 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
 | Daniel Webster - 1853 - 206 Seiten
...short sight, 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, not how the Union should be best preserved, but how tolerable might be the condition of the people when it shall be broken... | |
 | 1853 - 458 Seiten
...the chances of pi-eserving liberty, when the bonds that unite us together shall be broken asunder. I have not accustomed myself to hang over the precipice of disunion, to see whether, in my short sight, I cau fathom the depth of the abyss below ; nor could I regard him as a safe counsellor... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin Tefft - 1854 - 554 Seiten
...the chances of preserving liberty •\yhen the bonds that unite us together shall be broken asunder. I have not accustomed myself to hang over the precipice...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... | |
 | Daniel Webster - 1854 - 240 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,... | |
 | 1854 - 576 Seiten
...th,, i,hances 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 aflairs of this Government whose thoughts should be mainly bent on considering, not... | |
 | George Washington Bungay - 1854 - 508 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,... | |
 | Ludwig Herrig - 1854 - 580 Seiten
...the chances of preserving ! liberty, when the bonds that unite us together shall be broken asnnder. I have not accustomed myself to hang over the precipice of disunion to see whether, with my ghort sight, I can fathom the depth of the abyss below; nor coiild I regard him äs aj safe counsellor... | |
 | Daniel Webster - 1854 - 234 Seiten
...can fathom the depth of the abyss below; nor could I regard him as a safe counsellor in the aftairs 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... | |
 | P. A. Fitzgerald - 1855 - 296 Seiten
...weighed the chances of preserving liberty, when the bonds that unite us together shall be broken asnnder. I have not accustomed myself to hang over the precipice...whose thoughts should be mainly bent on considering 192 THE EXHIBITION SPEAKER. not how the Union should be beat preserved, but ; ow tolerable might be... | |
 | William Smyth - 1855 - 588 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,... | |
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