Anecdotes of Public Men, Volume 1Harper, 1873 - Statesmen |
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... carried them down South into slavery ? How would you feel in such a case ? How do you think I would feel ? What would I do ? you ask . Well , I will tell you . I would follow the aforesaid John C. Calhoun and Henry Clay ; follow them to ...
... carried them down South into slavery ? How would you feel in such a case ? How do you think I would feel ? What would I do ? you ask . Well , I will tell you . I would follow the aforesaid John C. Calhoun and Henry Clay ; follow them to ...
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... carry the trade of the Orient through Philadelphia , and open to it a commerce with Europe infinitely greater than any ever dreamed of in our wildest aspirations . The Pennsylvania Central , like the Mississippi River , is fed by many ...
... carry the trade of the Orient through Philadelphia , and open to it a commerce with Europe infinitely greater than any ever dreamed of in our wildest aspirations . The Pennsylvania Central , like the Mississippi River , is fed by many ...
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... carried through Congress . The monument was not complete , but the palatial edifices of the railroad were . I could not help it , but when I remembered how in Paris and London , just the year before , I had seen Illi- nois Central ...
... carried through Congress . The monument was not complete , but the palatial edifices of the railroad were . I could not help it , but when I remembered how in Paris and London , just the year before , I had seen Illi- nois Central ...
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... carried into a corner where they were serving out the seductive compound known as Roman punch . I had hardly got a glass of it in my hand when I found myself in the presence of Colonel Benton . He greeted me kindly , and as we enjoyed ...
... carried into a corner where they were serving out the seductive compound known as Roman punch . I had hardly got a glass of it in my hand when I found myself in the presence of Colonel Benton . He greeted me kindly , and as we enjoyed ...
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... carried the election on the 7th , and the heroic Broderick died on the 16th . But the blood of the martyr was the seed of the redemp- tion of California . The people rose at the sight of a tragedy so deliberate , fore - planned , and ...
... carried the election on the 7th , and the heroic Broderick died on the 16th . But the blood of the martyr was the seed of the redemp- tion of California . The people rose at the sight of a tragedy so deliberate , fore - planned , and ...
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