The Works of William H. Seward, Volume 1Houghton, Mifflin, 1884 - New York (State) |
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... less as an adroit and energetic controversialist , than as a classical scholar of consummate accomplishments . An incident , showing his standing in the college , and his early development of talent , was thus described by a public jour ...
... less as an adroit and energetic controversialist , than as a classical scholar of consummate accomplishments . An incident , showing his standing in the college , and his early development of talent , was thus described by a public jour ...
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... less justice than vigor in the following sketch of his early professional life , written several years since for one of the periodicals of the day . man . " The practice of the Jaw in the country must not be estimated by the practice in ...
... less justice than vigor in the following sketch of his early professional life , written several years since for one of the periodicals of the day . man . " The practice of the Jaw in the country must not be estimated by the practice in ...
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... less ardent temper- ament than his own , opposition would have seemed hopeless . A resolution was brought into the Senate , at the commencement of the session , against renewing the charter of the United States Bank . Soon after a ...
... less ardent temper- ament than his own , opposition would have seemed hopeless . A resolution was brought into the Senate , at the commencement of the session , against renewing the charter of the United States Bank . Soon after a ...
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... less than a spirit of en- larged and comprehensive statesmanship . Mr. Seward received an invitation to deliver a discourse on Education at Westfield in July , 1837. He accepted the service , which he performed with signal ability . The ...
... less than a spirit of en- larged and comprehensive statesmanship . Mr. Seward received an invitation to deliver a discourse on Education at Westfield in July , 1837. He accepted the service , which he performed with signal ability . The ...
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... less reluctance , ultimately adopted . * The city of New York was , at that time just beginning to be crowd- ed with immigrants who poured into the country from foreign lands . Overtaken by poverty and disease , they served to fill the ...
... less reluctance , ultimately adopted . * The city of New York was , at that time just beginning to be crowd- ed with immigrants who poured into the country from foreign lands . Overtaken by poverty and disease , they served to fill the ...
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