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It is true that the litera scripta remains , but the meaning is found to vary with the inter- preter . In 1791 , when the two parties were fair- ly formed and openly pitted against each other , a new element of discord had enter- ed ...
It is true that the litera scripta remains , but the meaning is found to vary with the inter- preter . In 1791 , when the two parties were fair- ly formed and openly pitted against each other , a new element of discord had enter- ed ...
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In the Gallic jargon then fashiona- ble , England was " an insular Bastille of slaves , " and New England " the Vendée of America . " On the other side , the Federalists returned cheer for 99 cheer , looked with true British con- tempt ...
In the Gallic jargon then fashiona- ble , England was " an insular Bastille of slaves , " and New England " the Vendée of America . " On the other side , the Federalists returned cheer for 99 cheer , looked with true British con- tempt ...
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99 cheer , looked with true British con- tempt on the warlike struggles of the restless Frenchman , - chuckled over the disasters which befell " his little popgun fleets , " and damned the Democrats for a pack of poor , dirty ...
99 cheer , looked with true British con- tempt on the warlike struggles of the restless Frenchman , - chuckled over the disasters which befell " his little popgun fleets , " and damned the Democrats for a pack of poor , dirty ...
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Du- els were frequent , cudgellings not uncom- mon , -- although as yet the Senate - Cham- ber had not been selected as the fittest scene for the use of the bludgeon . It is true that molasses - and - water was the bev- ...
Du- els were frequent , cudgellings not uncom- mon , -- although as yet the Senate - Cham- ber had not been selected as the fittest scene for the use of the bludgeon . It is true that molasses - and - water was the bev- ...
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... it is true , in a most offensive and irrev- erent style . As Dr. Hopkins wrote of Ethan Allen , - " One hand was clenched to batter noses , While t'other scrawled ' gainst Paul and Moses . " But who reads it now ?
... it is true , in a most offensive and irrev- erent style . As Dr. Hopkins wrote of Ethan Allen , - " One hand was clenched to batter noses , While t'other scrawled ' gainst Paul and Moses . " But who reads it now ?
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