 He smote the rock of the national resources, and abundant streams of revenue gushed forth. He touched the dead corpse of the Public Credit, and it sprang upon its feet...  The Foundations of Rhetoric - Side 251af Adams Sherman Hill - 1892 - 375 siderFuld visning - Om denne bog
 | 1917 - 1008 sider
...Hamilton was able to deal with affairs in a manner which abundantly warranted Webster's tribute: " He smote the rock of the national resources, and abundant...revenue gushed forth. He touched the dead corpse of Public Credit, and it sprang upon its feet." Indeed, the assured prospect of a stable system of national... | |
 | Samuel Lorenzo Knapp - 1831 - 248 sider
...immediately called him to that post, infinitely the most important, in the administration of the new system. He was made Secretary of the Treasury; and how he...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... | |
 | Samuel Kirkham - 1834 - 360 sider
...of such a place', at such a time', the whole country perceived with delight', and the whole world', with admiration ' . He smote the rock of the national...gushed forth ' . He touched the dead corpse of the publick credit', and it sprang upon its feet*. The fabled birth of Minerva', from the brain of Jove',... | |
 | George Savage White - 1836 - 636 sider
...him to that post, which was infinitely the most important in the administration of the new system. He was made secretary of the treasury, and how he...touched the dead corpse of the public credit, and it sprang upon its feet. The fabled birth of Minerva, from the brain of Jove, was hardly more sudden or... | |
 | Joel Parker - 1838 - 624 sider
...Vol. I. p. 62. f Ibid., Vol. VI. p. 84. 45 Witness his tribute to the services of Hamilton : — " He was made Secretary of the Treasury ; and how he...touched the dead corpse of the public credit, and it sprang upon its feet. The fabled birth of Minerva from the brain of Jove was hardly more sudden or... | |
 | Theodore Dwight - 1839 - 384 sider
...to that post which was infinitely the most important in the administration of the new system. He was secretary of the treasury; and how he fulfilled the...national resources, and abundant streams of revenue burst forth. He touched the dead corpse of the publie credit, and it sprung upon its feet. The fabled... | |
 | Robert Conger Pell - 1850 - 196 sider
...whole country saw with admiration. He smote the rock of the national resources, and the abundant stream of revenue gushed forth. He touched the dead corpse of the public credit, and it sprang upon its feet. — Daniel Webster. GEORGE SELWYN'S BON-MOTS. We shall here quote some of the... | |
 | Edward Everett - 1859 - 872 sider
...this report and the system founded upon it, that Mr. W'ebster alluded when he said of Hamilton : — "He smote the rock of the national resources, and abundant streams of revenue burst forth. He touched the dead corpse of the public credit, and it sprang upon its feet." * » Webster's... | |
 | Joel Parker - 1853 - 306 sider
...Works, Vol. I. p. 62. f Ibid., Vol. VI. p. 84. Witness his tribute to the services of Hamilton : — " He was made Secretary of the Treasury ; and how he...touched the dead corpse of the public credit, and it sprang upon its feet. The fabled birth of Minerva from the brain of Jove was hardly more sudden or... | |
 | Joel Parker - 1853 - 84 sider
...thick darkness of parental distress." •(• Witness his tribute to the services of Hamilton: —" He was made Secretary of the Treasury; and how he...touched the dead corpse of the public credit, and it sprang upon its feet. The fabled birth of Minerva from the brain of Jove was hardly more sudden or... | |
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