Something of Men I Have Known: With Some Papers of a General Nature, Political, Historical, and Retrospective |
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... present generation of lawyers only a tradition . The few who remember central Illinois as it was sixty years ago will readily recall the full meaning of the expression . The district in which Mr. Lincoln practised extended from the ...
... present generation of lawyers only a tradition . The few who remember central Illinois as it was sixty years ago will readily recall the full meaning of the expression . The district in which Mr. Lincoln practised extended from the ...
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... present at the above interview , and has in a sketch of Mr. Lincoln given its incidents more in detail . 19 Courts of justice , and the law as a distinctive calling , are the necessary outgrowths of civilization . In his rude state ...
... present at the above interview , and has in a sketch of Mr. Lincoln given its incidents more in detail . 19 Courts of justice , and the law as a distinctive calling , are the necessary outgrowths of civilization . In his rude state ...
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... present Speaker , was just at the beginning of his long Congressional For many years he has been an active leader of the House and a prominent participant in its important debates . career . His characteristic patience and long ...
... present Speaker , was just at the beginning of his long Congressional For many years he has been an active leader of the House and a prominent participant in its important debates . career . His characteristic patience and long ...
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... present for the office of Chaplain of the House the name of Doctor Milburn , a man who loves God , pays his debts , and votes the Democratic ticket . " Before the applause that followed had entirely died away the names of his ...
... present for the office of Chaplain of the House the name of Doctor Milburn , a man who loves God , pays his debts , and votes the Democratic ticket . " Before the applause that followed had entirely died away the names of his ...
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... present at the opening of Congress , my attention was directed to a man of venerable appearance , who entered the sleeping - car at a station not many miles out from Cincinnati . He was dressed in " Kentucky jeans " and had the ...
... present at the opening of Congress , my attention was directed to a man of venerable appearance , who entered the sleeping - car at a station not many miles out from Cincinnati . He was dressed in " Kentucky jeans " and had the ...
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