 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
 | Samuel Mosheim Smucker - 1859 - 662 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,... | |
 | Daniel Webster, Samuel M. Smucker - 1859 - 568 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,... | |
 | Frank Moore - 1859 - 712 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...sight, I can fathom the depth of the abyss below ; nor oonld I regard him as a safe counsellor in the affairs of this government, whose thoughts should be... | |
 | Charles Dexter Cleveland - 1859 - 812 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, 1 can fathom the depth of the abyss below; nor could I regard him as a safe counsellor in the affairs... | |
 | Salem Town - 1859 - 496 Seiten
...accustomed myself to hang over the precipice of disunion, to see whether, with my short sight, I can fathom the abyss below; nor could I regard him as a safe counselor in </he affairs of the government, whose thoughts should be mainly bent on considering, not how the Union... | |
 | Daniel Webster - 1860 - 542 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,... | |
 | John Warner Barber, Henry Howe - 1861 - 782 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...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 vshall be... | |
 | John Warner Barber, Henry Howe - 1861 - 792 Seiten
...weighed the chancea of preserving liberty, when 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 iii-iili! be best preserved, but how tolerable might bo the condition of the people when it shnll be... | |
 | Charles Dexter Cleveland - 1862 - 796 Seiten
...weighed the chances tif 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, not... | |
 | Epes Sargent - 1862 - 564 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, not... | |
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