| John Joseph Lalor - 1883 - 1076 páginas
...and the world saw with admiration. He smote the rock nf i he national resources, and abundant streams gushed forth. He touched the dead corpse of the public credit, and it sprung upon its feet. The fabled birth of Minerva from the brain of Jove, was hardly more sudden or more perfect than the... | |
| Robert Mackenzie - 1882 - 98 páginas
...measures was immediate and complete. "He smote the rock of the national resources," said Daniel Webster, "and abundant streams of revenue gushed forth. He touched the dead corpse eif the public credit, and it sprung upon its feet." All the war debts "f the States were assumed by... | |
| Familiar quotations - 1883 - 942 páginas
...may be, in fraternal blood. Ibid. Liberty and Union, now and forever, one and inseparable. Ibid. He smote the rock of the national resources, and abundant...revenue gushed forth. He touched the dead corpse of Public Credit, and it sprung upon its feet.a Speech on Hamilton, March 10, 1831. On this question of... | |
| John Joseph Lalor - 1883 - 1076 páginas
...world saw with admiration. He smote the rock of the national resources, and abundant streams gashed forth. He touched the dead corpse of the public credit, and it sprung upon its feet. The fabled birth of Minerva from the brain of Jove, was liurdly more sudden or more perfect than the... | |
| John Austin Stevens - 1883 - 458 páginas
...applied to revenue and loans. Well might Webster say of him in lofty praise, " He smote the rock of national resources, and abundant streams of revenue gushed forth ; he touched the dead corpse of Public Credit, and it sprung upon its feet." On the resignation of Hamilton, January 31, 1795, Washington... | |
| John Austin Stevens - 1883 - 442 páginas
...applied to revenue and loans. Well might Webster say of him in lofty praise, " He smote the rock of national resources, and abundant streams of revenue gushed forth ; he touched the dead corpse of Public Credit, and it sprung upon its feet." On the resignation of Hamilton, January 31, 1795, Washington... | |
| John Austin Stevens - 1883 - 462 páginas
...applied to revenue and loans. Well might Webster say of him in lofty praise, " lie smote the rock of national resources, and abundant streams of revenue gushed forth ; he touched the dead corpse of Public Credit, and it sprung upon its feet." On the resignation of Hamilton, January 31, 1795, Washington... | |
| Benjamin Cummings Truman - 1883 - 610 páginas
...Ambition — His General Career — His Marriage — His Military and Financial Achievements — " He Smote the Rock of the National Resources and Abundant Streams of Revenue Gushed Forth" — The Career of Aaron Burr — From a Private Soldier of the Revolution to VicePresident of the United... | |
| Martha Joanna Lamb - 1883 - 112 páginas
...practical establishment of the public credit ; and exclaim in the language of Daniel Webster, " He smote the rock of the national resources, and abundant streams of revenue gushed forth." It is said that at least seven-tenths of all the disbursements of the United States Government take... | |
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