and your neighbors, siioulder to shoulder, in the strife for your country. Behold, how altered ! The same heavens are mdeed over your heads ; the same ocean rolls at your feet ; but all else, how changed ! You hear now... | |
 | Charles Augustus Goodrich - 1848 - 662 pages
...scar-bearing survivors of that day's battle, ranged in order before him, thus addressed them : '" VENERABLE MEN ! You have come down to us, from a former generation. Heaven has generously lengthened out your lives, that you might behold this joyous day. You are now, where you... | |
 | Elias Lyman Magoon - 1849 - 612 pages
...perished, he portrays what immortal worth is. But the whole passage should be quoted : — " Venerable men ! You have come down to us from a former generation....has bounteously lengthened out your lives, that you may behold this joyous day. You are now, where you stood fifty years ago, this very hour, with your... | |
 | Elias Lyman Magoon - 1849 - 514 pages
...You are now, where you stood fifty years ago, this very hour, with your brothers and your neighbors, shoulder to shoulder, in the strife for your country....how altered ! The same heavens are indeed over your head ; the same ocean rolls at your feet ; but all else, how changed ! You hear now no roar of hostile... | |
 | Henry Mandeville - 1851 - 396 pages
...storm that howls along the sky. Smollet. SEC. LIII. THE SURVIVORS OF THE BATTLE OF BUNKER HILL. 2 mer generation. Heaven has bounteously lengthened out...lives, that you might behold this joyous day. You are 1 Venerable men! you have come down to us from a for3 now, where you stood, fifty years ago, this very... | |
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