 | George Merriam - 1828 - 292 pages
...physical force. Specimen of the Eloquence of James Otis. ENGLAND may as well dam up the waters of the Nile, with bulrushes, as to fetter the step of freedom,...contend, have cost one king of England his life, another bis crown — and they may yet cost a third his most flourishing colonies. We are two millions —... | |
 | George Merriam - 1828 - 286 pages
...force. LESSON LIV. Specimen of the Eloquence of James Oils. ENGLAND may as well dam up the waters of the Nile, with bulrushes, as to fetter the step of freedom,...youthful land, than where she treads the sequestered \lens of Scotland, or couches herself among the magnificent mountains of Switzerland. Arbitrary principles,... | |
 | Ebenezer Porter - 1828 - 418 pages
...deadly sin. 66. Specimen of the Eloquence of James Otis. ENGLAND may as well dam up the waters of the Nile, with bulrushes, as to fetter the step of freedom,...proud and firm in this youthful land, than where she Ex. 66.] SECULAR ELOQUENCE. ^s, treads the sequestered glens of Scotland, or couches heK, 5 self among... | |
 | George Merriam - 1828 - 282 pages
...LESSON LIV. . Specimen of the Eloquence of James Otis. ENGLAND may as well dam up the waters of the Nile, with bulrushes, as to fetter the step of freedom, more proud and firm in this youthful laud, than where she treads the sequestered glens of Scotland, or couches herself among the magnificent... | |
 | Benjamin Dudley Emerson - 1831 - 356 pages
...JAMES OTIS. Extract from ' The Rebels.'— Miss Francis. ENGLAND may as well dam up the waters of the Nile with bulrushes, as to fetter the step of freedom,...principles, like those, against which we now contend, have'cost one king of England his life, another his crown—and they may yet cost a third his most... | |
 | Ebenezer Porter - 1833 - 420 pages
...deadly sin. 66. Specimen of the Eloquence, of James Otis. ENGLAND may as well dam up the waters of the Nile . with bulrushes, as to fetter the step of freedom,...treads the sequestered glens of Scotland, or couches 5 herself among the magnificent mountains of Switzerland. Arbitrary principles, like those, against... | |
 | Ebenezer Porter - 1835 - 420 pages
...deadly sin. 66. Specimen of the Eloquence of James Of is. ENGLAND may as well dam up the waters of the Nile with bulrushes, as to fetter the step of freedom,...where she treads the sequestered glens of Scotland, 5r couches herself among the magnificent mountains of Switzer5 land. Arbitrary principles, like those,... | |
 | Samuel Putnam - 1836 - 226 pages
...ELOQUENCE OF JAMES OTIS: EXTRACTED FROM " THE REBELS." ENGLAND may as well dam up the waters of the Nile with bulrushes, as to fetter the step of freedom,,...of England his life, another his crown ; and they j'et may cost a third his most flourishing colonies. Some have sneeringly asked, " Arc the Americans... | |
 | Jonathan Barber - 1836 - 404 pages
...capable of attaining." XXXVII. SPEECH OF MR. JAMES OTIS. ENGLAND may as well dam up the waters of the Nile with bulrushes, as to fetter the step of freedom,...have cost one king of England his life, another his crown—and they may yet cost a third his most flourishing colonies. We are two millions—one fifth... | |
 | Jesse Olney - 1838 - 346 pages
...:* extracted from " the Rebels." — Miss FRANCIS. 1. ENGLAND may as well dam up the waters of the Nile, with bulrushes, as to fetter the step of freedom,...those, against which we now contend, have cost one kingf of England his life, anotherj his crown — and they may yet cost a third || his most flourishing... | |
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ENGLAND may as well dam up the waters of the Nile, with bulrushes, as to fetter the step of freedom, more proud and firm in this youthful land, than where she treads the sequestered glens of Scotland, or couches herself among the magnificent mountains... 
