Something of Men I Have Known: With Some Papers of a General Nature, Political, Historical, and Retrospective |
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... 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 has oftentimes enabled the once active participant in great affairs submissively " to ...
... 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 has oftentimes enabled the once active participant in great affairs submissively " to ...
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... thought- lessness . The intense mental toil and fatigue of business give them a peculiar relish for the enjoyment of ... thoughts , and seldom gushing out in words ; the confidence which has been placed in him , in the thousand relations ...
... thought- lessness . The intense mental toil and fatigue of business give them a peculiar relish for the enjoyment of ... thoughts , and seldom gushing out in words ; the confidence which has been placed in him , in the thousand relations ...
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... thought it would be well to have a joint discussion between Judge Doug- las and Mr. Lincoln . To which proposition Mr. Douglas at once demanded , " What party does Mr. Lincoln repre- sent ? " The answer of Mr. Fell was , " The Whig ...
... thought it would be well to have a joint discussion between Judge Doug- las and Mr. Lincoln . To which proposition Mr. Douglas at once demanded , " What party does Mr. Lincoln repre- sent ? " The answer of Mr. Fell was , " The Whig ...
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... thought . These struggling tides of life that seem In wayward , aimless course to tend , Are eddies of the mighty stream That rolls to its appointed end . " Norwich , the home of the deceased member , Mr. Stark- weather , and where he ...
... thought . These struggling tides of life that seem In wayward , aimless course to tend , Are eddies of the mighty stream That rolls to its appointed end . " Norwich , the home of the deceased member , Mr. Stark- weather , and where he ...
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... thought this rule , as to time , might well be applied to the matter of office - seeking . Where a man has been repeat- edly honored by his party as this appointee has been , but where , prompted by motives purely unselfish no doubt ...
... thought this rule , as to time , might well be applied to the matter of office - seeking . Where a man has been repeat- edly honored by his party as this appointee has been , but where , prompted by motives purely unselfish no doubt ...
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