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... called John C. Calhoun , of South Carolina , and another man called Henry Clay , of Kentucky , had come , in my absence , and carried them down South into slavery ? How would you feel in such a case ? How do you think I would feel ...
... called John C. Calhoun , of South Carolina , and another man called Henry Clay , of Kentucky , had come , in my absence , and carried them down South into slavery ? How would you feel in such a case ? How do you think I would feel ...
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... called upon to review his positions , which was done in three articles that bore , he thought , distinct official ear - marks . Indig- nant at my temerity , he addressed me a curt note , demanding the name of the author of the articles ...
... called upon to review his positions , which was done in three articles that bore , he thought , distinct official ear - marks . Indig- nant at my temerity , he addressed me a curt note , demanding the name of the author of the articles ...
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... called out all his bet- ter nature . He devoted himself to his studies and his duties with renewed assiduity . He always lived like a gentleman . Generous to a fault , he delighted to have his friends around him . His bearing , his ...
... called out all his bet- ter nature . He devoted himself to his studies and his duties with renewed assiduity . He always lived like a gentleman . Generous to a fault , he delighted to have his friends around him . His bearing , his ...
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... called as Stevens laid on his bed , when he felt the grip of the grim mes- senger fastening on him . Hickman told the old man he was looking well . " Ah , John ! " was his quick reply , " it is not my appearance , but my disappearance ...
... called as Stevens laid on his bed , when he felt the grip of the grim mes- senger fastening on him . Hickman told the old man he was looking well . " Ah , John ! " was his quick reply , " it is not my appearance , but my disappearance ...
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John Wien Forney. lady friend , since deceased , called my attention to the fact that the wife of one of her best servants , Sam , was about to be sent away from him to Georgia , and that unless over eight hundred dollars could be raised ...
John Wien Forney. lady friend , since deceased , called my attention to the fact that the wife of one of her best servants , Sam , was about to be sent away from him to Georgia , and that unless over eight hundred dollars could be raised ...
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