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... Court of the United States in the Girard will case delivered by- ( silence for two minutes and a half , followed by a flourish of trumpets and three claps of thunder in G - sharp ) —DANIEL WEBSTER ! How long is it since I've seen or ...
... Court of the United States in the Girard will case delivered by- ( silence for two minutes and a half , followed by a flourish of trumpets and three claps of thunder in G - sharp ) —DANIEL WEBSTER ! How long is it since I've seen or ...
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... court . I am pretty much worked out of all courts " ( to William Sullivan , 23 February 1835 ; F.W. , II , 10 ) . Yet some eleven months later , address- ing his son , Fletcher , he sounds a very different and much more accurate note ...
... court . I am pretty much worked out of all courts " ( to William Sullivan , 23 February 1835 ; F.W. , II , 10 ) . Yet some eleven months later , address- ing his son , Fletcher , he sounds a very different and much more accurate note ...
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... Court , in the Dartmouth College case , “ and has very quick percep- tions , and handsome power of argument ; but he seemed to treat this case as if his side could furnish nothing but declamation . " And he goes on to describe the ...
... Court , in the Dartmouth College case , “ and has very quick percep- tions , and handsome power of argument ; but he seemed to treat this case as if his side could furnish nothing but declamation . " And he goes on to describe the ...
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A Land Without Castles: The Changing Image of America in Europe, 1780-1830 Thomas K. Murphy No preview available - 2001 |