 | Marcius Willson - 1872 - 382 pages
...broken asunder. 5. "I have not accustomed myself to hang over the precipice of disunion, to see whether, with my short sight, I can fathom the depth of the abyss below ; nor could I regard him as a safe counselor in the affairs of this government whose thoughts should be mainly bent on considering, not... | |
 | Henry Noble Day - 1872 - 386 pages
...broken asunder. I have not accustomed myself to hang over the precipice of disunion, to see whether, with my short sight, I can fathom the depth of the abyss below." — Webster. " When the soul, resting as it were under the willows of exile, breathes out its longing... | |
 | Patrick O'Shea - 1873 - 524 pages
...broken asunder. I have not accustomed myself tc hang over the precipice of disunion, to see whether, with my short sight, I can fathom the depth of the...mainly bent on considering, not how the union should be preserved, but, how tolerable might be the condition of the people, when it shall be broken up and... | |
 | 1875 - 324 pages
...broken asunder. I have not accustomed myself to hang over the precipice of disunion, to see whether, with my short sight, I can fathom the depth of the abyss below ; nor could I regard him as a safe counselor in the affairs of this Government whose thoughts should be mainly bent on considering, not... | |
 | Cornell University - 1875 - 1012 pages
...withdraw, (i) I have not accustomed myself to hang over the precipice of disunion, to see whether, with my short sight, I can fathom the depth of the abyss below, (c) All parts of the prodigious pageant [Falls of Niagara] have an eternal novelty. (</) It was by... | |
 | Henry Norman Hudson - 1876 - 660 pages
...broken asunder. I have not accustomed myself to hang over the precipice of disunion, to see whether, with my short sight, I can fathom the depth of the...should be mainly bent on considering, not how the Union may be best preserved, but how tolerable might be the condition of the people when it shall be broken... | |
 | Henry Norman Hudson - 1877 - 478 pages
...broken asunder. I have not accustomed myself to hang over the precipice of disunion, to see whether, with my short sight, I can fathom the depth of the...should be mainly bent on considering, not how the Union may be best preserved, but how tolerable might be the condition of the people when it shall be broken... | |
 | Albert Newton Raub - 1878 - 444 pages
...broken asunder. I have not accustomed myself to hang over the precipice of disunion to see whether, with my short sight, I can fathom the depth of the abyss below ; nor could I regard him as a safe counselor in the affairs of this government whose thoughts should be mainly bent on considering not... | |
 | Oliver Ernesto Branch - 1878 - 278 pages
...broken asunder. I havo not accustomed myself to hang over the precipice of disunion, to see whether, with my short sight, I can fathom the depth of the abyss below; nor could I regard him as a safe counselor in the affairs of this government, whose thoughts should be mainly bent on considering, not... | |
 | Daniel Webster, Edwin Percy Whipple - 1879 - 780 pages
...broken asunder. I have not accustomed myself to hang over the precipice of disunion, to see whether, with my short sight, I can fathom the depth of the...should be mainly bent on considering, not how the Union may be best preserved, but how tolerable might be the condition of the people when it should be broken... | |
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I have not accustomed myself to hang over the precipice of disunion, to see whether, with my short sight, I can fathom the depth of the abyss below... 
