Orations: American oratorsP.F. Collier and son, 1900 |
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Стр. 339
... Frank Knapp , the prisoner at the bar , was abetting in the murder , being present , and so deny that he was a principal ? If a con- spiracy is proved , it bears closely upon every subsequent subject of inquiry . Why do they not come to ...
... Frank Knapp , the prisoner at the bar , was abetting in the murder , being present , and so deny that he was a principal ? If a con- spiracy is proved , it bears closely upon every subsequent subject of inquiry . Why do they not come to ...
Стр. 348
... Frank Knapp was at Danvers in the latter part of February , as testified by Allen . Richard Crowninshield inquired whether Captain Knapp was about home ; when at Wenham . The proba bility is that they would open the case to Palmer as a ...
... Frank Knapp was at Danvers in the latter part of February , as testified by Allen . Richard Crowninshield inquired whether Captain Knapp was about home ; when at Wenham . The proba bility is that they would open the case to Palmer as a ...
Стр. 349
... Frank was trans- acting on the 2d of April . " How could he have possibly known this , unless he had been there ... Knapp , the person with whom he lived ; that he never voluntarily told anything : all that he has said was screwed ...
... Frank was trans- acting on the 2d of April . " How could he have possibly known this , unless he had been there ... Knapp , the person with whom he lived ; that he never voluntarily told anything : all that he has said was screwed ...
Стр. 355
... Knapp paid a sum of money to Richard Crown- inshield , in five - franc ... Frank and Richard rode to Wenham . They were there with Joseph an hour or ... Frank's . Can any one doubt this being the same evening ? What had Richard ...
... Knapp paid a sum of money to Richard Crown- inshield , in five - franc ... Frank and Richard rode to Wenham . They were there with Joseph an hour or ... Frank's . Can any one doubt this being the same evening ? What had Richard ...
Стр. 356
... Knapp had a part to act in this matter . He must have opened the window , and secreted the key ; he had free access to every part of the house ; he was accus- tomed to visit there ; he ... Frank Knapp . It is not clear that 356 WEBSTER.
... Knapp had a part to act in this matter . He must have opened the window , and secreted the key ; he had free access to every part of the house ; he was accus- tomed to visit there ; he ... Frank Knapp . It is not clear that 356 WEBSTER.
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Стр. 83 - Canada, acceding to this Confederation, and joining in the measures of the United States, shall be admitted into, and entitled to all the advantages of this Union; but no other colony shall be admitted into the same, unless such admission be agreed to by nine states.
Стр. 329 - Ah ! Gentlemen, that was a dreadful mistake. Such a secret can be safe nowhere. The whole creation of God has neither nook nor corner where the guilty can bestow it, and say it is saf,e.
Стр. 57 - If we fail, it can be no worse for us. But we shall not fail. The cause will raise up armies ; the cause will create navies. The people, the people, if we are true to them, will carry us, and will carry themselves, gloriously, through this struggle. I care not how fickle other people have been found. I know the people of these colonies, and I know that resistance to British aggression is deep and settled in their hearts and cannot be eradicated.
Стр. 56 - I know there is not a man here, who would not rather see a general conflagration sweep over the land, or an earthquake sink it, than one jot or tittle of that plighted faith fall to the ground. For myself, having, twelve 'months ago, in this place, moved you, that George Washington be appointed commander of the forces raised, or to be raised, for defense of American liberty, may my right hand forget her cunning and my tongue cleave to the roof of my mouth, if I hesitate or waver in the support I...
Стр. 307 - By the law of the land is most clearly intended the general law; a law which hears before it condemns; which proceeds upon inquiry, and renders judgment only after trial.
Стр. 55 - Are not you, sir, who sit in that chair, is not he, our venerable colleague near you, are you not both already the proscribed...
Стр. 303 - Upon principle, every statute which takes away or impairs vested rights acquired under existing laws, or creates a new obligation, imposes a new duty, or attaches a new disability, in respect to transactions or considerations already past, must be deemed retrospective.
Стр. 328 - It is accomplished. The deed is done. He retreats, retraces his steps to the window, passes out through it as he came in, and escapes. He has done the murder ; no eye has seen him, no ear has heard him. The secret is his own, and it is safe I Ah, gentlemen ! that was a dreadful mistake ! Such a secret can be safe nowhere.
Стр. 25 - Let our conceptions be enlarged to the circle of our duties. Let us extend our ideas over the whole of the vast field in which we are called to act. Let our object be our country, our whole country, and nothing but our country.
Стр. 328 - ... to the repose of death! It is the assassin's purpose to make sure work; and he plies the dagger, though it is obvious that life has been destroyed by the blow of the bludgeon. He even raises the aged arm...