Something of Men I Have Known: With Some Papers of a General Nature, Political, Historical, and Retrospective |
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... taken a conspicuous part in the great debates directly pre- ceding and during the Civil War and the reconstruction period which immediately followed . By the arbitrament of war , and by constitutional amendment , old questions , for a 1 ...
... taken a conspicuous part in the great debates directly pre- ceding and during the Civil War and the reconstruction period which immediately followed . By the arbitrament of war , and by constitutional amendment , old questions , for a 1 ...
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... taken up by suits in ejectment , actions for assault and battery , breach of promise , and slander . One , not infrequent , was replevin , involving the ownership of hogs , when by unquestioned usage all stock was permit- ted to run at ...
... taken up by suits in ejectment , actions for assault and battery , breach of promise , and slander . One , not infrequent , was replevin , involving the ownership of hogs , when by unquestioned usage all stock was permit- ted to run at ...
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... taken and the curtain fall upon these scenes forever . To those who believe , as I do , that a grievous wrong has been suffered , let me entreat that this arbitrament be abided in good faith , that no hindrance or delay be interposed to ...
... taken and the curtain fall upon these scenes forever . To those who believe , as I do , that a grievous wrong has been suffered , let me entreat that this arbitrament be abided in good faith , that no hindrance or delay be interposed to ...
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... taken from its prison walls , from its oppressive , stifling air , from its homelessness and its hopelessness . " My personal acquaintance with Mr. Garfield began early in January , 1876 , when we were members of the House Committee ...
... taken from its prison walls , from its oppressive , stifling air , from its homelessness and its hopelessness . " My personal acquaintance with Mr. Garfield began early in January , 1876 , when we were members of the House Committee ...
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... taken his seat . While by no means taking the highest rank as a debater , he was familiar with the complicated rules governing the House , and his opinion challenged the highest respect . He and Mr. Blaine were the only members of that ...
... taken his seat . While by no means taking the highest rank as a debater , he was familiar with the complicated rules governing the House , and his opinion challenged the highest respect . He and Mr. Blaine were the only members of that ...
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