 President, when the mariner has been tossed, for many days, in thick weather, and on an unknown sea, he naturally avails himself of the first pause in the storm, the earliest glance of the sun, to take his latitude, and ascertain how far the elements...  The American Hall of Fame: Famous Americans, Their Portraits, Biographies ... - Page 212by Marshall Everett - 1901 - 394 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Edward Alfred Pollard - African Americans - 1868 - 220 pages
...Daniel Webster, in 1830, which arrested the progress of Disunion, the orator and statesman said : " When the mariner has been tossed for many days in...Let us imitate this prudence, and before we float farther on the waves of this debate, refer to the point from which we departed, that we may at least... | |
 | Edward Alfred Pollard - African Americans - 1868 - 228 pages
...Daniel Webster, in 1830, which arrested the progress of Disunion, the orator and statesman said : " When the mariner has been tossed for many days in...Let us imitate this prudence, and before we float farther on the waves of this debate, refer to the point from which we departed, that we may at least... | |
 | Harriet Beecher Stowe - 1868 - 652 pages
...sentence of another still more famous speech — Daniel Webster's reply to Hayne. Mr. Webster said : " When the mariner has been tossed for many days in...have driven him from his true course. Let us imitate that prudence, and before we float further, refer to the point from which we departed, that we may... | |
 | Harriet Beecher Stowe - Biography & Autobiography - 1868 - 606 pages
...sentence of another still more famous speech — Daniel Webster's reply to Hayne. Mr. Webster said : "When the mariner has been tossed for many days in...have driven him from his true course. Let us imitate that prudence, and before we float further, refer to the point from which we departed, that we may... | |
 | Harriet Beecher Stowe - Biography & Autobiography - 1868 - 606 pages
...sentence of another still more famous speech — Daniel Webster's reply to Hayne. Mr. Webster said : "When the mariner has been tossed for many days in...have driven him from his true course. Let us imitate that prudence, and before we float further, refer to the point from which we departed, that we may... | |
 | Edward Alfred Pollard - African Americans - 1868 - 226 pages
...of Daniel Webster, in 1830, which arrested the progress of Disunion, the orator and statesman said: "When the mariner has been tossed for many days in...naturally avails himself of the first pause in the Btorm, the" earliest glance of the sun, to take his latitude, and ascertain how far the elements have... | |
 | Edward Alfred Pollard - African Americans - 1868 - 232 pages
...of Daniel Webster, in 1830, which arrested the progress of Disunion, the orator and statesman said : "When the mariner has been tossed for many days in...naturally avails himself of the first pause in the Btorm, the earliest glance of the sun, to take his latitude, and ascertain how far the elements have... | |
 | Erastus Otis Haven - English language - 1869 - 422 pages
...impress of genius is on every paragraph. The introduction was novel and striking : "MR. PRESIDENT. — When the mariner has been tossed for many days in...Let us imitate this prudence, and, before we float farther on the waves of this debate, refer to the point from which we departed, that we may at least... | |
 | Erastus Otis Haven - English language - 1869 - 422 pages
...impress of genius is on every paragraph. The introduction was novel and striking : " MB. PRESIDENT. — When the mariner has been tossed for many days in...ascertain how far the elements have driven him from hia true course. Let us imitate this prudence, and, before we float farther on the waves of this debate,... | |
 | Henry Llewellyn Williams - Elocution - 1870 - 204 pages
...there will no difficulty in giving suitable action and expression to every part : Mr. President, — When the mariner has been tossed, for many days, in...this prudence, and before we float further on the waves of this debate, refer to the point from which we departed, that we may at least be able to conjecture... | |
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