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We listen to the chiefs in council; we see the unexampled exhibition of female fortitude and resignation; we hear the whisperings of youthful impatience, and we see, what a painter of our own has also represented by his pencil [1], chilled and shivering childhood, houseless, but for a mother's arms, couchless, but for a mother's breast, till our own blood almost freezes.

Select Speeches of Daniel Webster Webster, Daniel, 1782-1852 1903

In dark doorways lounged these apparently couchless strangers; in areaways and alleys, on doorsteps they found shelter; in the main streets and the side streets they roamed.

Truxton King A Story of Graustark George Barr McCutcheon 1897

And there, too, is "chilled and shivering childhood, houseless but for a mother's arms, couchless but for a mother's breast."

The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 11 John [Editor] Rudd 1885

We listen to the chiefs in council; we see the unexampled exhibition of female fortitude and resignation; we hear the whisperings of youthful impatience, and we see, what a painter of our own has also represented by his pencil [1], chilled and shivering childhood, houseless, but for a mother's arms, couchless, but for a mother's breast, till our own blood almost freezes.

Select Speeches of Daniel Webster, 1817-1845 Daniel Webster 1817