 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
 | 1852 - 860 pages
...speeches, he remarks that so vast ore the possessions of England, that her morning drum -beat, following the sun and keeping company with the hours, circles...earth daily with one continuous and unbroken strain of its martial airs. There is another musical sound, within the British islands themselves, which does... | |
 | 1852 - 342 pages
...speeches he remarks, that so vast are the possessions of England, that her morning drum-beat, following the sun, and keeping company with the hours, circles...earth daily with one continuous and unbroken strain of its martial airs. There is another musical sound, within the British islands themselves, which does... | |
 | Epes Sargent - 1852 - 570 pages
...military posts ; whose morning drum-boat, following the sun, and keeping company with the hours, cireles the earth daily with one continuous and unbroken strain of the martial airs of England. 183. PEACEABLE SECESSION, 1850. — Welater. SIB, he who sees these States now revolving in harmony... | |
 | Daniel Webster - 1853 - 578 pages
...posts, whose morning drum-beat, following the sun, and keeping company with the hours, circles the earth with one continuous and unbroken strain of the martial...upon which free governments are constructed, and to those precise lines which fix the partitions of power between different branches, is as plain, if not... | |
 | Edwin Percy Whipple - 1853 - 434 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." This passage is worthy the attention of those who think that Mr. Webster is too practical in his system... | |
 | Benjamin Morgan Palmer - 1853 - 62 pages
...; whose morning drum-beat, following the sun and keeping company with the hours, circles the earth with one continuous and unbroken strain of the martial airs of England."* Where shall the limit be set upon the progress of this heroic people ? The word of Canute was not more... | |
 | 1854 - 576 pages
...surface of the whole globe with her possessions and military posts ; wboso morning drum-In iat, following the sun, and keeping company with the hours, circles...and unbroken strain of the martial airs of England. 183. PEACEARLE SECESSION, 1860. — Wclnter. SIR, he who sees these States now revolving in harmony... | |
 | 1856 - 754 pages
...whole surface of the globe with her possessions and military posts ; whose morning drumbeat, following the sun and keeping company with the hours, circles...earth daily with one continuous and unbroken strain of its martial airs." In this article we propose to present in rapid review some of the facts connected... | |
 | 1854 - 406 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 the earth daily with one continuons and unbroken strain of the martial airs of England ! HON. WM. YOÜNO, or NOTA SCOTIA. Our... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin Tefft - 1854 - 526 pages
...posts, whose morning drum-beat, following the sun, and keeping company with the hours, circles the earth with one continuous and unbroken strain of the martial airs of England." The administration of General Jackson was now rapidly coming to a close. The great battle of the currency... | |
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