| Alexander Kennedy Isbister - 1870 - 420 strani
...eye, and almost hears its workings in the very silence of his thoughts. It has become his master ; it betrays his discretion ; it breaks down his courage...from without begin to embarrass him, and the net of circumstances to entangle him, the fatal secret struggles with still greater violence to burst forth.... | |
| Luther Tracy Townsend - 1870 - 458 strani
...his face, reads it in his eyes, and almost hears its workings in the very silence of his thoughts. It must be confessed. It will be confessed. There...confession but suicide, and suicide is confession." Mr. Webster did not commit that murder ; yet he knew something of the human heart and the power of... | |
| William Cleaver Wilkinson - 1911 - 440 strani
...his permission, printed and circulated as a religious tract. And conscience, that dread might. — "There is no refuge from confession but suicide; and suicide is confession." Webster's argument in the case of the murder of Captain Joseph White. IX Nor served thee not that large... | |
| George Washburn Smalley - 1911 - 474 strani
...persuasive address to an American jury, in the White murder case at Salem, with its tremendous epigram, "There is no refuge from confession but suicide; and suicide is confession." His, finally, the profoundest exposition of constitutional law, the reply to Hayne in the United States... | |
| John Henry Wigmore - 1913 - 1226 strani
...eyes, and almost hears its workings in the very silence of his thoughts. It has become his master. It betrays his discretion, it breaks down his courage,...from without begin to embarrass him, and the net of circumstances to entangle him, the fatal secret struggles with still greater violence to burst forth.... | |
| Edwin Gordon Lawrence - 1913 - 446 strani
...on the concluding phrase. All important or significant words require emphasis by means of force; as, It must be confessed, it will be confessed; there...confession but suicide, and suicide is confession. — DANIEL WEBSTER Quality. By quality is meant the kind of voice — whether it is smooth or rough,... | |
| 1914 - 634 strani
...eyes, and almost hears its workings in the very silence of his thoughts. It has become his master. It betrays his discretion, it breaks down his courage,...confession but suicide, and suicide is confession. DANIEL WEBSTEK. A TRUE STORY. " TTTHERE is the baby, grandmamma ?" VV The sweet young mother calls... | |
| Daniel Webster, Edwin Percy Whipple - 1914 - 786 strani
...eyes, and almost hears its workings in the very silence of his thoughts. It has become his master. It betrays his discretion, it breaks down his courage,...confession but suicide, and suicide is confession. Much has been said, on this occasion, of the excitement which has existed, und still exists, and of... | |
| John Davison Lawson - 1917 - 1012 strani
...eyes, and almost hears its workings in the very silence of his thoughts. It has become his master. It betrays his discretion, it breaks down his courage,...begin to embarrass him, and the net of circumstance to entagle him, the fatal secret struggles with still greater violence to burst forth. It must be confessed,... | |
| John Bartlett, Nathan Haskell Dole - 1914 - 1514 strani
...born an American ; I will live an American : I shall die an American.* Speech, July n,isso. p. 437. There is no refuge from confession but suicide ; and suicide is confession. Aryument on Ike Murder of Captain White, April 6, 183n. Vol. mp 54. l See Scott, page 495. 2 The martinl... | |
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