 I have not allowed myself, sir, to look beyond the Union to see what might lie hidden in the dark recess behind. I have not coolly weighed the chances of preserving liberty when the bonds that unite us together shall be broken asunder. I have not accustomed...  Elements of Composition for Secondary Schools - Seite 511von Henry Seidel Canby, John Baker Opdycke - 1913 - 593 SeitenVollansicht - Über dieses Buch
 | Charles Dexter Cleveland - 1832 - 310 Seiten
...weighed the chances of preserving liberty, when the bonds that unite us together shall be broken asunder. I have not accustomed myself to hang over the precipice...the abyss below : nor could I regard him as a safe counsellor in the affairs of this Government, whose thoughts should be mainly bent on considering,... | |
 | Bela Bates Edwards - 1832 - 338 Seiten
...weighed the chances of preserving liberty when the bonds that unite us together shall be broken asunder. I have not accustomed myself to hang over the precipice...the abyss below ; nor could I regard him as a safe counsellor in the affairs of this government, whose thoughts should be mainly bent on considering,... | |
 | Joseph Blunt - 1832 - 916 Seiten
...together shall be broken asunder. I have not accustomed myself to hang over theprecipiceofdisunion. to see whether, with my short sight, I can fathom the depth of the abyss below ; nor could I ga rd him as a safe counsellor in the affairs of this Government, whose thoughts should be mainly bent... | |
 | John J. Harrod - 1832 - 338 Seiten
...short sight, I can fathom the depth of the abyss below; nor could I re.gard him as a safe counsellor in the affairs of this government, whose thoughts...should be mainly bent on considering not how the union should be best preserved, but how tolerable might be the condition of the people when it shall be broken... | |
 | Samuel Kirkham - 1834 - 360 Seiten
...together shall be broken asunder'. I have not accustomed myself to hang over the precipice of rfwunion', to see whether', with my short sight', I can fathom...the abyss below'; nor could I regard him as a safe counsellor in the affairs of this government', whose thoughts should be mainly bent on considering',... | |
 | Daniel Webster - 1835 - 1166 Seiten
...not accustomed myself to hang over the precipice of disunion, to see whethei, with my short sisrht, I can fathom the depth of the abyss below; nor could I regard him as a safe counsellor in the affairs of this government, whose thoughts should be mainly bent on considering,... | |
 | John Epy Lovell - 1836 - 534 Seiten
...its benefits. It has been to us all a copious fountain of national, social, and personal happiness. not accustomed myself to hang over the precipice of...nor could I regard him as a safe counselor in the afi'airs of this government, whose thoughts should be mainly bent on considering, not how the union... | |
 | 1836 - 362 Seiten
...weighed the chances of preserving liberty, when the bonds that unite us together shall be broken asunder. I have not accustomed myself to hang over the precipice...the abyss below ; nor could I regard him as a safe counsellor in the affairs of this government, whose thoughts should be mainly bent on considering,... | |
 | Samuel Kirkham - 1839 - 362 Seiten
...the chances of preserving liberty', when the bonds that unite us together shall be broken asunder'. I have not accustomed myself to hang over the precipice...the abyss below'; nor could I regard him as a safe counsellor in the affairs of this government', whose thoughts should be mainly bent on considering',... | |
 | Daniel Webster, James Rees - 1839 - 108 Seiten
...the chances of preserving liberty when the bonds that unite us together shall be broken asunder. 1 have not accustomed myself to hang over the precipice...the abyss below ; nor could I regard him as a safe counsellor in the affairs of this government whose thoughts should be mainly bent on considering not... | |
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