Something of Men I Have Known: With Some Papers of a General Nature, Political, Historical, and Retrospective |
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... mention of statesmen of the past seems justified by matters at the time under discussion . With the hope that it may not be wholly without interest to some into whose hands it may fall , I now submit this slight contribution to the ...
... mention of statesmen of the past seems justified by matters at the time under discussion . With the hope that it may not be wholly without interest to some into whose hands it may fall , I now submit this slight contribution to the ...
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... mentioned likewise witnessed the passing from the national stage , with few exceptions , of the men who had taken a conspicuous part in the great debates directly pre- ceding and during the Civil War and the reconstruction period which ...
... mentioned likewise witnessed the passing from the national stage , with few exceptions , of the men who had taken a conspicuous part in the great debates directly pre- ceding and during the Civil War and the reconstruction period which ...
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... mentioned , in general practice as a lawyer and a regular attendant upon the neighboring courts . His early opportunities for education were meagre indeed . He had been a student of men , rather than of books . He was , in the most ...
... mentioned , in general practice as a lawyer and a regular attendant upon the neighboring courts . His early opportunities for education were meagre indeed . He had been a student of men , rather than of books . He was , in the most ...
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... mentioned there were few law - books in the State . The monster libraries of later days had not yet ar- rived . The half - dozen volumes of State Reports , together with the Statutes and a few leading text - books , constituted the ...
... mentioned there were few law - books in the State . The monster libraries of later days had not yet ar- rived . The half - dozen volumes of State Reports , together with the Statutes and a few leading text - books , constituted the ...
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... mentioned Mr. Stephens of Georgia , Mr. Lamar of Mississippi , and Mr. Reagan of Texas . From the membership of this House were afterwards chosen twenty - six Senators , ten mem- bers of the Cabinet , one Justice of the Supreme Court ...
... mentioned Mr. Stephens of Georgia , Mr. Lamar of Mississippi , and Mr. Reagan of Texas . From the membership of this House were afterwards chosen twenty - six Senators , ten mem- bers of the Cabinet , one Justice of the Supreme Court ...
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