 | Henry Hardwicke - Orators - 1896 - 476 pages
...richer as the parent of this land of promise in the West. " I am not—I need not say I am not—the panegyrist of England. I am not dazzled by her riches,...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.... | |
 | Henry Hardwicke - Orators - 1896 - 546 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. " I am not—I need not say I am not—the panegyrist of England. I am not dazzled by her riches, nor awed... | |
 | Recitations - 1905 - 636 pages
...or of Chatham, within the walls of the British Parliament, and at the foot of the British throne '? 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... | |
 | Grenville Kleiser - Elocution - 1906 - 552 pages
...Burke, or of Chatham, within the walls of the British Parliament, and at the foot of the British throne? I am not — I need not say I am not — the panegyrist...dazzled by her riches, nor awed by her power. The scepter, the miter, and the coronet, — stars, garters, and blue ribbons, — seem to me poor things... | |
 | Grenville Kleiser - Elocution - 1906 - 556 pages
...British Parliament, and at the foot of the British throne? I am not—I need not say I am not—the panegyrist of England. I am not dazzled by her riches, nor awed by her power. The scepter, the miter, and the coronet,—stars, garters, and blue ribbons,—seem to me poor things for... | |
 | Michigan - 1907 - 918 pages
..."Fierce as ten Furies, terrible as hell And shook a dreadful dart." "I am not," said Edward Everett, the panegyrist of England. "I am not dazzled by her...nor awed by her power. The sceptre, the mitre and coronet, garters and blue ribbons seem to me poor things for great men to contend for. Nor is my admiration... | |
 | George Lansing Raymond - Elocution - 1910 - 380 pages
...Burke, or of Chatham, within the walls of the British Parliament, and at the foot of the British throne? 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... | |
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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... 
