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The Scotch-Irish: Or, The Scot in North Britain, North Ireland, and North ... - Page 56
by Charles Augustus Hanna - 1902
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The North American Review, Volume 75

Jared Sparks, Edward Everett, James Russell Lowell, Henry Cabot Lodge - 1852 - 566 pages
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The Life of James Otis, of Massachusetts: Containing Also, Notices of Some ...

William Tudor - 1823 - 544 pages
...prophetic glance of his eyes into futurity, and a rapid torrent of impetuous eloquence, he hurried away all before him. American Independence was then and there born. The seeds of patriots and heroes, to defend the JVbn sine Diis animosus infans ;* to defend the vigorous youth, were then and there sown....
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Annals of the American Revolution: Or, A Record of the Causes and Events ...

Jedidiah Morse - 1824 - 524 pages
...prophetic glare of his eyes into futurity, and a rapid torrent of impetuous eloquence he hurried away all before him. American Independence was then and there born. The seeds of Patriots and Heroes to defend the non sine Diis animosus infans ; — to defend the vigorous youth were then and there...
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The Worcester Magazine and Historical Journal: Containing ..., Volume 1

William Lincoln, Christopher Columbus Baldwin - 1826 - 906 pages
...prophetic glance of his eyes into futurity, and rapid torrent of impetuous eloquence, he hurried away all before him. American Independence was then and there born. The seeds of patriots and heroes to defend the vigorous youth, were then and there sown. Every man of an immense crowded audience appear...
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A Selection of Eulogies: Pronounced in the Several States, in Honor of Those ...

1826 - 438 pages
...into futurity, and a rapid torrent of impetuous eloquence, he hurried away all before him. AMEKICAN INDEPENDENCE WAS THEN AND THERE BORN. The seeds of patriots and heroes to defend the Non Sine Diis Animosus Infans, to defend the vigorous youth, were then and there sown....
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A Political and Civil History of the United States of America ..., Volume 1

Timothy Pitkin - 1828 - 546 pages
...a prophetic glance of his eyes into futurity, and a rapid torrent of eloquence, he hurried away all before him. American independence was then and there born. The seeds of patriots and heroes to defend the nan sine dns animosus infans, were then and there sown. Every man of an immense crowded...
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Miscellanea Historica Et Critica: Comment Upon Current Works ..., Volume 3

1769 - 366 pages
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The New-England Magazine, Volume 5

Joseph Tinker Buckingham, Edwin Buckingham, Samuel Gridley Howe, John Osborne Sargent, Park Benjamin - 1833 - 550 pages
...promptitude of classical allusions, a depth of research, a rapid summary of historical events and dates, a profusion of legal authorities, a prophetic glance of his eye into futurity," (that glorious futurity, which he lived not, alas, to enjoy,) " and a deep torrent of impetuous eloquence,...
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Orations and Speeches on Various Occasions, Volume 2

Edward Everett - 1836 - 654 pages
...promptitude of classical allusions, a depth of research, a rapid summary of historical events and dates, a profusion of legal authorities, a prophetic glance of his eye into futurity,' (that glorious futurity, which he lived not, alas, to enjoy), ' and a deep torrent of impetuous eloquence,...
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