Something of Men I Have Known: With Some Papers of a General Nature, Political, Historical, and Retrospective |
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... live in each other's presence like a set of players ; congregate in courts like the former in the green room ; and ... lives of individuals , and with the severe afflictions that have ' tried the reins ON THE CIRCUIT 7.
... live in each other's presence like a set of players ; congregate in courts like the former in the green room ; and ... lives of individuals , and with the severe afflictions that have ' tried the reins ON THE CIRCUIT 7.
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... lives , of the most agreeable and familiar character . Judge Lawrence Weldon , just then at the beginning of an honorable career , was present at the above interview , and has in a sketch of Mr. Lincoln given its incidents more in ...
... lives , of the most agreeable and familiar character . Judge Lawrence Weldon , just then at the beginning of an honorable career , was present at the above interview , and has in a sketch of Mr. Lincoln given its incidents more in ...
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... live coal from the altar . The counterpart of the scene that followed his closing words had never been witnessed in legislative assembly . All were in tears . It was even said that venerable Senators , who had never shed a tear since ...
... live coal from the altar . The counterpart of the scene that followed his closing words had never been witnessed in legislative assembly . All were in tears . It was even said that venerable Senators , who had never shed a tear since ...
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... live , and it was his privilege if he so desired to address the audience . The prisoner meekly replied that he did not wish to speak . Whereupon Mr. Blackburn , stepping promptly to the front of the scaffold , said : " As the gentleman ...
... live , and it was his privilege if he so desired to address the audience . The prisoner meekly replied that he did not wish to speak . Whereupon Mr. Blackburn , stepping promptly to the front of the scaffold , said : " As the gentleman ...
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... live with his in history . If Franklin , Wilson , Sherman , King , Randolph , Rutledge , Mason , Pinckney , Hamilton , Madison , and their associates had rendered no public service other than as builders of the Constitution , that alone ...
... live with his in history . If Franklin , Wilson , Sherman , King , Randolph , Rutledge , Mason , Pinckney , Hamilton , Madison , and their associates had rendered no public service other than as builders of the Constitution , that alone ...
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