 | Harrison Gray Otis - 1824 - 120 страници
...Governors that it is not enough for our State to offer her hand without bending the knee. That the Phoenix of our influence will not arise until we put our hands...acquire the influence of a rivulet upon the opposing tide when it swells its mass of waters and is lost in the sea. But the only valuable influence among... | |
 | 1890 - 802 страници
...minority on account of our fidelity to the constitutional obligations, we are told, in effect, that we put our hands on our mouths, and our mouths in the dust. Gentlemen, you mistake us — we will not do it." April 3oth a vote was taken on the platform... | |
 | Peter H. Marshall - 1984 - 518 страници
...predestination had weighed on his spirits. He had heard his father and other ministers preach, 'Lord, we put our hands on our mouths, and our mouths in the dust, and cry out, Guilty, guilty, Unclean, unclean.'28 Now his worst fears about his future state... | |
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... liberal feeling which in generous natures accompanies success, disdain reverting to injurious and offensive causes of animosity. But here it is far otherwise. Here we are to learn even from our Governors that it is not enough for our State to offer... 