 | John Wilson - English language - 1855 - 360 pages
...rich in the memory of the great and good, the champions and the martyrs of liberty, the exiled heralds of truth ; and richer as the parent of this land of...her power. The sceptre, the mitre, and the coronet, — stars, garters, and blue ribbons, — seem to me poor things for great men to contend for. Nor... | |
 | Readers - 1856 - 518 pages
...holy land, rich in the memories of the great and good ; the martyrs of liberty,' the exiled heralds of truth ; and richer, as the parent of this land...her power. The sceptre, the mitre, and the coronet, stars, garters, and blue ribbons, seem to me poor things for great men to contend for. Nor is my admiration... | |
 | John Wilson - Abbreviations, English - 1856 - 360 pages
...rich in the memory of the great and good, the champions and the martyrs of liberty, the exiled heralds of truth ; and richer as the parent of this land of...her power. The sceptre, the mitre, and the coronet, — stars, garters, and blue ribbons, — seem to me poor things for great men to contend for. Nor... | |
 | Charles Northend - Orators - 1856 - 276 pages
...holy land, rich in the memories of the great and good ; the martyrs of liberty, the exiled heralds of truth ; and richer as the parent of this land of promise in the west. gyrist of England. I am not dazzled by her riches, nor awed by her power. The sceptre, the mitre, and... | |
 | David Addison Harsha - Orators - 1857 - 544 pages
...rich in the memory of the great and good, the champions and the martyrs of liberty, the exiled heralds of truth; and richer, as the parent of this land of promise in the west." Near the close of this oration we have another passage of uncommon power and beauty, on the suffering... | |
 | John William Stanhope Hows - Readers - 1860 - 450 pages
...holy land, rich in the memories of the great and good ; the martyrs of liberty, the exiled heralds of truth ; and richer, as the parent of this land of promise in the west. land. I am not dazzled by her riches, nor awed by her power. The sceptre, the mitre, and the coronet,... | |
 | Epes Sargent - Elocution - 1862 - 564 pages
...rich in the memory of the great and good, the champions and the martyrs of liberty, the exiled heralds of truth • and richer, as the parent of this land...need not say I am not — the panegyrist of England I ma sot dazzled by her riches, nor awed by her power. The sceptre, ',he mitre, and the coronet, —... | |
 | George Stillman Hillard - Elocution - 1863 - 528 pages
...liberty, the exiled 'heralds of truth ; and richer, as the parent of this land of promise in the west. 20 I am not — I need not say I am not — the panegyrist...her power. The sceptre, the mitre, and the coronet, — stars, garters, and blue ribbons, — seem to me poor things for great men to contend for. Nor... | |
 | George Stillman Hillard - Elocution - 1863 - 530 pages
...truth ; and richer, as the parent of this laud of promise in the west. 20 I am not — I need not say 1 am not — the panegyrist of England. I am not dazzled...her power. The sceptre, the mitre, and the coronet, — stars, garters, and blue ribbons, — seem to me poor things for great men to contend for. Nor... | |
 | Richard Green Parker, James Madison Watson - Readers (Elementary) - 1863 - 614 pages
...rich in the memory of the great and good, the champions and the martyrs of liberty, the exiled heralds of truth ; and richer as the parent of this land of promise in the West. 0. I am not — I need not say I am not — the panegyrist of England. I am not dazzled by her riches,... | |
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I am not — the panegyrist of England. I am not dazzled by her riches, nor awed by her power. The sceptre, the mitre, and the coronet, — stars, garters, and blue ribbons, — seem to me poor things for great men to contend for. Nor is my admiration... 
