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" I have but one lamp by which my feet are guided, and that is the lamp of experience. I know of no way of judging of the future but by the past. "
Selections for Oral Reading - Page 69
edited by - 1914 - 326 pages
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American Oratory: Or Selections from the Speeches of Eminent Americans

1836 - 552 pages
...spirit it may cost, I am willing to know the whole truth ; to know the worst, and to provide for it. I have but one lamp by which my feet are guided ;...British ministry for the last ten years, to justify those hopes with which gentlemen have been pleased to solace themselves and the house ? Is it that...
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American Oratory: Or Selections from the Speeches of Eminent Americans

1836 - 550 pages
...spirit it may cost, I am willing to know the whole truth ; to know the worst, and to provide for it. I have but one lamp by which my feet are guided ;...British ministry for the last ten years, to justify those hopes with which gentlemen have been pleased to solace themselves and the house ? Is it that...
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The Elocutionist: Consisting of Declamations and Readings in Prose and ...

Jonathan Barber - 1836 - 404 pages
...willing to know the whole truth; to know the worst, and provide for it. * General Burgoyne's army. I have but one. lamp by which my feet are guided ;...British ministry for the last ten years, to justify those hopes with which gentlemen have been pleased to solace themselves and the house ? Is it that...
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The United States Speaker: A Copious Selection of Exercises in Elocution ...

John Epy Lovell - 1836 - 534 pages
...gratitude and affection for La Fayette. 37. BATTLE THE OXLY ALTERNATIVE.' Henry. Mr. President, — I have but one lamp by which my feet are guided ; and that is the lamp of experience. I hare no way of judging the future but by the past. And judging by the past, I wish to know what there...
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The American Orator's Own Book: Or, The Art of Extemporaneous Public ...

1836 - 362 pages
...spirit it may cost, I am willing to know the whole truth ; to know Hie worst, and to provide for it. I have but one lamp by which my feet are guided ; and that is the lamp of experience. 1 know no way to judge of the future but by the past. And judging by the past, I wish to know what...
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Principles of elocution

William Graham (teacher of elocution.) - 1837 - 370 pages
...willing to know the whole truth ; to know the worst, and to provide for it. I have but one lamp, hy which my feet are guided ; and that is the lamp of...British ministry for the last ten years, to justify those hopes with which gentlemen have been pleased to solace themselves and the house ? Is it that...
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Specimens of American Eloquence: Consisting of Choice Selections from the ...

1837 - 396 pages
...spirit it may cost, I am willing to know the whole truth ; to know the worst, and to provide for it. I have but one lamp by which my feet are guided ;...And judging by the past, I wish to know what there is in the conduct of the British ministry for the last ten years, to justify those hopes with which...
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The National Preceptor: Or, Selections in Prose and Poetry; Consisting of ...

Jesse Olney - 1838 - 346 pages
...spirit it may cost, I am willing to know the whole truth; to know the worst, and to provide for it. 3. I have but one lamp by which my feet are guided ;...British ministry for the last ten years, to justify those hopes with which gentlemen have been pleased to solace themselves and the house? Is it that insidious...
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The Rhetorical Reader: Consisting of Instructions for Regulating the Voice ...

Ebenezer Porter - 1838 - 316 pages
...spirit it may cost, I am willing to know the whole truth; to know the worst, and to provide for it. 25 I have but one lamp, by which my feet are guided,...of the British ministry, for the last ten years, to 30 justify those hopes with which gentlemen have been pleased to solace themselves and the house? Is...
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The Rhetorical Reader Consisting of Instructions for Regulating the Voice ...

Ebenezer Porter - 1839 - 316 pages
...spirit it may cost, I am willing to know the whole truth; to know the worst, and to provide for it. 25 I have but one lamp, by which my feet are guided,...of the British ministry, for the last ten years, to 30 justify those hopes with which gentlemen have been pleased to solace themselves and the house ?...
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