Something of Men I Have Known: With Some Papers of a General Nature, Political, Historical, and Retrospective |
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... father of the House . " One of the features of its successive organization , as many old members will recall , was the administration of the official oath to the Speaker - elect by the member who had known the longest continuous service ...
... father of the House . " One of the features of its successive organization , as many old members will recall , was the administration of the official oath to the Speaker - elect by the member who had known the longest continuous service ...
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... father's house . " His apartments in the old National Hotel , as he never failed to explain to his visitors , were those long occupied by his political idol , Henry Clay . His couch stood in the exact spot where Mr. Clay had died ; and ...
... father's house . " His apartments in the old National Hotel , as he never failed to explain to his visitors , were those long occupied by his political idol , Henry Clay . His couch stood in the exact spot where Mr. Clay had died ; and ...
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... Father of Waters flowing unvexed to the sea ; in the crowded mart of the great metropolis or upon the western verge of the conti- nent , where the restless tide of emigration is stayed only by the ocean - everywhere upon this broad ...
... Father of Waters flowing unvexed to the sea ; in the crowded mart of the great metropolis or upon the western verge of the conti- nent , where the restless tide of emigration is stayed only by the ocean - everywhere upon this broad ...
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... fathers , untouched by the finger of Time , has descended to us . The responsibility of its preservation and transmission rests upon the successive generations as they come and go . To - day , at this auspicious hour sacred to the ...
... fathers , untouched by the finger of Time , has descended to us . The responsibility of its preservation and transmission rests upon the successive generations as they come and go . To - day , at this auspicious hour sacred to the ...
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... father , he was at a tender age dependent upon his own exertions for maintenance and education . At the age of fifteen he ap- prenticed himself to a cabinet - maker in the town of Middle- bury in his native State . Naturally of delicate ...
... father , he was at a tender age dependent upon his own exertions for maintenance and education . At the age of fifteen he ap- prenticed himself to a cabinet - maker in the town of Middle- bury in his native State . Naturally of delicate ...
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