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... Rufus Choate to make him the candidate in the Baltimore Whig National Convention , though ineffectual to prevent the foreordained selection of the brave but vain - glo- rious Scott , had gone to the hearts of the people , adding not ...
... Rufus Choate to make him the candidate in the Baltimore Whig National Convention , though ineffectual to prevent the foreordained selection of the brave but vain - glo- rious Scott , had gone to the hearts of the people , adding not ...
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... Rufus Choate in astonishing rapidity of speech and in splendor of diction . How often I have regretted that his memorable passages were not preserved . The courts of Pennsylvania and the Democratic conventions resounded with his ...
... Rufus Choate in astonishing rapidity of speech and in splendor of diction . How often I have regretted that his memorable passages were not preserved . The courts of Pennsylvania and the Democratic conventions resounded with his ...
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... Rufus Choate , fre- quently discussed public affairs over his roast beef , baked po- tatoes , and iced wines . I was a boy when first asked into this select circle , with its feast of reason and its flow of soul — its gen- erous ...
... Rufus Choate , fre- quently discussed public affairs over his roast beef , baked po- tatoes , and iced wines . I was a boy when first asked into this select circle , with its feast of reason and its flow of soul — its gen- erous ...
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... RUFUS CHOATE , of Massachusetts , must have been , in most of his qualities , very like the lamented George W. Barton , of Pennsylvania . Quick and impetuous of speech , wholly original in manner , abounding in rich and gorgeous imagery ...
... RUFUS CHOATE , of Massachusetts , must have been , in most of his qualities , very like the lamented George W. Barton , of Pennsylvania . Quick and impetuous of speech , wholly original in manner , abounding in rich and gorgeous imagery ...
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John Wien Forney. RUFUS CHOATE . 8.1 upon his friends to support the Democratic candidate , because he " carried the flag and kept step to the music of the Union . " I heard a very pleasant incident , some evenings ago ... RUFUS CHOATE. ...
John Wien Forney. RUFUS CHOATE . 8.1 upon his friends to support the Democratic candidate , because he " carried the flag and kept step to the music of the Union . " I heard a very pleasant incident , some evenings ago ... RUFUS CHOATE. ...
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