The Life, Eulogy, and Great Orations of Daniel WebsterW.M. Hayward & Company, 1853 - 112 pages |
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... considera- tion of his character as a public man , gathered partly from the quarters we have indicated , and partly from original sources , will not be uninteresting to our readers : " It seems to have been universally conceded , since 5.
... considera- tion of his character as a public man , gathered partly from the quarters we have indicated , and partly from original sources , will not be uninteresting to our readers : " It seems to have been universally conceded , since 5.
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... character of the emergency , and of his ability to control it , seemed to possess him wholly . If an observer , more than ordinarily keen- sighted , detected at times something like exultation in his eye , he presumed it sprang from the ...
... character of the emergency , and of his ability to control it , seemed to possess him wholly . If an observer , more than ordinarily keen- sighted , detected at times something like exultation in his eye , he presumed it sprang from the ...
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... character , how little of substantial good or permanent power was to be secured by a devious and unblessed policy , he turned his eye with a significance of expression , full of prophetic revelation . upon the Vice - President ...
... character , how little of substantial good or permanent power was to be secured by a devious and unblessed policy , he turned his eye with a significance of expression , full of prophetic revelation . upon the Vice - President ...
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... characters of living light , bla- * Mr. Webster may have had in his mind , when speaking of the gorgeous ensign of the Republic , Milton's description of the imperial banner in the lower regions floating across the immensity of space ...
... characters of living light , bla- * Mr. Webster may have had in his mind , when speaking of the gorgeous ensign of the Republic , Milton's description of the imperial banner in the lower regions floating across the immensity of space ...
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... character . Blood was suddenly ejected from his stomach . The symptom was decisive . He fixed an intensely scrutinizing look upon Dr. Jeffries , -his attending physician and personal friend , -and inquired what it was ? He was answered ...
... character . Blood was suddenly ejected from his stomach . The symptom was decisive . He fixed an intensely scrutinizing look upon Dr. Jeffries , -his attending physician and personal friend , -and inquired what it was ? He was answered ...
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