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... lawyers , soldiers or politicians , men of work or men of leisure , the artist or the artisan , the priest or the player , you can at least do justice to the motive that has led me to speak of all of them impartially and generously ...
... lawyers , soldiers or politicians , men of work or men of leisure , the artist or the artisan , the priest or the player , you can at least do justice to the motive that has led me to speak of all of them impartially and generously ...
Page 71
... Lawyer , ora- tor , scholar , and man of society , loved alike by men and women , he passed away too early , but left behind him a name never to be forgotten by his friends . Nobody I know excels Daniel Dougherty , of Philadelphia , in ...
... Lawyer , ora- tor , scholar , and man of society , loved alike by men and women , he passed away too early , but left behind him a name never to be forgotten by his friends . Nobody I know excels Daniel Dougherty , of Philadelphia , in ...
Page 75
... lawyer , the clergy- man , the editor , the reporter , the poet , the painter , the inventor , the politician , the stranger , the old citizen , the Southerner and the Northerner , the soldier and the statesman , the clerk and the ...
... lawyer , the clergy- man , the editor , the reporter , the poet , the painter , the inventor , the politician , the stranger , the old citizen , the Southerner and the Northerner , the soldier and the statesman , the clerk and the ...
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... lawyer took him into his con- fidence , and soon realized that he could be made useful . At the end of two years , the student informed the preceptor that he intended to begin the practice of his profession in the flour- ishing State of ...
... lawyer took him into his con- fidence , and soon realized that he could be made useful . At the end of two years , the student informed the preceptor that he intended to begin the practice of his profession in the flour- ishing State of ...
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... in his ninety - first year — in his day among the ripest and ablest lawyers in the world . General Robert Patterson is the evergreen of his time THOMAS SULLY . 97 -still vigorous in his eightieth year 96 ANECDOTES OF PUBLIC MEN .
... in his ninety - first year — in his day among the ripest and ablest lawyers in the world . General Robert Patterson is the evergreen of his time THOMAS SULLY . 97 -still vigorous in his eightieth year 96 ANECDOTES OF PUBLIC MEN .
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