The Hundred Boston Orators Appointed by the Municipal Authorities and Other Public Bodies, from 1770 to 1852: Comprising Historical Gleanings Illustrating the Principles and Progress of Our Republican InstitutionsJ. P. Jewett, 1852 - 694 páginas |
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... tion , and we cannot resist the pleasure of citing the opinion of his character from the hand of Thomas Jefferson , the clearest and best compressed conception of this dauntless patriot ever written : - " I can say that he was truly a ...
... tion , and we cannot resist the pleasure of citing the opinion of his character from the hand of Thomas Jefferson , the clearest and best compressed conception of this dauntless patriot ever written : - " I can say that he was truly a ...
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... point , the rela- tion between the Parliament and the colonies , he had determined to avoid any dispute with the assembly , unless he should be forced into it . Therefore , after acquainting them that he should THE MASSACRE . 17.
... point , the rela- tion between the Parliament and the colonies , he had determined to avoid any dispute with the assembly , unless he should be forced into it . Therefore , after acquainting them that he should THE MASSACRE . 17.
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... tion on the fifth of March . I have read these orations with a mixture of pleasure and pity . Young gentlemen of genius describing scenes they never saw , and descanting on feelings they never felt , -and which great pains had been ...
... tion on the fifth of March . I have read these orations with a mixture of pleasure and pity . Young gentlemen of genius describing scenes they never saw , and descanting on feelings they never felt , -and which great pains had been ...
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... tion is fixed , that I will attempt it at every hazard ! " Whether or not this relation be fact , it was perfectly characteristic of the man . The people assembled at Faneuil Hall to listen to the young orator , when the throng being ...
... tion is fixed , that I will attempt it at every hazard ! " Whether or not this relation be fact , it was perfectly characteristic of the man . The people assembled at Faneuil Hall to listen to the young orator , when the throng being ...
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... tion of Truth , or Tyranny Anatomized ; Sketches of Man as He is , connected with the Past and Present Mode of Education ; A Letter to the President of the United States , supposed by the writer to be fitted specially for the Age and ...
... tion of Truth , or Tyranny Anatomized ; Sketches of Man as He is , connected with the Past and Present Mode of Education ; A Letter to the President of the United States , supposed by the writer to be fitted specially for the Age and ...
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Página 263 - I am compelled to declare it as my deliberate opinion, that, if this bill passes, the bonds of this Union are virtually dissolved ; that the States which compose it are free from their moral obligations, and that, as it will be the right of all, so it will be the duty of some, to prepare definitely for a separation — amicably if they can, violently if they must.
Página 425 - Sink or swim, live or die, survive or perish, I give my hand and my heart to this vote. It is true, indeed, that in the beginning we aimed not at independence. But there's a Divinity which shapes our ends. The injustice of England has driven us to arms ; and, blinded to her own interest for our good, she has obstinately persisted, till independence is now within our grasp. We have but to reach forth to it, and it is ours. Why, then, should we defer the Declaration...
Página 401 - Taxes on everything on earth, and the waters under the earth ; on everything that comes from abroad, or is grown at home. Taxes on the raw material ; taxes on every fresh value that is added to it by the industry of man. Taxes on the sauce which pampers man's appetite, and the drug that restores him to health ; on the ermine which decorates the judge, and the rope which hangs the criminal ; on the poor man's salt, and the rich man's spice; on the brass nails of the coffin, and the ribands of the...
Página 238 - How sleep the Brave who sink to rest By all their country's wishes blest! When Spring, with dewy fingers cold, Returns to deck their hallowed mould, She there shall dress a sweeter sod Than Fancy's feet have ever trod. By fairy hands their knell is rung; By forms unseen their dirge is sung; There Honor comes, a pilgrim gray, To bless the turf that wraps their clay; And Freedom shall awhile repair, To dwell a weeping hermit there!
Página 426 - If we fail, it can be no worse for us. But we shall not fail. The cause will raise up armies ; the cause will create navies. The people, the people, if we are true to them, will carry us, and will carry themselves, gloriously, through this struggle. I care not how fickle other people have been found. I know the people of these colonies ; and I know that resistance to British aggression is deep and settled in their hearts, and cannot be eradicated.
Página 426 - I know there is not a man here who would not rather see a general conflagration sweep over the land, or an earthquake sink it, than one jot or tittle of that plighted faith fall to the ground. For myself, having, twelve months ago in this place, moved you that George Washington be appointed commander of the forces raised or to be raised for defence of American liberty, may my right hand forget her cunning, and my tongue cleave to the roof of my mouth, if I hesitate or waver in the support I give...
Página 324 - Now I lay me down to sleep, I pray the Lord my soul to keep ; If I should die before I wake, I pray the Lord my soul to take ; And this I ask for Jesus
Página 427 - ... it, resolved to stand with it, or fall with it. Send it to the public halls; proclaim it there; let them hear it who heard the first roar of the enemy's cannon; let them see it who saw their brothers and their sons fall on the field of Bunker Hill and in the streets of Lexington and Concord, and the very walls will cry out in its support.
Página 158 - The second day of July, 1776, will be the most memorable epoch in the history of America. I am apt to believe that it will be celebrated by succeeding generations as the great anniversary festival. It ought to be commemorated as the day of deliverance, by solemn acts of devotion to God Almighty. It ought to be solemnized with pomp and parade, with shows, games, sports, guns, bells, bonfires, and illuminations, from one end of the continent to the other, from this time forward forevermore.
Página 425 - Do we mean to submit, and consent that we ourselves shall be ground to powder, and our country and its rights trodden down in the dust?