 When I shall be found, sir, in my place here in the Senate or elsewhere to sneer at public merit because it happens to spring up beyond the little limits of my own State or neighborhood ; when I refuse, for any such cause or for any cause, the homage...  Speeches and Forensic Arguments - Side 406av Daniel Webster - 1848Uten tilgangsbegrensning - Om denne boken
 | Philip Lawrence - 1870 - 422 sider
...gifted with little of the spirit which is said to be able to raise mortals to the skies, I have yot none, as I trust, of that other spirit, which would...or elsewhere, to sneer at public merit, because it happened to spring up beyond the little limits of my own State or neighborhood ; when I refuse, for... | |
 | Erastus Otis Haven - 1870 - 396 sider
...EGOTISM— PATHOS. 249 who had manifested a different sentiment, by exclaiming: "When I shall be found, air, in my place here in the Senate or elsewhere, to sneer at public merit because it happened to spring up beyond the little limits of my own State or neighborhood ; when I refuse, for... | |
 | Philip Lawrence - 1871 - 410 sider
...delight, rather. Sir, I thank God that, if I am gifted with little of the spirit which is said to be able to raise mortals to the skies, I have yet none,...or elsewhere, to sneer at public merit, because it happened to spring up beyond the little limits of my own State or neighborhood ; when I refuse, for... | |
 | George Stillman Hillard - 1871 - 410 sider
...No, sir ; increased gratification and delight, rather. I thank God, that, if I am gifted with little of the spirit which is able to raise mortals to the...of that other spirit, which would drag angels down. 3. When I shall be found, sir, in my place h'ere in the Senate, or elsewhere, to sneer at public merit... | |
 | John Williams (of Lancaster, O.) - 1871 - 274 sider
...complex leading-clause which commences with wind and ends with expression. 3. When I shall be found, in my place here in the senate or elsewhere, to sneer at public merit because it happened to spring up beyond the little limits of my own state or neighborhood ; when I refuse for... | |
 | Noble Kibby Royse - 1872 - 376 sider
...No, sir, increased gratification and delight, rather. I thank God, that, if I am gifted with little of the spirit which is able to raise mortals to the...spring up beyond the little limits of my own State or neighborhood ; when I refuse, for any such cause, or for any cause, the homage due to American talent,... | |
 | Noble Kibby Royse - 1872 - 382 sider
...No, sir, increased gratification and delight, rather. I thank God, that, if I am gifted with little of the spirit which is able to raise mortals to the...elsewhere, to sneer at public merit because it happens to sprini; up beyond the little limits of my own State or neighborhood ; when I refuse, for any such cause,... | |
 | 1872 - 514 sider
...delight rather. Sir, I thank God, that if I am gifted with little of the spirit which is said to be able to raise mortals to the skies, I have yet none,...or elsewhere, to sneer at public merit, because it happened to spring up beyond the little limits of my own State or neighborhood ; when I refuse, for... | |
 | Ephraim Hunt - 1872 - 658 sider
...delight, rather. Sir, I thank God, that, if I am gifted with little of the spirit which is said to be able to raise mortals to the skies, I have yet none,...or elsewhere, to sneer at public merit because it happened to spring up beyond the little limits of my own State and neighborhood ; when I refuse for... | |
 | Richard Edwards - 1867 - 508 sider
...Sir ; increased gratification and delight, rather. 3. I thank God that, if I am gifted with little of the spirit which is able to raise mortals to the...spring up beyond the little limits of my own state or neighborhood ; when I refuse, for any such cause, or for any cause, the homage due to American talent,... | |
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