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... soon brightened . Anxious to rouse him , I quietly ventured to sug- gest 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 ...
... soon brightened . Anxious to rouse him , I quietly ventured to sug- gest 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 ...
Page 10
... soon after took our leave , and as we descended the stairs , For- rest turned to Mr. Swift and myself , and said : “ Mr. Clay has proved , by the skill with which he can change his manner , and the grace with which he can make an ...
... soon after took our leave , and as we descended the stairs , For- rest turned to Mr. Swift and myself , and said : “ Mr. Clay has proved , by the skill with which he can change his manner , and the grace with which he can make an ...
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... of a very , very small party , which will soon control Pennsylvania by an Andrew Jackson majority , we had a strange character among us who occasionally made DR . WILLIAM ELDER . 17 speeches against slavery , 16 ANECDOTES OF PUBLIC MEN .
... of a very , very small party , which will soon control Pennsylvania by an Andrew Jackson majority , we had a strange character among us who occasionally made DR . WILLIAM ELDER . 17 speeches against slavery , 16 ANECDOTES OF PUBLIC MEN .
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... of their time . Stephen A. Douglas died too soon , for many reasons , and chiefly because , had he lived , he would have enjoyed the ripe STEPHEN A. DOUGLAS . 19 fulfillment of many of his 18 ANECDOTES OF PUBLIC MEN .
... of their time . Stephen A. Douglas died too soon , for many reasons , and chiefly because , had he lived , he would have enjoyed the ripe STEPHEN A. DOUGLAS . 19 fulfillment of many of his 18 ANECDOTES OF PUBLIC MEN .
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... soon found in Broderick a stubborn and a dangerous enemy . His rough New York schooling had made him especially abhorrent of obedience to such tyrants , and so he grappled with them promptly . In a little more than six years he mounted ...
... soon found in Broderick a stubborn and a dangerous enemy . His rough New York schooling had made him especially abhorrent of obedience to such tyrants , and so he grappled with them promptly . In a little more than six years he mounted ...
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