 | Erasmus Darwin North - Elocution - 1846 - 454 pages
...be a pronoun, it will thus, though naturally unaccented, receive a strong and emphatic accent. E. g. in the affairs - of this government, whose thoughts should be mainly bent - on considering, &c. From the above examples, our readers will readily infer, that grammatical emphasis is common and... | |
 | Sarah Mytton (Hughes) Maury ("Mrs. William Maury, "), Sarah Mytton Maury - Statesmen - 1847 - 282 pages
...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...nor could I regard him as a safe counsellor in the aflairs of this government whose thoughts should be mainly bent on considering, not how the union should... | |
 | Sarah Mytton Maury - Statesmen, American - 1847 - 266 pages
...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...sight, I can fathom the depth of the abyss below ; nor ^ould I regard him as a safe counsellor in the affairs of this government whose thoughts should be... | |
 | Charles Walton Sanders, Joshua Chase Sanders - Readers - 1848 - 468 pages
...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...the abyss below ; nor could I regard him as a safe counselor in the affairs of this government, whose thoughts should be mainly bent on considering, not... | |
 | Daniel Webster - 1848 - 514 pages
...the chances of preserving liberty when the bonds that unite us together shall be broken asunder. 1 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... | |
 | Henry Bartlett Maglathlin - Elocution - 1851 - 328 pages
...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...mainly bent on considering, not how the Union should be preserved, but how tolerable might be the condition of the people when it shall be broken up and... | |
 | Arethusa Hall - Readers - 1851 - 422 pages
...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...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 up... | |
 | Daniel Webster - United States - 1851 - 572 pages
...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...myself to hang over the precipice of disunion, TO fee whether, with my short sight, I can fathom the depth of the abyss below; nor could I regard him... | |
 | Henry Mandeville - Elocution - 1851 - 370 pages
...behind ; I have not coolly weighed the chances of preserving liberty, when the 1 bonds that unite us together shall be broken asunder ; I have not accustomed myself to hang over the precipice of disunion, * •*• VIRTUE AND PIETY CONFORMITY TO NATURE. -323 to see whether, with ray short sight, I can fathom... | |
 | John Celivergos Zachos - Elocution - 1851 - 570 pages
...when the bonds that unite us together shall be broken asunder. I have not accustomed myself to iianp over the precipice of disunion, to see whether, with my short sight, I can fathom the depths of the abyss below ; nor could 1 regard him as a safe counselor in the affairs of this government,... | |
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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... 
