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... heart so young and so fresh as the habit of re- viving the best deeds of our fellow - creatures and forgetting the worst . As I glance through these chapters , written hastily , often in the rush of editorial work , I am surprised to ...
... heart so young and so fresh as the habit of re- viving the best deeds of our fellow - creatures and forgetting the worst . As I glance through these chapters , written hastily , often in the rush of editorial work , I am surprised to ...
Page 11
... hearts of the people , adding not only to the grief of Mr. Webster's friends , but , as the result proved , to the forces of the Democrats , who were largely as- sisted by their old opponents in the ensuing election which made Franklin ...
... hearts of the people , adding not only to the grief of Mr. Webster's friends , but , as the result proved , to the forces of the Democrats , who were largely as- sisted by their old opponents in the ensuing election which made Franklin ...
Page 12
... heart , Keen were his pangs , but keener far to feel He nursed the pinion which impell'd the steel ; While the same plumage that had warmed his nest , Drank the last life - blood of his bleeding breast . " Franklin Pierce succeeded to ...
... heart , Keen were his pangs , but keener far to feel He nursed the pinion which impell'd the steel ; While the same plumage that had warmed his nest , Drank the last life - blood of his bleeding breast . " Franklin Pierce succeeded to ...
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... heart . It took place at my residence , and in the house now known as the Waverley , on Eighth Street , back of The Chronicle office , where I resided up to 1856 , when I left Washington to help make Mr. Buchanan President , and never ...
... heart . It took place at my residence , and in the house now known as the Waverley , on Eighth Street , back of The Chronicle office , where I resided up to 1856 , when I left Washington to help make Mr. Buchanan President , and never ...
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... heart , the stars of my life . Suppose , when I get home to - morrow , I meet my wife , instead of my children , at the door , and on asking for my darlings , she tells me that a man called John C. Calhoun , of South Carolina , and ...
... heart , the stars of my life . Suppose , when I get home to - morrow , I meet my wife , instead of my children , at the door , and on asking for my darlings , she tells me that a man called John C. Calhoun , of South Carolina , and ...
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