 On this question of principle, while actual suffering was yet afar off, they raised their flag against a power, to which, for purposes of foreign conquest and subjugation, Rome, in the height of her glory, is not to be compared ; a power which has dotted...  English and Scottish Sketches - Page 140by Oliver Prescott Hiller - 1857 - 352 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Leitch Ritchie - 1848 - 526 pages
...the earth ; and as for the extent of her territory, to use the felicitous language of Webster, " her morning drumbeat following the sun, and keeping company with the hours, circles the earth daily with one continuous and unbroken strain of its martial airs." When the author of these volumes... | |
 | 1849 - 396 pages
...the British empire, it has been said by a celebrated orator, that she " has dotted the surface of the globe with her possessions and military posts, whose...keeping company with the hours, circles the earth daily with one continuous and unbroken strain of the martial airs of England." The Esquimaux. tures... | |
 | 1867 - 696 pages
...conquest and subjugation, Rome, in the height of her glory, is not to be compared ; a power which is dotted over the .surface of the whole globe with her possessions and military posts, whose morning drum beat, following the sun, and keeping company with the hours, circles the earth in one continuous... | |
 | Henry Brewster Stanton - 1849 - 412 pages
...which sparkles with the very effervescence of poetic beauty, when he spoke of her as " that Power, whose morning drum-beat, following the sun, and keeping company with the hours, encircles the earth daily with one continuous and unbroken strain of the martial airs of England."... | |
 | Charles Wainwright March - 1850 - 320 pages
...purposes of foreign conquest and subjugation, Rome, in the height of her glory, is not to be compared—a power which has dotted over the surface of the whole...keeping company with the hours, circles the earth daily with one continuous and unbroken strain of the martial airs of England." In reply to the claim... | |
 | Daniel Webster - 1851 - 580 pages
...purposes of foreign conquest and subjugation, Rome, in the height of her glory, is not to be compared ; a power which has dotted over the surface of the whole...and unbroken strain of the martial airs of England. The necessity of holding strictly to the principle upon which free governments are constructed, and... | |
 | James Spear Loring - 1852 - 764 pages
...of foreign conquest and subjugation, Rome, in the height of her glory, is not to be .compared, — a power which has dotted over the surface of the whole...keeping company with the hours, circles the earth daily with one continuous and unbroken strain of the martial airs of England.' " The manners of Daniel... | |
 | Epes Sargent - 1852 - 568 pages
...purposes of foreign conquest and suBjugation, Rome, in the height of her glory, is not to be compared ; a power which has dotted over the surface of the whole...keeping company with the hours, circles the earth daily with one continuous and unbroken strain of the martial airs of England. SENATORIAL. — WEBSTER.... | |
 | Epes Sargent - 1852 - 570 pages
...subjugation, Rome, in the height ot her glory, is not to be compared ; a power which has dotted over this surface of the whole globe with her possessions and...keeping company with the hours, circles the earth daily with one continuous and unbroken strain of the martial airs of England. 183. PEACEABLE SECESSION,... | |
 | 1852 - 392 pages
...Protest, in reference to the territorial power and conquests of Great Britain. Ho spoke of her as — " a power which has dotted over the surface of the whole...her possessions and military posts, whose morning drum beat, following the mm and keeping company with the hour», circles the earth with one continuout... | |
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