The Great Speeches and Orations of Daniel Webster: With an Essay on Daniel Webster as a Master of English StyleLittle, Brown, 1923 - 707 pages |
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... interest in it than any other individuals ; that it is not private property , which they can sell or transmit to their heirs , and that there- fore they have no interest in it ; that their office is a public trust , like that of the ...
... interest in it than any other individuals ; that it is not private property , which they can sell or transmit to their heirs , and that there- fore they have no interest in it ; that their office is a public trust , like that of the ...
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... interest , from the time of Magna Charta to the present moment . The plaintiffs have such an interest in 1 2 Black . Com . 37 . Sull . 41st Lect . this corporation , individually , as they could assert and maintain in a court of law ...
... interest , from the time of Magna Charta to the present moment . The plaintiffs have such an interest in 1 2 Black . Com . 37 . Sull . 41st Lect . this corporation , individually , as they could assert and maintain in a court of law ...
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... interest in the property , | and excited it , by contracting to give because they have undertaken to ad- minister it gratuitously . very object sought in obtaining such | The nature of. It cannot be necessary to say much in refutation of ...
... interest in the property , | and excited it , by contracting to give because they have undertaken to ad- minister it gratuitously . very object sought in obtaining such | The nature of. It cannot be necessary to say much in refutation of ...
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... interest mankind ! The victory of yesterday is reversed by the defeat of to- day ; the star of military glory , rising like a meteor , like a meteor has fallen ; disgrace and disaster hang on the heels of conquest and renown ; victor ...
... interest mankind ! The victory of yesterday is reversed by the defeat of to- day ; the star of military glory , rising like a meteor , like a meteor has fallen ; disgrace and disaster hang on the heels of conquest and renown ; victor ...
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... interest to an ingenious and enterprising people , inhabiting a territory closely circumscribed in its límits , and in no small part mountain- ous and sterile ; while the islands of the adjacent seas , and the promontories and coasts of ...
... interest to an ingenious and enterprising people , inhabiting a territory closely circumscribed in its límits , and in no small part mountain- ous and sterile ; while the islands of the adjacent seas , and the promontories and coasts of ...
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