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 - Halaman 511oleh Henry Seidel Canby, John Baker Opdycke - 1913 - 593 halamanTampilan utuh - Tentang buku ini
| United States. Congress - 1830 - 692 halaman
...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 - 1830 - 518 halaman
...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,... | |
| United States. Congress - 1830 - 692 halaman
...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,... | |
| Charles Knapp Dillaway - 1830 - 484 halaman
...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,... | |
| Benjamin Dudley Emerson - 1830 - 334 halaman
...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 - 1830 - 518 halaman
...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 whethei, with my short sight, I can fathom the depth of the abyss below; nor could I regard him as... | |
| Benjamin Dudley Emerson - 1831 - 356 halaman
...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,... | |
| George Ticknor - 1831 - 56 halaman
...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,... | |
| Samuel Lorenzo Knapp - 1831 - 248 halaman
...short sight, I can fathom the depth of 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 how the Union should be best preserved, but how tolerable might be the condition of the people when it shall be broken... | |
| Benjamin Dudley Emerson - 1831 - 356 halaman
...short sight, I can fathom the depth of 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 how the union should be best preserved, but how tolerable might be the condition of the people, when it shall be... | |
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