 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
 | Evert Augustus Duyckinck, George Long Duyckinck - 1856 - 808 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 of disunion, to see whether, with my short eight, I can fathom the depth of the abyss below ; nor could I regard him as a safe counsellor in the... | |
 | 1857 - 690 Seiten
...weighed the chances of preserving liberty when the bonds that unite ns 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,... | |
 | 1857 - 650 Seiten
...weighed the chances of preserving liberty when the bonds that unite ns 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,... | |
 | 1857 - 656 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,... | |
 | Salem Town - 1857 - 524 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...see whether, with my short sight, I can fathom the abyss below ; nor could I regard him as a safe counselor in the affairs of the government, whose thoughts... | |
 | Oliver Prescott Hiller - 1857 - 388 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...of disunion, to see whether with my short sight I could fathom the abyss below: nor could I regard him as a safe counselor in the affaire of the government,... | |
 | 1857 - 642 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 t should bo best preserved, but how tolerable might be the condition of the people when it shall be broken... | |
 | William Holmes McGuffey - 1857 - 456 Seiten
...sight, I can fathom the abyss below ; nor could I regard him as a safe +counsellor in the affairs of the government, whose thoughts should be mainly bent on considering, not how the union might best be preserved, but how tolerable might be the condition of the people, when it shall be broken... | |
 | Worthy Putnam - 1858 - 420 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...nor could I regard him as a safe counselor in the uftiirs of this government, whose thoughts should be mainly l>eiit on considering, not how the Union... | |
 | Epes Sargent - 1858 - 566 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 he best preserved, but how tolerable might be the condition of the People when it shall be broken... | |
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