Anecdotes of Public Men, Volume 2Harper, 1881 - Statesmen |
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... heard his speeches during the war need not be reminded . But to the incident I intended to relate : When he became Judge of the Madison courts , he one day visited the county prison in the character of an in- spector , and was surprised ...
... heard his speeches during the war need not be reminded . But to the incident I intended to relate : When he became Judge of the Madison courts , he one day visited the county prison in the character of an in- spector , and was surprised ...
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... heard in the jail from the lips of the boy ( and you may be sure he did his best to correct the emphatic presentation by the of- ficer of the law ) , he turned to the jury - box and declared that he did not believe there was a man of ...
... heard in the jail from the lips of the boy ( and you may be sure he did his best to correct the emphatic presentation by the of- ficer of the law ) , he turned to the jury - box and declared that he did not believe there was a man of ...
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... heard him and hear him now , are very likely to think that his coun- try has demands upon him for future efforts in its service . " And on the 21st of July , 1852 , three months before his own death , Mr. Webster wrote to Everett : " We ...
... heard him and hear him now , are very likely to think that his coun- try has demands upon him for future efforts in its service . " And on the 21st of July , 1852 , three months before his own death , Mr. Webster wrote to Everett : " We ...
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... heard it , plain citizen or captious critic , surrendered to its magnificent com- parisons and invocations . Edward Everett was educated as a Unitarian clergyman , and at nineteen was accounted one of the most eloquent preachers in ...
... heard it , plain citizen or captious critic , surrendered to its magnificent com- parisons and invocations . Edward Everett was educated as a Unitarian clergyman , and at nineteen was accounted one of the most eloquent preachers in ...
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... heard with a breathless silence . The audience was very large , and being in that magnificent apartment of the House of Rep- resentatives , it had vast effect . I saw Mr. King , of New York , and Mr. Otis , of Massachusetts , there ...
... heard with a breathless silence . The audience was very large , and being in that magnificent apartment of the House of Rep- resentatives , it had vast effect . I saw Mr. King , of New York , and Mr. Otis , of Massachusetts , there ...
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