Something of Men I Have Known: With Some Papers of a General Nature, Political, Historical, and Retrospective |
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... 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 political literature of these ...
... 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 political literature of these ...
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... QUESTION OF AVAILABILITY · XXVI . A STATESMAN OF A Past ErA XXVII . NOT GUILTY OF PREACHING THE GOSPEL XXVIII . AMONG THE ACTORS . XXIX . THE LOST ART OF ORATORY 285 • · · 288 295 · 302 · 308 XXXI . CHAPTER XXX . THE COLONELS . XXXII .
... QUESTION OF AVAILABILITY · XXVI . A STATESMAN OF A Past ErA XXVII . NOT GUILTY OF PREACHING THE GOSPEL XXVIII . AMONG THE ACTORS . XXIX . THE LOST ART OF ORATORY 285 • · · 288 295 · 302 · 308 XXXI . CHAPTER XXX . THE COLONELS . XXXII .
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... past . He lingered spell - bound among the scenes of medieval chivalry . His spirit had dwelt until almost natural- ized in the mystic dreamland of the Paladins , Crusaders , and Knights Templars ; with Monmouth and Percy , with Bois ...
... past . He lingered spell - bound among the scenes of medieval chivalry . His spirit had dwelt until almost natural- ized in the mystic dreamland of the Paladins , Crusaders , and Knights Templars ; with Monmouth and Percy , with Bois ...
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... past is the earnest of the future , and that during the rolling years and centuries the incumbents of the great office the chosen successors of Washington and of Lincoln - in the near and in the remote future , will prove the guardians ...
... past is the earnest of the future , and that during the rolling years and centuries the incumbents of the great office the chosen successors of Washington and of Lincoln - in the near and in the remote future , will prove the guardians ...
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... past , and with the prayer that henceforth peace may be the priceless boon of all nations , we await the dawn of the new century , and turn our faces hopefully to the future . " IV THE VICE - PRESIDENCY ELECTION , POWERS , AND AGAIN IN ...
... past , and with the prayer that henceforth peace may be the priceless boon of all nations , we await the dawn of the new century , and turn our faces hopefully to the future . " IV THE VICE - PRESIDENCY ELECTION , POWERS , AND AGAIN IN ...
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