 If a Roman citizen had been asked if he did not fear that the conqueror of Gaul might establish a throne upon the ruins of public liberty, he would have instantly repelled the unjust insinuation. Yet Greece fell...  The Life and Times of Henry Clay - Page 274by Calvin Colton - 1846Full view - About this book
 | Speeches, addresses, etc., American - 1827 - 552 pages
...liberty, he would have instantly repelled the unjust insinuation. Yet Greece has fallen, Cresar has passed the Rubicon, and the patriotic arm even of...Bonaparte, with his grenadiers, entered the palace of St. Cloud, and, dispersing, with the bayonet, the deputies of the people, deliberating on the affairs... | |
 | Speeches, addresses, etc., American - 1827 - 542 pages
...liberty, he would have instantly repelled the unjust insinuation. Yet Greece has fallen, Caesar has passed the Rubicon, and the patriotic arm even of...! The celebrated Madame de Stael, in her last and per-" haps her best work, has said, that in the very year, almost the very month, when the president... | |
 | Henry Clay - United States - 1827 - 452 pages
...liberty, he would have instantly repelled the unjust insinuation. Yet Greece had fallen, Caesar had passed the Rubicon, and the patriotic arm even of...the liberties of his devoted country! The celebrated rnadame de Stael, in her last and perhaps her best work, has said, that in the very year, almost the... | |
 | Charles Dexter Cleveland - American literature - 1832 - 310 pages
...liberty, he would have instantly repelled the unjust insinuation. Yet Greece has fallen ; Caesar has passed the Rubicon ; and the patriotic arm even of...not preserve the liberties of his devoted country. Sir, we are fighting a great moral battle for the benefit not only of our country, but of all mankind.... | |
 | John Epy Lovell - Elocution - 1836 - 534 pages
...liberty, he would have instantly repelled the unjust insinuation. Yet Greece has fallen ; Cesar has passed the rubicon ; and the patriotic arm even of...not preserve the liberties of his devoted country. Sir, we are fighting a great moral battle for the benefit, not only of our country, but of all mankind.... | |
 | Henry Clay - United States - 1842 - 518 pages
...liberty-, '. he would have inetantly repelled the unjust insinuatipn. ^ Yet . Greece had fallen, Cresar had passed the Rubicon, and the patriotic arm even of...Bonaparte, with his grenadiers, entered the palace of St. Cloudj and dispersing, with the bayonet, the deputies of the people, deliberating on the affairs... | |
 | Henry Clay - United States - 1843 - 624 pages
...of public liberty, he would have instantly repelled the unjust insinuation. Yet Greece fell ; Caesar passed the Rubicon, and the patriotic arm even of...Bonaparte, with his grenadiers, entered the palace of St. Cloud, and dispersing, with the bayonet, the deputies of the people, deliberating on the affairs... | |
 | Henry Clay - Campaign literature - 1842 - 576 pages
...of public liberty, he would have instantly repelled the unjust insinuation. Ypt fJreooo foil, Cassai passed the Rubicon, and the patriotic arm even of...Bonaparte, with his grenadiers, entered the palace of St. Cloud, and dispersing, with the bayonet, the deputies of the people, deliberating on the affairs... | |
 | Henry Clay - Campaign literature - 1843 - 630 pages
...of public liberty, he would have instantly repelled the unjust insinuation. Yet Greece fell, Caesar passed the Rubicon, and the patriotic arm even of...last and perhaps her best work, has said, that in the veiy year, almost the very month, when the President of the Directory declared that monarchy would... | |
 | John Epy Lovell - Readers - 1843 - 524 pages
...liberty, he would have instantly repelled the unjust insinuation. Yet Greece has fallen ; Cesar has passed the rubicon ; and the patriotic arm even of...not preserve the liberties of his devoted country. Sir, we are fighting a great moral battle for the benefit, not only of our country, but of all mankind.... | |
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