Something of Men I Have Known: With Some Papers of a General Nature, Political, Historical, and Retrospective |
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... known , and of great events in which he has himself borne no inconspicuous part , has been thought not an unworthy task for the closing years of more than one of the most eminent of our public men . It may be that the labor thus imposed ...
... known , and of great events in which he has himself borne no inconspicuous part , has been thought not an unworthy task for the closing years of more than one of the most eminent of our public men . It may be that the labor thus imposed ...
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... known in our political history as " the compro- mise measures of 1850. " These measures , although bitterly denounced in the South as well as in the North , received the sanction in national convention of both of the great parties that ...
... known in our political history as " the compro- mise measures of 1850. " These measures , although bitterly denounced in the South as well as in the North , received the sanction in national convention of both of the great parties that ...
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... known . The admonition , " Beware the man who reads but one book , " is of deep significance . The com- plaint to - day is not of scarcity , but that " of the ... known that one or more of the leading advocates SOMETHING OF MEN I HAVE KNOWN.
... known . The admonition , " Beware the man who reads but one book , " is of deep significance . The com- plaint to - day is not of scarcity , but that " of the ... known that one or more of the leading advocates SOMETHING OF MEN I HAVE KNOWN.
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... known only to himself , makes him an indulgent and charitable apologist of the aberrations of others . He has an impregnable good humor that never falls below the level of thoughtfulness into melancholy . " A distinguished writer , two ...
... known only to himself , makes him an indulgent and charitable apologist of the aberrations of others . He has an impregnable good humor that never falls below the level of thoughtfulness into melancholy . " A distinguished writer , two ...
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... known to every man in the land , that the returning - board of Louisiana had given the votes of that State to the Hayes electors . The avowed object of that bill was to ascertain which candidate had received a majority of the legal ...
... known to every man in the land , that the returning - board of Louisiana had given the votes of that State to the Hayes electors . The avowed object of that bill was to ascertain which candidate had received a majority of the legal ...
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