 Ah, gentlemen ! that was a dreadful mistake. Such a secret can be safe nowhere. The whole creation of God has neither nook nor corner where the guilty can bestow it, and say it is safe.  Speeches and Forensic Arguments - Page 452by Daniel Webster - 1830 - 520 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Samuel Silas Curry - 1896 - 388 pages
...escapes. He has done the murder; no eye has seen him, no ear has heard him. The secret is his own, and he is safe! Ah, gentlemen, that was a dreadful mistake....where the guilty can bestow it, and say it is safe. . . . The guilty soul cannot keep its own secret. It is false to itself, — or, rather, it feels an... | |
 | Alonzo Reed, Brainerd Kellogg - 1896 - 412 pages
...it is safe. 1. Ah ! gentlemen, that was a dreadful mistake. 2. Such a secret can be safe nowhere. 3. The whole creation of God has neither nook nor corner...where the guilty can bestow it, and say it is safe. 4. Not to speak of that eye which pierces through all disguises and beholds everything as in the splendor... | |
 | Alonzo Reed, Brainerd Kellogg - 1896 - 416 pages
...it is safe. 1. Ah ! gentlemen, that was a dreadful mistake. 2. Such a secret can be safe nowhere. 3. The whole creation of God has neither nook nor corner...where the guilty can bestow it, and say it is safe. 4. Not to speak of that eye which pierces through all disguises and beholds everything as in the splendor... | |
 | Alonzo Reed, Brainerd Kellogg - 1896 - 412 pages
...dreadful mistake. 2. Such a secret can be safe nowhere. 3. The whole creation of God has neither no«k nor corner where the guilty can bestow it, and say it is safe. 4. Not to speak of that eye which pierces through all disguises and beholds everything as in the splendor... | |
 | William Benton Chamberlain - 1897 - 516 pages
...the listener by the weight of its own evident truth, that it amounts to authority. For example : — Ah, gentlemen, that was a dreadful mistake. Such a...where the guilty can bestow it and say it is safe. ... It must be confessed ; it will be confessed ; there is no refuge from confession but in suicide,... | |
 | John Clark Ridpath - 1898 - 636 pages
...came in, and escapes. He has done the murder. No eye has seen him, no ear has heard him. The secret is his own, and it is safe ! Ah! gentlemen, that was...and say it is safe. Not to speak of that eye which pierces through all disguises, and beholds everything as in the splendor of noon, such secrets of guilt... | |
 | Sherman Williams - 1898 - 514 pages
...escapes. He has done the murder; no eye has seen him; no ear has heard him; the secret is his own, and he is safe! Ah, gentlemen, that was a dreadful mistake!...Not to speak of that Eye which glances through all MURDER WILL OUT 257 disguises, and beholds everything as in the splendor of noon; such secrets of guilt... | |
 | Elias J. MacEwan - 1898 - 440 pages
..."No eye has seen him, no ear has heard him. The secret is his own, and it is safe ! i Ah ! Gentleman, that was a dreadful mistake. Such a secret can be...where the guilty can bestow it, and say it is safe. 2sot to speak of that eye which pierces through all disguises, and beholds every thing as in the splendor... | |
 | Elias J. MacEwan - 1899 - 438 pages
...No eye has seen him, no ear has heard him. The secret is his own, and it is safe ! 1 Ah 1 Gentleman, that was a dreadful mistake. Such a secret can be...and say it is safe. Not to speak of that eye which pierces through all disguises, and beholds every thing as in the splendor of noon, such secrets of... | |
 | Goodloe Harper Bell - 1900 - 620 pages
...CRIME. DANIEL WEBSTER. He has done the murder. No eye has seen him, no ear has heard him. The secret is his own, and it is safe ! Ah ! Gentlemen, that...and say it is safe. Not to speak of that eye which pierces through all disguises, and beholds everything as in the splendor of noon, such secrets of guilt... | |
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