The Life, Eulogy, and Great Orations of Daniel WebsterW.M. Hayward & Company, 1853 - 112 pages |
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... Hampshire . He was born in that part of Salisbury now called Boscawen , on the eighteenth of January , 1782. His father was a captain in the revolutionary army , and became subse- quently , though not bred a lawyer , one of the Judges ...
... Hampshire . He was born in that part of Salisbury now called Boscawen , on the eighteenth of January , 1782. His father was a captain in the revolutionary army , and became subse- quently , though not bred a lawyer , one of the Judges ...
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... Hampshire , which was tendered for his acceptance ; but the son fortunately resisted the temptation - for such it then appeared in the eyes of every body . He remained at Boscawen till his father's death , in 1807. He then removed to ...
... Hampshire , which was tendered for his acceptance ; but the son fortunately resisted the temptation - for such it then appeared in the eyes of every body . He remained at Boscawen till his father's death , in 1807. He then removed to ...
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... Hampshire farmer ; who rose to the highest State , eminence ( for the PRESIDENT himself was not before him ) in the by the force of his own mind . His public life comprised a period of nearly thirty - three years , during which he never ...
... Hampshire farmer ; who rose to the highest State , eminence ( for the PRESIDENT himself was not before him ) in the by the force of his own mind . His public life comprised a period of nearly thirty - three years , during which he never ...
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... Hampshire's mountain scenery . He had started small and poor , had risen great and high , and honorably had fought his way alone . He was a farmer , and and took a countryman's delight in country things ; in loads of hay , in trees ...
... Hampshire's mountain scenery . He had started small and poor , had risen great and high , and honorably had fought his way alone . He was a farmer , and and took a countryman's delight in country things ; in loads of hay , in trees ...
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... one among the many New Hampshire anecdotes which Mr. Webster was in the habit of occasionally narrating to his friends . It is given in nearly the narrator's own words : " Soon after commencing the practice of my profession at 27.
... one among the many New Hampshire anecdotes which Mr. Webster was in the habit of occasionally narrating to his friends . It is given in nearly the narrator's own words : " Soon after commencing the practice of my profession at 27.
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