Anecdotes of Public Men, Volume 2Harper, 1881 - Statesmen |
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Page 9
... young man , not more than thirty , he was appointed one of the Common Pleas judges for his native county of Madison , N. Y. , and gave great satis- faction by his popular manners , personal courage , and large humanities . Nye was ...
... young man , not more than thirty , he was appointed one of the Common Pleas judges for his native county of Madison , N. Y. , and gave great satis- faction by his popular manners , personal courage , and large humanities . Nye was ...
Page 10
... young judge appealed to the District Attorney to enter a nol . pros . , which that officer sternly declined , on the ground that the ac- cused had confessed his guilt , and that the ends of justice must be vindicated . " Well , then ...
... young judge appealed to the District Attorney to enter a nol . pros . , which that officer sternly declined , on the ground that the ac- cused had confessed his guilt , and that the ends of justice must be vindicated . " Well , then ...
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... young divine , then only twenty- six . He wrote that " the sermon was truly splendid , and was heard with a breathless silence . The audience was very large , and being in that magnificent apartment of the House of Rep- resentatives ...
... young divine , then only twenty- six . He wrote that " the sermon was truly splendid , and was heard with a breathless silence . The audience was very large , and being in that magnificent apartment of the House of Rep- resentatives ...
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... young Jonesborough lawyer to under- take their cause . The club of desperadoes , finding that he was not deterred from the undertaking by their threats of ven- geance , taunted him with being a non - resident , coming among them only as ...
... young Jonesborough lawyer to under- take their cause . The club of desperadoes , finding that he was not deterred from the undertaking by their threats of ven- geance , taunted him with being a non - resident , coming among them only as ...
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... young , and his mother removed with her family , at the close of the last century , to the banks of the Tennessee River , then the limit of civilization . He passed years among the Indians , and when disgusted with civil life would go ...
... young , and his mother removed with her family , at the close of the last century , to the banks of the Tennessee River , then the limit of civilization . He passed years among the Indians , and when disgusted with civil life would go ...
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