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... feeling and appreciation unsurpassed by any- thing I ever witnessed upon the stage . Remaining in thought for a few moments , he continued : - " The opening of the play of King Richard the Third ' seems to me often entirely ...
... feeling and appreciation unsurpassed by any- thing I ever witnessed upon the stage . Remaining in thought for a few moments , he continued : - " The opening of the play of King Richard the Third ' seems to me often entirely ...
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... feeling of kindred , — let the orb once set , never again to rise on the world , and he who should remember the trifling defects in the universal loss would certainly be considered , if not captious , at least a most inopportune critic ...
... feeling of kindred , — let the orb once set , never again to rise on the world , and he who should remember the trifling defects in the universal loss would certainly be considered , if not captious , at least a most inopportune critic ...
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... feeling , " It is the province of a physician to probe deeply the interior lives of men ; and I affirm that Mr. Lincoln is the purest hearted man with whom I ever came in contact . " Secretary Seward , who of the Cabinet officers was ...
... feeling , " It is the province of a physician to probe deeply the interior lives of men ; and I affirm that Mr. Lincoln is the purest hearted man with whom I ever came in contact . " Secretary Seward , who of the Cabinet officers was ...
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... feeling , he said , " Curtin , what do you think of those fellows in Wall Street , who are gambling in gold at such a time as this ? " " They are a set of sharks , " returned Curtin . " For my part , " continued the President , bringing ...
... feeling , he said , " Curtin , what do you think of those fellows in Wall Street , who are gambling in gold at such a time as this ? " " They are a set of sharks , " returned Curtin . " For my part , " continued the President , bringing ...
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... feelings . " In further evidence of this peculiarity of his mind , I will state that notwithstanding his apparent hesitation in the appointment of a successor to Judge Taney , it is well known to his most intimate friends , that there ...
... feelings . " In further evidence of this peculiarity of his mind , I will state that notwithstanding his apparent hesitation in the appointment of a successor to Judge Taney , it is well known to his most intimate friends , that there ...
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Page 118 - And Jacob their father said unto them, Me have ye bereaved of my children: Joseph is not, and Simeon is not, and ye will take Benjamin away: all these things are against me.
Page 89 - And upon this act, sincerely believed to be an act of justice, warranted by the Constitution upon military necessity, I invoke the considerate judgment of mankind and the gracious favor of Almighty God.
Page 220 - And every one that was in distress, and every one that was in debt, and every one that was discontented, gathered themselves unto him; and he became a captain over them: and there were with him about four hundred men.
Page 51 - In the corrupted currents of this world Offence's gilded hand may shove by justice, And oft 'tis seen the wicked prize itself Buys out the law; but 'tis not so above; There is no shuffling, there the action lies In his true nature, and we ourselves compell'd Even to the teeth and forehead of our faults To give in evidence.
Page 51 - Now is the winter of our discontent Made glorious summer by. this sun of York ; And all the clouds, that lowered upon our house, In the deep bosom of the ocean buried.
Page 59 - In their bloom, And the names he loved to hear Have been carved for many a year On the tomb.
Page 50 - And like a man to double business bound, . I stand in pause where I shall first begin, And both neglect.
Page 50 - What if this cursed hand Were thicker than itself with brother's blood, Is there not rain enough in the sweet heavens To wash it white as snow? Whereto serves mercy But to confront the visage of offence?
Page 85 - What good would a proclamation of emancipation from me do, especially as we are now situated? I do not want to issue a document that the whole world will see must necessarily be inoperative, like the Pope's bull against the comet.
Page 114 - Who beats his wife and a' that, Be nothing but a rascal boor, Nor half a man for a' that. It comes to this, dear Brother Burns — The truth is old, and a' that — "The rank is but the guinea's stamp, The man's the gold for a...