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... I quietly ventured to suggest that I had heard the speech of Pierre Soulé , Senator in Congress from Louisiana - an extremist especially distasteful to Mr. Clay -- and that I thought it a very thorough and able presentation of the ...
... I quietly ventured to suggest that I had heard the speech of Pierre Soulé , Senator in Congress from Louisiana - an extremist especially distasteful to Mr. Clay -- and that I thought it a very thorough and able presentation of the ...
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а should sleep well and rise with the lark at the purpling of the dawn - dropping no syllable in favor of General Scott - the serenaders retired as if they had heard a funeral sermon . I walked to my editorial den and wrote a leader on ...
а should sleep well and rise with the lark at the purpling of the dawn - dropping no syllable in favor of General Scott - the serenaders retired as if they had heard a funeral sermon . I walked to my editorial den and wrote a leader on ...
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... in my memory like a picture painted by angel hands . As I find leisure I will try to give you a few more anecdotes of the public men I have met or known , or heard others speak of . These recollections will be free from personal or.
... in my memory like a picture painted by angel hands . As I find leisure I will try to give you a few more anecdotes of the public men I have met or known , or heard others speak of . These recollections will be free from personal or.
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The angry protests of the North against that contemplated villainy were being heard in the elections . The Democracy had just been unhorsed , right and left , North and South , by the Know - Nothing storm , and the old leaders knew that ...
The angry protests of the North against that contemplated villainy were being heard in the elections . The Democracy had just been unhorsed , right and left , North and South , by the Know - Nothing storm , and the old leaders knew that ...
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I think the man may have heard of Douglas , but it was clear to me , from his look , that he thought I was a lunatic . [ January 29 , 1871. ] 160000 AMATEUR EDITORS . 21 IV . Many of our 20 ANECDOTES OF PUBLIC MEN .
I think the man may have heard of Douglas , but it was clear to me , from his look , that he thought I was a lunatic . [ January 29 , 1871. ] 160000 AMATEUR EDITORS . 21 IV . Many of our 20 ANECDOTES OF PUBLIC MEN .
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| Title | Anecdotes of Public Men |
| Author | John Wien Forney |
| Publisher | Harper & Brothers, 1877 |
| Original from | University of Iowa |
| Digitized | 10 Sep 2015 |
| Length | 444 pages |
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