Something of Men I Have Known: With Some Papers of a General Nature, Political, Historical, and Retrospective |
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... heard of . The saying of the great bard , " If money go before , All ways do open lie , " awaited its verification in a later and more civilized period . As late even as 1858 , when Lincoln and Douglas were rival aspirants to the Senate ...
... heard of . The saying of the great bard , " If money go before , All ways do open lie , " awaited its verification in a later and more civilized period . As late even as 1858 , when Lincoln and Douglas were rival aspirants to the Senate ...
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... heard more brilliant con- versation than that at our table , in which the chief partici- pants were Gail Hamilton , Bishop Quintard , General Hancock , Senator Maxey , and Mr. Blaine . The last named , " upon the plain highway of talk ...
... heard more brilliant con- versation than that at our table , in which the chief partici- pants were Gail Hamilton , Bishop Quintard , General Hancock , Senator Maxey , and Mr. Blaine . The last named , " upon the plain highway of talk ...
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... ; that of Lamar still lingers in the memory of all who heard it . " The theme was worthy the orator ; the orator , the theme . " As a splendid tribute - to a great tribune , as a plea for 28 SOMETHING OF MEN I HAVE KNOWN.
... ; that of Lamar still lingers in the memory of all who heard it . " The theme was worthy the orator ; the orator , the theme . " As a splendid tribute - to a great tribune , as a plea for 28 SOMETHING OF MEN I HAVE KNOWN.
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... is , " the surest poison is time . " And yet , his feeble piping voice- now scarcely heard an arm's length away - was potent in the contentions DAVID DUDLEY FIELD of the great hall when he was 30 SOMETHING OF MEN I HAVE KNOWN.
... is , " the surest poison is time . " And yet , his feeble piping voice- now scarcely heard an arm's length away - was potent in the contentions DAVID DUDLEY FIELD of the great hall when he was 30 SOMETHING OF MEN I HAVE KNOWN.
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... heard above the storm , he was ever in the forefront of the hurly- burly of heated partisan debate . There was little that was conciliatory about him . He neither gave nor asked quarter . A born fighter , he had rather " Follow his ...
... heard above the storm , he was ever in the forefront of the hurly- burly of heated partisan debate . There was little that was conciliatory about him . He neither gave nor asked quarter . A born fighter , he had rather " Follow his ...
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