 | American literature - 1904 - 496 pages
...affecting, I had almost said so overwhelming, this renowned theatre of their courage and patriotism. VENERABLE MEN ! you have come down to us from a former...your lives, that you might behold this joyous day. Yon are now where you stood fifty years ago, this very hour, with your brothers and your neighbors»... | |
 | Larkin Dunton, Augustus Hill Kelley - English language - 1904 - 288 pages
...following sentences: 1. The governor is in town to-day, but he will leave to-night at eight o'clock. 2. You are now where you stood fifty years ago this very...neighbors, shoulder to shoulder, in the strife for your countiy. 3. Those who survived that day, and whose lives have been prolonged to the present hour, are... | |
 | Maine. Andersonville monument commissioners - Maine - 1904 - 46 pages
...now as when the great Webster stood upon Bunker Hill at the dedication of that monument, and said, "Venerable men, you have come down to us from a former...your lives that you might behold this joyous day." Standing here as I am today, beneath the shadow of this beautiful monument, my heart swells with pride... | |
 | Daughters of the American Revolution - United States - 1904 - 450 pages
...who witnessed the laying of the corner-stone of the monument, 1825, when Webster addressed them as "Venerable men, you have come down to us from a former generation." He was born and died in Amesbury, Mass. MRS. MARY KATHARINE HADAWAY- 17975 Born in Livonia, Indiana.... | |
 | Daniel Webster, Fred Newton Scott - Bunker Hill Monument (Boston, Mass.) - 1905 - 182 pages
...affecting, I had almost said so overwhelming, this renowned theatre of their courage and patriotism. IV. 12. VENERABLE MEN ! you have come down to us from a former...Behold, how altered ! The same heavens are indeed over - ft your heads ; the same ocean rolls at your feet : but all else , li . ho.w changed ! You hear now... | |
 | Ella Marie Powers, Thomas Minard Balliet - Readers - 1906 - 392 pages
...Pitt, as one of the greatest orators of history. He died at his home in Marshfield, Oct. 24, 1852. Venerable men ! you have come down to us from a former...shoulder to shoulder, in the strife for your country. feet ; but all else how changed ! You hear now no roar of hostile cannon, you see no mixed volumes... | |
 | Myra Soper Woodley, Oscar Israel Woodley - English language - 1906 - 376 pages
...serves as a topic sentence. In the others the topic sentence appears farther along in the paragraph. Venerable men! You have come down to us from a former...your neighbors, shoulder to shoulder, in the strife of your country. Behold how altered! The same heavens are, indeed, over your heads; the same ocean... | |
 | George Washington - Bunker Hill, Battle of, Boston, Mass., 1775 - 1906 - 136 pages
...affecting, I had almost said so overwhelming, this renowned theatre of their courage and patriotism. VENERABLE MEN ! you have come down to us, from a former...ago, this very hour, with your brothers, and your neighbours, shoulder to shoulder, in the 5 strife for your country. Behold, how altered ! The same... | |
 | 1896 - 728 pages
...affecting, I had almost said so overwhelming, this renowned theatre of their courage and patriotism. VENERABLE MEN ! you have come down to us from a former...day. You are now where you stood fifty years ago, •chis very hour, with your brothers and your neighbors} shoulder to shoulder, in the strife for your... | |
 | Short stories, American - 1906 - 594 pages
...Mossa Gawge used to ride. He lef it to me in his will ! " THE SCRAP BOOK. LITTLE GEMS FROM WEBSTER. VENERABLE men! You have come down to us from a former...that you might behold this joyous day. You are now v.here you stood fifty years ago this very hour, with your brothers and your neighbors, shoulder to... | |
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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,... 
