 | Samuel P. Lyman - 1853 - 276 pages
...most tempting .trout, he uttered the words which he afterwards employed on the Bunker-Hill Address : " Venerable men ! you have come down to us from a former...your lives that you might behold this joyous day." The tale is probably a jest ; but the words are immortal. In this way, Mr. Webster was ever in the... | |
 | 1853 - 496 pages
...eigenen SBorte, м>е!фе r;ier wirffamcr fpmfen, aló fciffrêÎ4! Ифе 2lna(t)fe »егтофге. „Venerable men ! You have come down to us from a...generation. Heaven has bounteously lengthened out jour lives , that you may behold this joyous day. You are now, where you stood fifty years ago, this... | |
 | Daniel Webster - 1854 - 640 pages
...affecting, I had almost said so overwhelming, this renowned theatre of their courage and patriotism. VENERABLE MEN ! you have come down to us from a former...your neighbors, shoulder to shoulder, in the strife for your country. Behold, how altered ! The same heavens are indeed over your heads ; the same ocean... | |
 | Ludwig Herrig - 1854 - 580 pages
...parling day linger and play on its summit. TO THE SURVTVORS OF THE BATTLE OF BUNKER HILL. VEXEISABLE men! you have come down to us from a former generation....years ago, this very hour, with your brothers and your neighbours, shoulder to shoulder, in the strife of your country. Bchold how altered! The same heavens... | |
 | Daniel Webster - 1854 - 234 pages
...I had almost said so overwhelming, this renowned theatre of their courage and patriotism. VENERAHLE MEN ! you have come down to us from a former generation....you stood fifty years ago, this very hour, with your brothel's and your neighbors, shoulder to shoulder, in the strife for your country. Behold how altered... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin Tefft - 1854 - 560 pages
...affecting, I had almost said so overwhelming, this renowned theater of their courage and patriotism. Venerable men ! you have come down to us from a former...lives, that you might behold this joyous day. You arc now where you stood fifty years ago, this very hour, with your brothers and your neighbors, shoulder... | |
 | Jesse Olney - 1854 - 352 pages
...have come down to us, from a former veneration. Heaven has bounteously lengthened out lour liv°e S , that you might behold this joyous day. You are now where you stood fifty years ago tins very hour ^ wuh your brothers, and your neighbors, shoulder to shoulder, m the strife for your... | |
 | 1854 - 406 pages
...powers— not only as companions and co-workers — but as examples and guides. "Venerable men! — Heaven has bounteously lengthened out your lives, that you might behold this day." And your companions have judged it not only " fit and proper." but important — as well as agreeable... | |
 | Salem Town - 1855 - 492 pages
...— I had almost said so overwhelming, — this renowned theater of their courage and patriotism. 3. Venerable men ! you have come down to us from a former...your neighbors, shoulder to shoulder, in the strife for your country. Behold how altered ! The same heavens are indeed over your heads; the same ocean... | |
 | John Frost - 1855 - 462 pages
...THE BATTLE OF BUNKER HILL, DKLIVERED AT THE LAYING Of THE CORNER-STONE OF THE BDNKER HILL MOM'MENT. VENERABLE MEN ! you have come down to us from a former...ago, this very hour, with your brothers, and your neighbours, shoulder to shoulder, in the strife for your country. Behold, how altered ! The same heavens... | |
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Venerable men, you have come down to us from a former generation. Heaven has bounteously lengthened out your lives that you might behold this joyous day. You are now where you stood fifty years ago this very hour, with your brothers and your neighbors,... 
