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Bembo's sonnets were the fit reading for Lucrezia Borgia; pastorals by Guarini the dramatic amusements of Rannuccio Farnesi; if Vittoria Accoramboni and Francesco Cenci read anything besides their prayerbook or ribald novels, it was some sugary "Aminta" or "Pastor Fido:" their own tragedies by Webster and Shelley they could never have understood.
Webster defended the policy of the President with great ability, but he confined himself to the international and constitutional questions which it involved, and did not discuss the underlying motive and true source of the opposition. The debate on Foote's resolution in 1830, in the wide range which it took, of course included slavery, and Mr.
Wintry as his prospects were, the sun still shone overhead; his courage never failed him; he never gave way to weak repining; and when he entered those halls, when he saw the deep fire in the eyes of Webster, and heard the superb thunder of his voice, when he listened to the witty and terrible invectives of Randolph, that "meteor of Congress," as Benton calls him, and watched the electric effect of the "long and skinny forefinger" pointed and shaken, when charmed by this speaker, or convinced by that, or roused to indignation by another, there was kindled a sense of power within his own breast, a fire prophetic of his future.
Late as it is, though, I must run up to the Court." "Why?" Paul inquired. "We know that Miss Webster is safe." "She might wish to see me," replied the rector, simply. "And if she does, she shall have the chance." "Then I'll leave word at the rectory that you are all right, in case Kitty is awake," said Paul, rather shortly.
They are not pleasant to read, these speeches in the Senate and before the people in behalf of the compromise policy. They are harsh and bitter; they do not ring true. Daniel Webster knew when he was delivering them that that was not the way to save the Union, or that, at all events, it was not the right way for him to do it. The same peculiarity can be discerned in his letters.
About the same time the remaining Virginia regiment commanded by Colonel Hawes, and Kirkwood's infantry, who were still engaged with Webster, were directed by General Greene to retreat. The artillery was unavoidably abandoned; the horses which drew the pieces being killed, and the woods too thick to admit of their being dragged elsewhere than along the great road.
Webster says that the word caustic means 'capable of destroying the texture of anything or eating away its substance by chemical action. "This definition is correct for caustic lime, as you can easily determine by keeping your hand in a bucket of slacked lime a few minutes. Caustic lime eats away the organic matter of the soil.
"The man stepped out, and coming up to me, in low, hurried tones said: "'Excuse my rudeness! You are Alice Webster! Don't you know your Uncle Tom? "Between recognition and shame at my strange conduct I stammered some confused greeting. "Seeming to notice this painful embarrassment, uncle gently said: "'Do not worry, Alice. Your Uncle Tom is all right!
The term lunacy, which still designates unsoundness of mind, is a relic of these grotesque notions, and is defined by Dr. Webster as "a species of insanity or madness, formerly supposed to be influenced by the moon, or periodical in the month."
It is not necessary to repeat here what Hawthorne wrote concerning Powers' Webster. The statue stands in front of the State House at Boston, and serves as a good likeness of the famous orator, but more than that one cannot say for it.
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