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... occasion for boasting that she gave birth to HENRY CLAY . The future statesman was born April 12th , 1777 , in Hanover County , in a neighborhood called the Slashes . His parentage may be denominated humble . His father was a Baptist ...
... occasion for boasting that she gave birth to HENRY CLAY . The future statesman was born April 12th , 1777 , in Hanover County , in a neighborhood called the Slashes . His parentage may be denominated humble . His father was a Baptist ...
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... occasion to doubt whether , in the destitute condition of his mother , HENRY CLAY would have been able greatly to avail himself of them . He at least , we may believe , would not have been in the way of becoming what is termed , " an ...
... occasion to doubt whether , in the destitute condition of his mother , HENRY CLAY would have been able greatly to avail himself of them . He at least , we may believe , would not have been in the way of becoming what is termed , " an ...
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... occasion of his retirement to private life , he says : " I obtained a license to practice the profession of law , from the judges of the Court of Appeals of Virginia , and established myself in Lexington , in 1797 , without patrons ...
... occasion of his retirement to private life , he says : " I obtained a license to practice the profession of law , from the judges of the Court of Appeals of Virginia , and established myself in Lexington , in 1797 , without patrons ...
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... occasion for the utmost self - confidence ; demurring at the objections of the court , to his peculiar construction of the case , and gathering up his docu- ments , he was about to leave the court - room . The ruse , -for such we must ...
... occasion for the utmost self - confidence ; demurring at the objections of the court , to his peculiar construction of the case , and gathering up his docu- ments , he was about to leave the court - room . The ruse , -for such we must ...
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... occasion , however , to advocate various plans for internal improvement . His maiden speech was upon the construction of a bridge over the Potomac ; a matter of local interest , but involving a question of constitutional power . He ...
... occasion , however , to advocate various plans for internal improvement . His maiden speech was upon the construction of a bridge over the Potomac ; a matter of local interest , but involving a question of constitutional power . He ...
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Page 372 - His life was gentle, and the elements So mix'd in him that Nature might stand up And say to all the world, 'This was a man!
Page 405 - And the king said unto his servants, Know ye not that there is a prince and a great man fallen this day in Israel?
Page 511 - So live, that when thy summons comes to join The innumerable caravan that moves To the pale realms of shade, where each shall take His chamber in the silent halls of death, Thou go not, like the quarry-slave at night, Scourged to his dungeon, but, sustained and soothed By an unfaltering trust, approach thy grave Like one who wraps the drapery of his couch About him, and lies down to pleasant dreams.
Page 61 - There shall be neither slavery nor involuntary servitude in the said territory otherwise than in the punishment of crimes, whereof the party shall have been duly convicted; Provided, always, That any person escaping into the same, from whom labor or service is lawfully claimed in any one of the original States, such fugitive may be lawfully reclaimed and conveyed to the person claiming his or her labor or service as aforesaid.
Page 430 - This cardinal, Though from an humble stock, undoubtedly Was fashion'd to much honour. From his cradle He was a scholar, and a ripe and good one ; Exceeding wise, fair spoken, and persuading : Lofty and sour to them that loved him not ; But, to those men that sought him, sweet as summer...
Page 470 - He who ascends to mountain-tops, shall find The loftiest peaks most wrapt in clouds and snow ; He who surpasses or subdues mankind, Must look down on the hate of those below. Though high above the sun of glory glow, And far beneath the earth and ocean spread, Round him are icy rocks, and loudly blow Contending tempests on his naked head, And thus reward the toils which to those summits led.
Page 219 - ... that in case of a deliberate, palpable, and dangerous exercise of other powers, not granted by the said compact, the states, who are parties thereto, have the right, and are in duty bound, to interpose, for arresting the progress of the evil, and for maintaining within their respective limits, the authorities, rights, and liberties appertaining to them.
Page 458 - Statesman, yet friend to truth ; of soul sincere, In action faithful, and in honour clear ! Who broke no promise, served no private end, Who gained no title, and who lost no friend; Ennobled by himself, by all approved, Praised, wept, and honoured by the Muse he loved.
Page 453 - Th' applause of listening senates to command, The threats of pain and ruin to despise, To scatter plenty o'er a smiling land, And read their history in a nation's eyes...
Page 57 - Chairman, belongs the high privilege of transmitting, unimpaired, to posterity, the fair character and liberty of our country. Do you expect to execute this high trust, by trampling or suffering to be trampled down, law, justice, the Constitution, and the rights of the people? by exhibiting examples of inhumanity, and cruelty, and ambition?