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... SPEAKER XX . A LAWYER OF THE OLD SCHOOL XXI . HIGH DEBATE IN THE MOUNTAINS XXII . THE SAGE OF THE BAR XXIII . " THE GENTLEMAN FROM MISSISSIPPI " XXIV . AN OLD - TIME COUNTRY DOCTOR XXV . A QUESTION OF AVAILABILITY 182 · 197 • 216 ...
... SPEAKER XX . A LAWYER OF THE OLD SCHOOL XXI . HIGH DEBATE IN THE MOUNTAINS XXII . THE SAGE OF THE BAR XXIII . " THE GENTLEMAN FROM MISSISSIPPI " XXIV . AN OLD - TIME COUNTRY DOCTOR XXV . A QUESTION OF AVAILABILITY 182 · 197 • 216 ...
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... Speaker , am I to understand that this Legislature is undertaking to tell Henry Clay how to vote ? " The Speaker answered that such was the purport of the reso- lution . At which the member from the mountains , throw- ing up his arms ...
... Speaker , am I to understand that this Legislature is undertaking to tell Henry Clay how to vote ? " The Speaker answered that such was the purport of the reso- lution . At which the member from the mountains , throw- ing up his arms ...
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... Speaker of the House . The vote of the Republican minority was given to the Hon . James G. Blaine , who had been Speaker during the three Congresses immediately preceding . Mr. Kerr was a gentleman of high character and well recognized ...
... Speaker of the House . The vote of the Republican minority was given to the Hon . James G. Blaine , who had been Speaker during the three Congresses immediately preceding . Mr. Kerr was a gentleman of high character and well recognized ...
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... Speaker to convey the re- mains of a deceased member to his late home , Norwich , Connecticut , for burial . Another member of the Com- mittee was Representative Wheeler of New York . It was late Saturday afternoon when we were conveyed ...
... Speaker to convey the re- mains of a deceased member to his late home , Norwich , Connecticut , for burial . Another member of the Com- mittee was Representative Wheeler of New York . It was late Saturday afternoon when we were conveyed ...
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... Speaker of the House of Representatives . In the body over which he had so ably presided in ante - bellum days , he had again taken his seat . While by no means taking the highest rank as a debater , he was familiar with the complicated ...
... Speaker of the House of Representatives . In the body over which he had so ably presided in ante - bellum days , he had again taken his seat . While by no means taking the highest rank as a debater , he was familiar with the complicated ...
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