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Definition of Daniel Webster
1. Noun. United States politician and orator (1782-1817).
Lexicographical Neighbors of Daniel Webster
Literary usage of Daniel Webster
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Cambridge History of American Literature by William Peterfield Trent (1918)
"Personal Memorials of Daniel Webster. Philadelphia, 1851. ... Daniel Webster, sa
vie et ses oeuvres. Aperc.u de 1'histoire dcs Etats-Unis. Paris, 1858. ..."
2. American Literature by Julian Willis Abernethy (1902)
"Curtis's "Life of Daniel Webster." Lodge's "Daniel Webster" (American Statesmen).
... Holmes's " Birthday of Daniel Webster." Emerson's " Webster. ..."
3. Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern by Charles Dudley Warner, Hamilton Wright Mabie, Lucia Isabella Gilbert Runkle, George H Warner (1902)
"Daniel Webster (1782-1852) BY CARL SCHURZ THE generation of American statesmen
that followed those of the Revolutionary period, few will live as long in the ..."
4. A History of the People of the United States: From the Revolution to the by John Bach McMaster (1895)
"Daniel Webster. stitution, Massachusetts enters her most deliberate and solemn
protest. The Congress to which this remonstrance was addressed assembled in ..."
5. Great Debates in American History: From the Debates in the British by United States Congress, Marion Mills Miller, Great Britain Parliament (1913)
"in Sympathy with Greek Independence —Debate on the Resolution: in Favor, Daniel
Webster; Opposed, John Randolph [Va.]. IN the same message in which he ..."
6. Thirty Years' View, Or, A History of the Working of the American Government by Thomas Hart Benton (1856)
"... public announcement, yesterday, at about half past 3 o'clock, the Honorable
Daniel Webster arrived in this city in the steamboat Swan from Philadelphia. ..."
7. The World's Best Orations: From the Earliest Period to the Present Time by David Josiah Brewer, Edward Archibald Allen, William Schuyler (1899)
"I mourned when the poor outcast in yonder dungeon sent for me to visit him, and,
when I took him by the hand that Daniel Webster was chaining in that house. ..."
8. Proceedings of the Massachusetts Historical Society by Massachusetts Historical Society (1889)
"Four days later the quotation was introduced into his speech at Marshfield (Works
of Daniel Webster, vol. ii. p. 443), as an illustration of the advantage ..."
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