 | David Bates Tower, Cornelius Walker - 1853 - 300 pàgines
...endsV Through the thick gloom of the present I see the brightness of the future^. It is natural for man to indulge in the illusions of hope^. We are apt to shut our eyes against a painful truth\ RULE II. 23. Negative sentences and negative members of sentences, when they do not conclude a paragraph,... | |
 | John Frost - 1853 - 786 pàgines
...already come. " It is natural," said he, " to man, to indulge in the illusions of hope. We are prone to shut our eyes against a painful truth, and listen to the song of that enchantress till she transforms us into beasts. There is no longer any room for hope. We must fight.... | |
 | Andrew Comstock - 1853 - 456 pàgines
...Mr. Pres'idenZ — | It is natural to man to indulge m the illusions of hope. | We are apt to shui our eyes against a painful truth, ] and listen to the song of thai syren | till she transforms us into beasts. I Is this the part of wise men, I engaged in a greai,... | |
 | Conrad Hume Pinches - 1854 - 460 pàgines
...SPEECH ON THE BREAKING OUT OF THE WAR OF AMERICAN INDEPENDENCE. MR. PRESIDENT, — It is natural to roan to indulge in the illusions of hope. We are apt to...syren, till she transforms us into beasts. Is this the part of wise men engaged in a great and arduous struggle for liberty ? Are we disposed to be of... | |
 | David Bates Tower, Cornelius Walker - 1854 - 440 pàgines
...of an a'ct of disloyalty towards the Majesty of heaven, which I revere above all earthly kings. Sir, it is natural to man to indulge in the illusions of...against a painful truth, and listen to the song of that siren till she transform us into beasts. Is this the part of wise men, engaged in a great and ardent... | |
 | 1854 - 576 pàgines
...from erery eye. They became impatient of speech. Their souls were ou fire for action." MR. PRESIDENT it is natural to man to indulge in the illusions of...our eyes against a painful truth, and listen to the vong of that siren, till she transforms us into beasts. Is this the part of wise men, engaged in a... | |
 | Levi Carroll Judson - 1854 - 496 pàgines
...strongly told. His overwhelming eloquence we can but faintly imagine. " Mr. President-It is natural for man to indulge in the illusions of hope. We are apt...our eyes against a painful truth and listen to the songs of that siren till she transforms us into beasts. Is this the part of wise men engaged in a great... | |
 | Levi Carroll Judson - 1854 - 532 pàgines
...strongly told. His overwhelming eloquence we can but faintly imagine. " Mr. President- It is natural for man to indulge in the illusions of hope. We are apt...our eyes against a painful truth and listen to the songs of that siren till she transforms us into beasts. Is this the part of wise men engaged in a great... | |
 | John Frost - 1854 - 775 pàgines
...already come. " It is natural," said he, " to man, to indulge in the illusions of hope. We are prone to shut our eyes against a painful truth, and listen to the song of that enchantress till she transforms us into beasts. There is no longer any room for hope. We must fight.... | |
 | Jesse Olney - 1854 - 352 pàgines
...revere above ail earthly kings. 2. Mr. President, it is natural to man to indulge in the illu sions of hope. We are apt to shut our eyes against a painful truth—and listen to the song of that syren, till she transforms us into beasts. Is this the part... | |
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Mr. President, it is natural to man to indulge in the illusions of hope. We are apt to shut our eyes against a painful truth, and listen to the song of that siren till she transforms us into beasts. Is this the part of wise men engaged in a great and... 
