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Page 19
... seemed to have been one who could say with Mrs. Howe , - " Then spoke the angel of mothers To me in gentle tone , ' Be kind to the children of others , And thus deserve thine own . " " Between her and the son to whom she became a true ...
... seemed to have been one who could say with Mrs. Howe , - " Then spoke the angel of mothers To me in gentle tone , ' Be kind to the children of others , And thus deserve thine own . " " Between her and the son to whom she became a true ...
Page 44
... seemed no doubt of the guilt of the prisoner , and therefore he was held for trial . As is too often the case , the bloody act caused an undue degree of excite- ment in the public mind . Every improper incident in the life of the ...
... seemed no doubt of the guilt of the prisoner , and therefore he was held for trial . As is too often the case , the bloody act caused an undue degree of excite- ment in the public mind . Every improper incident in the life of the ...
Page 45
... seemed impossible for even his sagacity to prevail in such a desperate case ; but the heart of the attorney was in his work , and he set about it with a will that knew no such word as fail . Feeling that the poisoned condition of the ...
... seemed impossible for even his sagacity to prevail in such a desperate case ; but the heart of the attorney was in his work , and he set about it with a will that knew no such word as fail . Feeling that the poisoned condition of the ...
Page 46
... seemed plain and plausible he made to appear crooked as a serpent's path . The witness had stated that the affair took place at a certain hour in the evening , and that , by the aid of a brightly shining moon , he saw the prisoner ...
... seemed plain and plausible he made to appear crooked as a serpent's path . The witness had stated that the affair took place at a certain hour in the evening , and that , by the aid of a brightly shining moon , he saw the prisoner ...
Page 77
... seemed like May , bright and genial . " The ceremonies at the inauguration of Mr. Lincoln were in some respects the most brilliant and imposing ever witnessed at Washington . Nearly twenty well- drilled military companies of the ...
... seemed like May , bright and genial . " The ceremonies at the inauguration of Mr. Lincoln were in some respects the most brilliant and imposing ever witnessed at Washington . Nearly twenty well- drilled military companies of the ...
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