 | James Spear Loring - History - 1852 - 720 pages
...some trout particularly large, he was heard to exclaim, " Venerable men ! you have come down to us from a former generation. Heaven has bounteously lengthened...your lives, that you might behold this joyous day." Says Webster, in another passage of the same paragraph: "Yonder proud ships, by a felicity of position,... | |
 | Charles Lanman - History - 1852 - 228 pages
...heard at Bunker Hill by many thousands of his fellow-citizens: "Venerable men! you have come down to us from a former generation. Heaven has bounteously lengthened...your lives that you might behold this joyous day." In this connection the following particulars are worth mentioning. While his mind was greatly occupied... | |
 | Charles Lanman - Legislators - 1852 - 126 pages
...Bunker Hill by many thousands of his fellow-citizens: — "Venerable men! you have come down to us from a former generation. Heaven has bounteously lengthened...your lives that you might behold this joyous day." Among the subordinates of the State Department at the present time, {1851,) is a very worthy colored... | |
 | Charles Lanman - Legislators - 1852 - 232 pages
...at Bunker Hill by many thousands of his fellow-citizens : " Venerable men ! you have come down to us from a former generation. Heaven has bounteously lengthened...your lives that you might behold this joyous day." In this connection the following particulars are worth mentioning. While his mind was greatly occupied... | |
 | Languages, Modern - 1853 - 496 pages
...down to us from a former generation. Heaven has bounteously lengthened out jour lives , that you may behold this joyous day. You are now, where you stood...how altered! The same heavens are indeed over your head; the same ocean rolls at your feet; but ¡Die en¿lifct)t вргдфс unf Viui .itiir in 9íottí9(meric,i.... | |
 | Languages, Modern - 1853 - 498 pages
...down to us from a former generation. Heaven has bounteously lengthened out your lives , that you may behold this joyous day. You are now, where you stood...how altered ! The same heavens are indeed over your head; the same ocean rolls at your feet; but all else, how changed ! You hear now no roar of hostile... | |
 | Joseph Banvard - Publishers' catalogs - 1853 - 390 pages
...captive, and regarding it as the representative of others, " Venerable men ! you have come down to us from a former generation. Heaven has bounteously lengthened...your lives, that you might behold this joyous day." ADVANTAGES OF GOOD HUMOR. 233 And these very words were afterwards employed in his oration at the laying... | |
 | Samuel P. Lyman - History - 1853 - 276 pages
...which he afterwards employed on the Bunker-Hill Address : " Venerable men ! you have come down to us from a former generation. Heaven has bounteously lengthened...your lives that you might behold this joyous day." The tale is probably a jest ; but the words are immortal. In this way, Mr. Webster was ever in the... | |
 | Ludwig Herrig - American literature - 1854 - 580 pages
...its summit. TO THE SURVTVORS OF THE BATTLE OF BUNKER HILL. VEXEISABLE men! you have come down to us from a former generation. Heaven has bounteously lengthened...years ago, this very hour, with your brothers and your neighbours, shoulder to shoulder, in the strife of your country. Bchold how altered! The same heavens... | |
 | Daniel Webster - United States - 1854 - 234 pages
...overwhelming, this renowned theatre of their courage and patriotism. VENERAHLE MEN ! you have come down to us from a former generation. Heaven has bounteously lengthened...you stood fifty years ago, this very hour, with your brothel's and your neighbors, shoulder to shoulder, in the strife for your country. Behold how altered... | |
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Venerable men, you have come down to us from a former generation. Heaven has bounteously lengthened out your lives that you might behold this joyous day. You are now where you stood fifty years ago this very hour, with your brothers and your neighbors,... 
