Reminiscences of Distinguished MenPublished for the author., 1878 - 295 頁 |
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... took their names from their occupation ; as the Carters , Waggoners , Wea- vers , etc .; and so may the Slaughters have done , whether of high or low degree . If they slew whole regiments of men , they were warriors or heroes ; if only ...
... took their names from their occupation ; as the Carters , Waggoners , Wea- vers , etc .; and so may the Slaughters have done , whether of high or low degree . If they slew whole regiments of men , they were warriors or heroes ; if only ...
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... took me to Williamsburg . This was the seat of Government dur- ing the Colonial period , but , at that time in a very dilap- idated condition , and supported solely by William and Mary College . Beside the College building there was but ...
... took me to Williamsburg . This was the seat of Government dur- ing the Colonial period , but , at that time in a very dilap- idated condition , and supported solely by William and Mary College . Beside the College building there was but ...
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... took possession of the Palace of Versailles . He offered to assist Napoleon in his escape to America , after demand- ing his abdication , and after refusing a Peerage offered by Napoleon . • Hearing that the American colonies had ...
... took possession of the Palace of Versailles . He offered to assist Napoleon in his escape to America , after demand- ing his abdication , and after refusing a Peerage offered by Napoleon . • Hearing that the American colonies had ...
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... took the lead in all the athletic sports and exercises of his companions . Though no great reliance can be placed upon most of the anecdotes which are related of his boyhood and youth , it is certain that he grew up of a vigorous , and ...
... took the lead in all the athletic sports and exercises of his companions . Though no great reliance can be placed upon most of the anecdotes which are related of his boyhood and youth , it is certain that he grew up of a vigorous , and ...
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... took place . In the memorable event of July 9th , 1755 , known as Braddock's defeat , Washington was almost the only officer of distinction who escaped from the calamities of the day with lite and honor . The other aides of Gen ...
... took place . In the memorable event of July 9th , 1755 , known as Braddock's defeat , Washington was almost the only officer of distinction who escaped from the calamities of the day with lite and honor . The other aides of Gen ...
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第 282 頁 - True eloquence, indeed, does not consist in speech. It cannot be brought from far. Labor and learning may toil for it, but they will toil in vain. Words and phrases may be marshalled in every way, but they cannot compass it. It must exist in the man, in the subject, and in the occasion.
第 283 頁 - The clear conception, outrunning the deductions of logic, the high purpose, the firm resolve, the dauntless spirit, speaking on the tongue, beaming from the eye, informing every feature, and urging the whole man onward, right onward to his object—this, this is eloquence; or rather it is something greater and higher than all eloquence, it is action, noble, sublime, godlike action.
第 88 頁 - First in war, first in peace, first in the hearts of his countrymen," was originally used in the resolutions presented to Congress on the death of Washington, December, 1799.
第 263 頁 - Gentlemen, it did not happen to me to be born in a log cabin ; but my elder brothers and sisters were born in a log cabin, raised amid the snow-drifts of New Hampshire, at a period so early that, when the smoke first rose from its rude chimney, and curled over the frozen hills, there was no similar evidence of a white man's habitation between it and the settlements on the rivers of Canada.
第 256 頁 - Sir, the eloquence of Mr. Calhoun, or the manner of his exhibition of his sentiments in public bodies, was part of his intellectual character. It grew out of the qualities of his mind. It was plain, strong, terse, condensed, concise ; sometimes impassioned, — still always severe. Rejecting ornament, not often seeking far for illustration, his power consisted in the plainness of his propositions, in the closeness of his logic, and in the earnestness and energy of his manner.
第 87 頁 - I am just going. Have me decently buried; and do not let my body be put into the vault in less than three days after I am dead.
第 121 頁 - Advert, sir, to the duties of a judge. He has to pass between the government and the man whom that government is prosecuting; between the most powerful individual in the community and the poorest and most unpopular. It is of the last importance that, in the exercise of these duties, he should observe the utmost fairness. Need I press the necessity of this ? Does not every man feel that his own personal security and the security of his property...
第 137 頁 - ... enlightened by a benign religion, professed, indeed, and practiced in various forms, yet all of them inculcating honesty, truth, temperance, gratitude, and the love of man; acknowledging and adoring an overruling Providence, which by all its dispensations proves that it delights in the happiness of man here and his greater happiness hereafter...
第 290 頁 - We wish that whosoever, in all coming time, shall turn his eye hither, may behold that the place is not undistinguished, where the first great battle of the revolution was fought. We wish that this structure may proclaim the magnitude ami importance of that event, to every class and every age.
第 257 頁 - He has lived long enough, he has done enough, and he has done it so well, so successfully, so honorably, as to connect himself for all time with the records of his country.