 | Samuel Lorenzo Knapp - 1831 - 248 halaman
...at such a time, the whole country perceived, with delight, and the whole world saw, with admiration. He smote the rock of the national resources, and abundant...corpse of the Public Credit, and it sprung upon its feet.—The fabled birth of Minerva from the brain of Jove, was hardly more sudden, or more perfect... | |
 | Samuel Kirkham - 1834 - 360 halaman
...at such a time', the whole country perceived with delight', and the whole world', with admiration'. He smote the rock of the national resources', and...revenue gushed forth'. He touched the dead corpse of the publick credit', and it sprang upon its feet*. The fabled birth of Minerva', from the brain of Jove',... | |
 | George Savage White - 1836 - 636 halaman
...at such a time, the whole country perceived with delight, and the whole world saw with admiration. He smote the rock of the national resources, and abundant...touched the dead corpse of the public credit, and it sprang upon its feet. The fabled birth of Minerva, from the brain of Jove, was hardly more sudden or... | |
 | Theodore Dwight - 1839 - 384 halaman
...place, at such a time, the whole country perceived with delight and the whole world saw with admiration. He smote the rock of the national resources, and abundant streams of revenue burst forth. He touched the dead corpse of the public credit, and it sprung upon its feet. The fabled... | |
 | Samuel Kirkham - 1842 - 386 halaman
...streams of revenue gushed forth'. He touched the dead corpse of the publick eredit', and it sprang upon its feet'. The fabled birth of Minerva', from...Jove', was hardly more sudden or more perfect than the fmancial system of the United States which burst forth from the conceptions of ALEXANDER HAMILTON'.... | |
 | Robert Conger Pell - 1850 - 196 halaman
...whole country saw with admiration. He smote the rock of the national resources, and the abundant stream of revenue gushed forth. He touched the dead corpse of the public credit, and it sprang upon its feet. — Daniel Webster. GEORGE SELWYN'S BON-MOTS. We shall here quote some of the... | |
 | Edward Everett - 1859 - 872 halaman
...this report and the system founded upon it, that Mr. W'ebster alluded when he said of Hamilton : — "He smote the rock of the national resources, and abundant streams of revenue burst forth. He touched the dead corpse of the public credit, and it sprang upon its feet." * » Webster's... | |
 | Robert Conger Pell - 1853 - 252 halaman
...country saw with admiration. He smote the rock' of the national resources, and the abundant stream of revenue gushed forth. He touched the dead corpse of the public credit, and it sprang upon its feet. — Daniel Webster. GEORGE SELWTN'S BON-MOTS. We shall here quote some of the... | |
 | Daniel Webster - 1854 - 234 halaman
...credit, at a time when it was so much needed, he illustrated his subject with that memorable figure : ' He smote the rock of the national' resources, and abundant streams of revenue gushed forth :' and as Mr. Webster said this, he brought his right hand down upon the table, to enforce the simile... | |
 | 1854 - 456 halaman
...General Hamilton and the system founded upon it, that Mr. Webster alluded when he said of Hamilton : " He smote the rock of the national resources, and abundant streams of revenue burst forth. He touched the dead corpse of the public credit and it sprang upon its feet."* This great... | |
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He smote the rock of the national resources, and abundant streams of revenue gushed forth. He touched the dead corpse of the Public Credit, and it sprang upon its feet... 
