Something of Men I Have Known: With Some Papers of a General Nature, Political, Historical, and Retrospective |
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... close touch with the people , easy of approach , and obliging to the last degree . Generally speaking , a lawyer's office was as open to the pub- lic as the Courthouse itself . That his surroundings were favorable to the cultivation of ...
... close touch with the people , easy of approach , and obliging to the last degree . Generally speaking , a lawyer's office was as open to the pub- lic as the Courthouse itself . That his surroundings were favorable to the cultivation of ...
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... close , were listened to with breathless interest . It will readily be seen that such occasions furnished rare opportunity to the gifted advocate . In very truth the general acquaintance thus formed , and the popularity achieved , have ...
... close , were listened to with breathless interest . It will readily be seen that such occasions furnished rare opportunity to the gifted advocate . In very truth the general acquaintance thus formed , and the popularity achieved , have ...
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... close friend of Mr. Lincoln , also called upon Mr. Douglas , and after some conversation with him said in substance , that inasmuch as there was pro- found interest felt in the great question then pending , and the people were anxious ...
... close friend of Mr. Lincoln , also called upon Mr. Douglas , and after some conversation with him said in substance , that inasmuch as there was pro- found interest felt in the great question then pending , and the people were anxious ...
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... close of the first session of that Congress . He was physically unable to preside during the greater part of the session , and was frequently relieved from the onerous duties of the Chair by two new members who were yet to achieve ...
... close of the first session of that Congress . He was physically unable to preside during the greater part of the session , and was frequently relieved from the onerous duties of the Chair by two new members who were yet to achieve ...
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... close districts . Sur- rounded by their Southern associates here , and with intense Union consituencies at home , their apprehension , as they are called to vote upon this amendment , is indeed deplor- able . It reminds me of a ...
... close districts . Sur- rounded by their Southern associates here , and with intense Union consituencies at home , their apprehension , as they are called to vote upon this amendment , is indeed deplor- able . It reminds me of a ...
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