Something of Men I Have Known: With Some Papers of a General Nature, Political, Historical, and Retrospective |
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... speech was one of great ability , and but little that was favorable of the military record of General Pierce remained when the speech was concluded . The Mexican War was then of recent occurrence , its startling events fresh in the ...
... speech was one of great ability , and but little that was favorable of the military record of General Pierce remained when the speech was concluded . The Mexican War was then of recent occurrence , its startling events fresh in the ...
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... SPEECH AT AN EXECUTION MR . COX'S READY WIT - - 66 66 ― ANECDOTES BLUE JEANS WILLIAMS " " · PROCTOR KNOTT'S ABILITY AS A LAWYER- HIS SPEECH ON DULUTH HIS REPLY TO HIS COMPETITOR FOR THE GOV- ERNORSHIP . HE forty - fourth Congress TH the ...
... SPEECH AT AN EXECUTION MR . COX'S READY WIT - - 66 66 ― ANECDOTES BLUE JEANS WILLIAMS " " · PROCTOR KNOTT'S ABILITY AS A LAWYER- HIS SPEECH ON DULUTH HIS REPLY TO HIS COMPETITOR FOR THE GOV- ERNORSHIP . HE forty - fourth Congress TH the ...
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... speech near its beginning upon the General Amnesty Bill challenged the profound attention of the House , and at once gave him honored place in its mem- bership . The Congressional career of the Hon . George W. Mc- Crary , of Iowa ...
... speech near its beginning upon the General Amnesty Bill challenged the profound attention of the House , and at once gave him honored place in its mem- bership . The Congressional career of the Hon . George W. Mc- Crary , of Iowa ...
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... speech , of a single sentence , than that in which Colonel Morrison presented to the Democratic caucus of the House ... speeches delivered during that session of Con- gress were so generally published , or more extensively quoted than ...
... speech , of a single sentence , than that in which Colonel Morrison presented to the Democratic caucus of the House ... speeches delivered during that session of Con- gress were so generally published , or more extensively quoted than ...
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... speech one that touched all hearts was not long delayed ; the occasion was the day set apart in the House for tributes to the memory of the lamented Sumner , Many eulogies were delivered ; that of Lamar still lingers in the memory of ...
... speech one that touched all hearts was not long delayed ; the occasion was the day set apart in the House for tributes to the memory of the lamented Sumner , Many eulogies were delivered ; that of Lamar still lingers in the memory of ...
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