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Page 12
... wrote a leader on the scene , so full of the emptiness of human ambition and the ingratitude of polit- ical parties . The following verse from Byron closed the ar- ticle : " As the struck eagle , stretched upon the plain , No more ...
... wrote a leader on the scene , so full of the emptiness of human ambition and the ingratitude of polit- ical parties . The following verse from Byron closed the ar- ticle : " As the struck eagle , stretched upon the plain , No more ...
Page 21
... wrote little , but suggested much . His mind teemed with " points . " I never spent an hour with him which did not furnish me with new ideas . He grasped and understood most questions thoroughly . When he read was always a mystery ...
... wrote little , but suggested much . His mind teemed with " points . " I never spent an hour with him which did not furnish me with new ideas . He grasped and understood most questions thoroughly . When he read was always a mystery ...
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... wrote . He was the editor of the Philadelphia North Amer- ican for a time , while I was editor of the Philadelphia Pennsyl vanian , and we had many exciting controversies . The Whigs were sure that he had the best of me during the ...
... wrote . He was the editor of the Philadelphia North Amer- ican for a time , while I was editor of the Philadelphia Pennsyl vanian , and we had many exciting controversies . The Whigs were sure that he had the best of me during the ...
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... wrote nearly ten years ago , in connection with the case of Mr. Edwin Forrest . I had hoped that no one would be found willing to make this act of devotion to a cherished , and , as I believed , deeply injured friend , the pretext of an ...
... wrote nearly ten years ago , in connection with the case of Mr. Edwin Forrest . I had hoped that no one would be found willing to make this act of devotion to a cherished , and , as I believed , deeply injured friend , the pretext of an ...
Page 38
... wrote out the facts , headed the subscription , and in a few hours raised the money , paying over three hundred dollars myself . The papers were made out to me , and I set the woman free . " Well , " said Mr. Stevens , as he paid his ...
... wrote out the facts , headed the subscription , and in a few hours raised the money , paying over three hundred dollars myself . The papers were made out to me , and I set the woman free . " Well , " said Mr. Stevens , as he paid his ...
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