... suffused with tears ; Mr. Justice Washington at his side, with his small and emaciated frame, and countenance more like marble than I ever saw on any other human being — leaning forward with an eager, troubled look ; and the remainder of the court,... Lectures on Mental and Moral Culture - Página 110por Samuel Penniman Bates - 1860 - 319 páginasVista completa - Acerca de este libro
| Dartmouth College - 1900 - 98 páginas
...troubled look ; and the remainder of the court at the two extremities, pressing, as it were, toward a single point, while the audience below were wrapping...each look, and every movement of the speaker's face. . . . There was not one among the strongminded men of that assembly who could think it unmanly to weep,... | |
| Marshall Everett - 1901 - 568 páginas
...extremities, pressing, as it were, to a single point, while the audience below were wrapping themselves around in closer folds beneath the bench to catch each look and every movement of the speaker's face. * * * "Mr. Webster had now recovered his composure, and, fixing his keen 3 X. ffl V. =. O 1 B) O eye... | |
| Fryeburg Webster Centennial - 1902 - 136 páginas
...eager, troubled look ; and the remainder of the court at the two extremities, pressing, as it were, to a single point, while the audience below were wrapping...each look and every movement of the speaker's face. Mr. Webster now recovered his composure, and, fixing his keen eye on the chief justice, said in that... | |
| Percy Kinnaird - 1904 - 346 páginas
...extremities pressing, as it were, to a single point, while the audience below were wrapping themselves around in closer folds beneath the bench, to catch each look and every movement of the speaker's face." If this is a correct description of the closing moments of Mr. Webster's argument, and its effect upon... | |
| Edwin Anderson Alderman - 1907 - 284 páginas
...troubled look; and the remainder of the court at the two extremities, pressing, as it were, toward a single point, while the audience below were wrapping...bench, to catch each look and every movement of the speaker. If a painter could give us the scene on canvas, — those forma and countenances, and Daniel... | |
| Sydney George Fisher - 1911 - 588 páginas
...human being — leaning forward with an eager, troubled look; and the remainder of the court, at the extremities, pressing, as it were, towards a single...each look and every movement of the speaker's face." (Curtis, Webster, vol. i, p. 171.) The argument of the cause occupied three days — March loth, nth,... | |
| Dartmouth College - 1911 - 844 páginas
...eager, troubled look; and the remainder of the court at the two extremities, pressing as it were, toward a single point, while the audience below were, wrapping...each look, and every movement of the speaker's face. . . . There was not one among the strong-minded men of that assembly who could think it unmanly to... | |
| Frederick Chase - 1913 - 800 páginas
...troubled look; and the remainder of the court at the two extremities, pressing, as it were, toward a single point, while the audience below were wrapping...each look, and every movement of the speaker's face. . . . There was not one among the strong-minded men of that assembly who could think it unmanly to... | |
| Frederick Chase - 1913 - 798 páginas
...troubled look; and the remainder of the court at the two extremities, pressing, as it were, toward a single point, while the audience below were wrapping...each look, and every movement of the speaker's face. . . . There was not one among the strong-minded men of that assembly who could think it unmanly to... | |
| Frederic Austin Ogg - 1914 - 446 páginas
...troubled look ; and the remainder of the court, at the two extremities, pressing, as it were, toward a single point, while the audience below were wrapping...each look and every movement of the speaker's face." Recovering his composure and fixing his eye upon the Chief Justice, Webster drew himself up to his... | |
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