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... once active participant in great affairs submissively " to entertain the lag end of his life with quiet hours . " Following the example of such at a great distance and along a humbler path , I have attempted to write something of events ...
... once active participant in great affairs submissively " to entertain the lag end of his life with quiet hours . " Following the example of such at a great distance and along a humbler path , I have attempted to write something of events ...
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... once demanded , " What party does Mr. Lincoln repre- sent ? " The answer of Mr. Fell was , " The Whig party , of course . " Declining the proposition with much feeling Mr. Douglas said , " When I came home from Washington I was assailed ...
... once demanded , " What party does Mr. Lincoln repre- sent ? " The answer of Mr. Fell was , " The Whig party , of course . " Declining the proposition with much feeling Mr. Douglas said , " When I came home from Washington I was assailed ...
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... once saw moving down Broadway , where the serious question was how to keep step to the music , and at the same time to dodge the omnibuses ! " My seat was just across the aisle from that of Mr. Blaine . When introduced , I handed him ...
... once saw moving down Broadway , where the serious question was how to keep step to the music , and at the same time to dodge the omnibuses ! " My seat was just across the aisle from that of Mr. Blaine . When introduced , I handed him ...
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... once passing along Pennsylvania Avenue , a third of a century ago , when he remarked that the old building just to our right had once been a high - toned gam- bling house ; that there were traditions to the effect that even some well ...
... once passing along Pennsylvania Avenue , a third of a century ago , when he remarked that the old building just to our right had once been a high - toned gam- bling house ; that there were traditions to the effect that even some well ...
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... once , it indeed seemed that " fortune had come with both hands full . " In the words of the Persian poet , " he had obtained an ear of corn from every harvest . " And yet , a few months later , in the words of his great eulogist ...
... once , it indeed seemed that " fortune had come with both hands full . " In the words of the Persian poet , " he had obtained an ear of corn from every harvest . " And yet , a few months later , in the words of his great eulogist ...
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