Anecdotes of Public Men, Volume 1Harper, 1873 - Statesmen |
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... his old speech on free trade , delivered in 1824 , when he was a member of the House , and converted it into a Supplement , of which many DANIEL WEBSTER . II thousands were printed and sold before ΙΟ ANECDOTES OF PUBLIC MEN .
... his old speech on free trade , delivered in 1824 , when he was a member of the House , and converted it into a Supplement , of which many DANIEL WEBSTER . II thousands were printed and sold before ΙΟ ANECDOTES OF PUBLIC MEN .
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John Wien Forney. DANIEL WEBSTER . II thousands were printed and sold before the joke was discovered . The Democrats were delighted the Whigs furious , especially Mr. Greeley , of The Tribune , who had come over to hear Mr. Webster , and ...
John Wien Forney. DANIEL WEBSTER . II thousands were printed and sold before the joke was discovered . The Democrats were delighted the Whigs furious , especially Mr. Greeley , of The Tribune , who had come over to hear Mr. Webster , and ...
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... thousands of others , to realize his mistake ; but he passed off before the war that resulted from the absence of a little courage to maintain the most solemn pledge ever made to a confiding people . Thomas Hart Benton died the 10th of ...
... thousands of others , to realize his mistake ; but he passed off before the war that resulted from the absence of a little courage to maintain the most solemn pledge ever made to a confiding people . Thomas Hart Benton died the 10th of ...
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... thousand men with pure skins in South Carolina , who are now degraded and despised by thirty thousand aristocratic slaveholders . It may teach them to demand what is the power- B " Link'd with success , assumed and kept with skill ...
... thousand men with pure skins in South Carolina , who are now degraded and despised by thirty thousand aristocratic slaveholders . It may teach them to demand what is the power- B " Link'd with success , assumed and kept with skill ...
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... thousands who know that I am the son of an artisan and have been a me- chanic , would feel disappointed in me if I did not reply to him . I am not proud of this . I am sorry it is true . I would that I could have enjoyed the pleasures ...
... thousands who know that I am the son of an artisan and have been a me- chanic , would feel disappointed in me if I did not reply to him . I am not proud of this . I am sorry it is true . I would that I could have enjoyed the pleasures ...
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