The Union Text Book: Containing Selections from the Writings of Daniel Webster, The Declaration of Independence, the Constitution of the United States, and Washington's Farewell Address |
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... occasion . His commanding talents , his great political and professional eminence , his well - tried patriotism , and his long and faithful services in the most important public trusts , have caused his death to be lamented throughout ...
... occasion . His commanding talents , his great political and professional eminence , his well - tried patriotism , and his long and faithful services in the most important public trusts , have caused his death to be lamented throughout ...
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... occasion to discuss the merits of political productions , or to compare them with the effusions of great contemporaneous minds , or to speak of the principles advocated . All this belongs to the future , and history will assign each ...
... occasion to discuss the merits of political productions , or to compare them with the effusions of great contemporaneous minds , or to speak of the principles advocated . All this belongs to the future , and history will assign each ...
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... occasion for such proofs in the Senate - the place where his face was familiar , where many of his greatest efforts were made , and where his intellectual powers were appreciated . Here he was seen and heard , and nowhere else will his ...
... occasion for such proofs in the Senate - the place where his face was familiar , where many of his greatest efforts were made , and where his intellectual powers were appreciated . Here he was seen and heard , and nowhere else will his ...
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... occasion im- pose upon us . We have come to this Rock , to record here our homage for our Pilgrim Fathers ; our sympathy in their sufferings ; our gratitude for their labors ; our admiration of their virtues ; our veneration for their ...
... occasion im- pose upon us . We have come to this Rock , to record here our homage for our Pilgrim Fathers ; our sympathy in their sufferings ; our gratitude for their labors ; our admiration of their virtues ; our veneration for their ...
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... occasion attracts our attention more immediately to those which took possession of New Eng- land , and the peculiarities of these furnish a strong contrast with most other instances of colonization . Different , indeed , most widely ...
... occasion attracts our attention more immediately to those which took possession of New Eng- land , and the peculiarities of these furnish a strong contrast with most other instances of colonization . Different , indeed , most widely ...
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