Anecdotes of Public Men, Volume 2Harper, 1881 - Statesmen |
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... Webster , who was in most things a highly contrasted character , summarized his friend and biographer as follows : " We all remember him - some of us personally ; myself , cer- tainly , with great interest - in his deliberations in the ...
... Webster , who was in most things a highly contrasted character , summarized his friend and biographer as follows : " We all remember him - some of us personally ; myself , cer- tainly , with great interest - in his deliberations in the ...
Page 12
... Webster wrote to Everett : " We now and then see stretching across the heavens a clear , blue , cerulean sky , with- out cloud or mist or haze . And such appears to me our ac- quaintance , from the time when I heard you for a week ...
... Webster wrote to Everett : " We now and then see stretching across the heavens a clear , blue , cerulean sky , with- out cloud or mist or haze . And such appears to me our ac- quaintance , from the time when I heard you for a week ...
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... Webster and Joseph Story ; we shall echo what Mr. Hayward said of him in the London Quarterly Review for December , 1840 : " Edward Everett is one of the most remarkable men living ; " what Jared Sparks , his successor in the presidency ...
... Webster and Joseph Story ; we shall echo what Mr. Hayward said of him in the London Quarterly Review for December , 1840 : " Edward Everett is one of the most remarkable men living ; " what Jared Sparks , his successor in the presidency ...
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... Webster is the Michael An- gelo of American oratory , Everett is the Raphael . " Justice Story , in 1840 , repeated ... Webster's condensation of the career of Edward Everett , printed above , gives a sufficient idea of the events ...
... Webster is the Michael An- gelo of American oratory , Everett is the Raphael . " Justice Story , in 1840 , repeated ... Webster's condensation of the career of Edward Everett , printed above , gives a sufficient idea of the events ...
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... Webster , from November , 1852 , to March , 1853 ; and United States Senator from that time until his retirement , on account of ill - health , in 1854. He ran as Vice - President with John Bell on the Conservative ticket in 1860. But ...
... Webster , from November , 1852 , to March , 1853 ; and United States Senator from that time until his retirement , on account of ill - health , in 1854. He ran as Vice - President with John Bell on the Conservative ticket in 1860. But ...
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