 | Daniel Webster - Public land sales - 1898 - 206 pages
...gratification and delight, rather. I thank God, that, if I am gifted with little of the spirit which is able to raise mortals to the skies, I have yet none,...Sir, in my place here in the Senate, or elsewhere, to 139 sneer at public merit, because it happens to spring up beyond the little limits of my own State... | |
 | Timothy Dwight, Julian Hawthorne - Literature - 1899 - 542 pages
...gratification and delight, rather. I thank God, that, if I am gifted with little of the spirit which is able to raise mortals to the skies, I have yet none,...or elsewhere, to sneer at public merit, because it happens to spring up beyond the little limits of my own State, or neighborhood ; when I refuse, for... | |
 | Orators - 1899 - 542 pages
...gratification and delight, rather. I thank God, that, if I am gifted with little of the spirit which is able to raise mortals to the skies, I have yet none,...or elsewhere, to sneer at public merit, because it happens to spring up beyond the little limits of my own State, or neighborhood ; when I refuse, for... | |
 | Literature - 1900 - 460 pages
...gratification and delight, rather. I thank God that if I am gifted with little of the spirit which is able to raise mortals to the skies, I have yet none,...or elsewhere, to sneer at public merit because it happens to spring up beyond the little limits of my own State or neighborhood; when I refuse for any... | |
 | Orators - 1900 - 526 pages
...skies, I have yet" none, as I trust, of that other spirit which would drag angels down. When T • shall be found, sir, in my place here in the Senate, or elsewhere, to sneer a* public merit, because it happens to spring up beyond the little limits of my own State or neighborhood... | |
 | David Josiah Brewer - Speeches, addresses, etc - 1901 - 480 pages
...gratification and delight, rather. I thank God that if I am gifted with little of the spirit which is able to raise mortals to the skies, I have yet none,...or elsewhere, to sneer at public merit because it happens to spring up beyond the little limits of my own State or neighborhood; when I refuse for any... | |
 | Daniel Webster - 1901 - 222 pages
...the skies, I have yet none, as I trust, of that other spirit, which would drag angels down. When 1 shall be found, Sir, in my place here in the Senate,...or elsewhere, to sneer at public merit, because it happens to spring up beyond the little limits of my own State or neighborhood ; when I refuse, for... | |
 | Alexander Kelly McClure - Orators - 1902 - 404 pages
...gratification and delight, rather. I thank God that if I am gifted with little of the spirit which is able to raise mortals to the skies, I have yet none,...or elsewhere, to sneer at public merit because it happens to spring up beyond the little limits of my own State or neighborhood; when I refuse for any... | |
 | Charles Herbert Sylvester - 1902 - 316 pages
...gratification and delight, rather. I thank God, that, if I am gifted with little of the spirit which is able to raise mortals to the skies, I have yet none,...or elsewhere, to sneer at public merit, because it happens to spring up beyond the little limits of my own state or neighborhood; when I refuse, for any... | |
 | Guy Carleton Lee - Orators - 1902 - 446 pages
...gratification and delight rather. I thank God that, if I am gifted with little of the spirit which is able to raise mortals to the skies, I have yet none,...or elsewhere, to sneer at public merit because it happens to spring up beyond the little limits of my own State or neighborhood ; when I refuse, for... | |
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State or neighborhood ; when I refuse for any such cause, or for any cause, the homage due to American talent, to elevated patriotism, to sincere devotion, to liberty and the country ; or if I see an uncommon endowment of heaven, if I... 
