 Every year of its duration has teemed with fresh proofs of its utility and its blessings; and, although our territory has stretched out wider and wider, and our population spread farther and farther, they have not outrun its protection or its benefits....  English and Scottish Sketches - Page 138by Oliver Prescott Hiller - 1857 - 352 pagesFull view - About this book
 | John Dudley Philbrick - 1868 - 636 pages
...stretched out wider and wider, and our population spread farther and farther, they have not outrun its protection or its benefits. It has been to us all a copious fountain of national, social, personal happiness. see whether, with my short sight, I can fathom the depth of the abyss below ; nor... | |
 | Charles A. Wiley - 1869 - 456 pages
...stretched out wider and wider, and our population spread further and further, they have not outrun its protection or its benefits. It has been to us...fountain of national, social, and personal happiness. 2. I have not allowed myself, sir, to look beyond the union, to see what might lie hidden in the 'dark... | |
 | John B. Ellis - 1869 - 548 pages
...now as thrillingiy as then, though nearly forty years have passed away since the words were spoken: " I have not allowed myself, sir, to look beyond the Union to see what might lie hidden in the dark recesses behind. I have not coolly weighed the chances of preserving liberty when the bonds that unite... | |
 | Philip Lawrence - 1870 - 422 pages
...stretched out wider and wider, and our population spread farther and farther, they have not outrun its protection or its benefits. It has been to us...weighed the chances of preserving liberty, when the bonda that unite as together shall be broken asunder. I have not accustomed myself to hang over the... | |
 | Marcius Willson - 1870 - 382 pages
...pronounced, in deepest tones of pathos, these words of solemn significance : MB. WEBSTER'S PERORATION. 4. "I have not allowed myself, sir, to look beyond the...bonds that unite us together shall be broken asunder. 5. "I have not accustomed myself to hang over the precipice of disunion, to see whether, with my short... | |
 | John Dudley Philbrick - 1870 - 636 pages
...outrun its protection or its benefits. It has been to us all a copious fountain of national, social, personal happiness. I have not allowed myself, sir,...the Union, to see what might lie hidden in the dark recesses behind. I have not coolly weighed the chances of preserving liberty, when the bonds that unite... | |
 | 1870 - 774 pages
...And Eirene answered " yes," gazing on him as if she saw him in a dream, when he once more exclaimed: "I have not allowed myself, Sir, to look beyond the Union to see what mi^ht be hidden in the dark recesses behind. I have not coolly weighed the chances of preserving liberty,... | |
 | 1870 - 760 pages
...Eirene answered " yes," gazing on him as if she saw him in a dream, when he once more exclaimed: " I have not allowed myself, Sir, to look beyond the Union to sea what mi ght he hidden in the dark recesses behind. I have not coolly weighed the chances of preserving... | |
 | Angela Gillespie, Member of the Order of the Holy Cross - 1871 - 664 pages
...the honor of the whole country, and the preservation of the Federal Union. I have not allowed myself to look beyond the Union, to see what might lie hidden...bonds that unite us together shall be broken asunder. 2. I have not accustomed myself to "hang over the precipice of disunion, to see whether, with my short... | |
 | John Williams - 1871 - 278 pages
...with thiny understood. — Rule I. Section 27. Ellipsis of the object of a preposition. EXAMPLES. 1. I have not allowed myself, sir, to look beyond the...might lie hidden in the dark recess [(«)] behind [(6)].— Webster. 2. I have not accustomed myself tjp hang over the precipice of disunion, to see... | |
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