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" When my eyes shall be turned to behold, for the last time, the sun in heaven, may I not see him shining on the broken and dishonored fragments of a once glorious union... "
The Eclectic Reader: Designed for Schools and Academies - Page 257
by Bela Bates Edwards - 1832 - 324 pages
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Register of Debates in Congress: Comprising ..., Volume 1; Volume 6; Volume 50

United States. Congress - Law - 1830 - 692 pages
...to borrow the brilliant apostrophe of the gentleman from Massachusetts, if he will permit me; and " when my eyes shall be turned to behold, for the last...shining on the broken and dishonored fragments of" the constitution of my country, once the xgis of our rights and the palladium of our liberty; but let...
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The Classical Speaker

Charles Knapp Dillaway - Recitations - 1830 - 484 pages
...destroyed. While the union lasts, we have high, exciting, gratifying prospects spread out before us, for us and our children. Beyond that I seek not to penetrate...heaven, may I not see him shining on the broken and dishonoured fragments of a once glorious union ; on states dissevered, discordant, belligerant; on...
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Speeches and Forensic Arguments

Daniel Webster - United States - 1830 - 518 pages
...destroyed. While the union lasts, we have high, exciting, gratifying prospects spread out before us, for us and our children. Beyond that I seek not to penetrate...eyes shall be turned to behold, for the last time, fhe sun in heaven, may I not see him shining on the broken and dishonored fragments of a once glorious...
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Register of Debates in Congress: Comprising ..., Volume 1; Volume 6; Volume 50

United States. Congress - Law - 1830 - 692 pages
...destroyed. While the Union lasts, we have high, exciting, gratifying prospects spread out before us, for us and our children. Beyond that, I seek not to penetrate...grant that, in my day, at least, that curtain may no! rise. God grant that, on my vision, never may be opened what lies behind. When my eyes shall be...
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The Academical Speaker: A Selection of Extracts in Prose and Verse, from ...

Benjamin Dudley Emerson - Elocution - 1831 - 356 pages
...destroyed. While the union lasts, we have high, exciting, gratifying prospects spread out before us, for us and our children. Beyond that I seek not to penetrate...heaven, may I not see him shining on the broken and dishonoured fragments of a once glorious union; on states dissevered, discordant, belligerent; on a...
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Remarks on the Life and Writings of Daniel Webster of Massachusetts

George Ticknor - 1831 - 56 pages
...destroyed. While the union lasts, we have high, exciting, gratifying prospects spread out before us, for us and our children. Beyond that I seek not to penetrate...grant, that on my vision never may be opened what lies behind.—When my eyes shall be turned to behold, for the last time, the sun in heaven, may I not see...
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The Academical Speaker: A Selection of Extracts in Prose and Verse, from ...

Benjamin Dudley Emerson - Elocution - 1831 - 356 pages
...destroyed. While the union lasts, we have high, exciting, gratifying prospects spread out before us, for us and our children. Beyond that I seek not to penetrate...in my day, at least, that curtain may not rise. God frant, that on my vision never may be opened what lies beind. When my eyes shall be turned to behold,...
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The Academical Reader: Comprising Selections from the Most Admired Authors ...

John J. Harrod - Readers - 1832 - 338 pages
...' 15. While the union lasts, we have high, exciting, gratifying prospects spread out before us, for us and our children. Beyond that I seek not to penetrate...grant that on my vision, never may be opened what lie* behind. 266 father behold the gorgeous ensign of the republic, now known and honoured throughout...
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The Book of Days: A Miscellany of Popular Antiquities in ..., Volume 2

Robert Chambers - Anecdotes - 1832 - 846 pages
...devotion to the Union, may be almost looked upon as a prophecy, too literally and terribly fulfilled. ' When my eyes shall be turned to behold for the last...heaven, may I not see him shining on the broken and dishonoured fragments of a once glorious union ; on states dissevered, discordant, oelligerent ; on...
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An Essay on Elocution: Designed for the Use of Schools and Private Learners

Samuel Kirkham - Elocution - 1834 - 360 pages
...the Union lasts', we have high', exciting', gratifying prospects spread out before us', for ourselves and our children'. Beyond that', I seek not to penetrate...turned to behold', for the last time', the sun in the heavens', may I not see him shining on the broken and dishonoured fragments of a once glorious...
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