| John George Hodgins - 1858 - 142 pàgines
...to the terriorial greatness and conquests of Great Britain as worthy of " a power which had dotted the surface of the whole globe with her possessions...following the sun, and keeping company with the hours, circled the earth with one continuous and unbroken strain of the martial airs of England !" XXVII.... | |
| Samuel P. Lyman - 1858 - 580 pàgines
...Upon this question of principle, " while suffering was yet afar off. they raised their flag against a power to which, for purposes of foreign conquest...subjugation, Rome, in the height of her glory, is not to be compared;—a poj^flk^h has dotted the surface of the whole irlohS ^E- possessions and military posts,... | |
| Epes Sargent - 1858 - 566 pàgines
...this question of principle, while actual suffering was yet afar off, they raised their flag against a power to which, for purposes of foreign conquest and subjugation, Rome, in the height ot her glory, is not to be compared ; a power which has dotted over tha surface of the whole globe... | |
| 1858 - 808 pàgines
...she is. and has been for centuries, the leading power of earth. By means of her commerce, she line dotted over the surface of the whole globe with her possessions and military posts, and (to use the figure of Webster) " Her morning drums boat following the sun, and keeping pace with... | |
| Daniel Webster, Samuel M. Smucker - 1859 - 568 pàgines
...this question of principle, while actual suffering was yet afar off, they raised their flag against a power to which, for purposes of foreign conquest...keeping company with the hours, circles the earth with one continuous and unbroken strain of the martial airs of England." Another subject of general... | |
| Samuel Mosheim Smucker - 1859 - 662 pàgines
...this question of principle, while actual suffering was yet afar off, they raised their flag against a power to which, for purposes of foreign conquest...keeping company with the hours, circles the earth with one continuous and unbroken strain of the martial airs of England." Another subject of general... | |
| James Loring Baker - 1859 - 40 pàgines
...inspired Mr. Webster to apply to Great Britain the following language, alike beautiful and true: " A power to which, for purposes of foreign conquest...her possessions and military posts, whose morning drum beat, following the sun, and keeping company with the hours, circles the earth daily with one... | |
| 1859 - 914 pàgines
...Daniel Webster : — " a power to which, for purposes of foreign conquest aud subjugation, Rome in her glory is not to be compared ; a power which has...the whole globe with her possessions and military forts, whose morning drum-beat, following the run and keeping company with the hours, circles the earth... | |
| Charles Dexter Cleveland - 1859 - 812 pàgines
...liberty, to thank you ! ENGLAND. She has dotted the surface of the whole globe with her posses sions and military posts, whose morning drum-beat, following the sun and keeping company with the hours, circle the earth daily with one continuous and unbroken strain of the martial airs of England. THE... | |
| John Wingate Thornton - 1860 - 560 pàgines
...this question of principle, -while actual suffering was yet afar off, they raised their flag against a power to which, for purposes of foreign conquest...hours, circles the earth daily with one continuous and unhroken strain of the martial airs of England." It is in this habitual study of political ethics,... | |
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