The Life, Eulogy, and Great Orations of Daniel WebsterW.M. Hayward & Company, 1853 - 112 pages |
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... early life ; and it is eminently true , and especially worthy of remark , that the associations of the country were always uppermost in his bosom , when happily liberated from affairs of government and the state . He was always happy ...
... early life ; and it is eminently true , and especially worthy of remark , that the associations of the country were always uppermost in his bosom , when happily liberated from affairs of government and the state . He was always happy ...
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... early life in the country ; in which humor sometimes vies with pathos , until you both laugh and weep at the felicity of the combination . What , for example , could be more simple , more manly , more touching , than the following ...
... early life in the country ; in which humor sometimes vies with pathos , until you both laugh and weep at the felicity of the combination . What , for example , could be more simple , more manly , more touching , than the following ...
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... early education , I should have been in Philadel- phia in his place . I came near it , as it was ; but I missed it , and now I must work here . ' ' My dear father , ' said I , ' you shall not work ; my brother and I will work for you ...
... early education , I should have been in Philadel- phia in his place . I came near it , as it was ; but I missed it , and now I must work here . ' ' My dear father , ' said I , ' you shall not work ; my brother and I will work for you ...
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... early as nine o'clock of this morning , crowds poured into the Capitol , in hot haste ; at 12 o'clock , the hour of meeting , the Senate - Chamber , —its galleries , floor and even lobbies , was filled to its utmost capacity . The very ...
... early as nine o'clock of this morning , crowds poured into the Capitol , in hot haste ; at 12 o'clock , the hour of meeting , the Senate - Chamber , —its galleries , floor and even lobbies , was filled to its utmost capacity . The very ...
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... earliest glance of the sun , to take his latitude , and ascer- tain how far the elements have driven him from his true course . Let us imitate this prudence ; and before we float further , on the waves of this debate , refer to the ...
... earliest glance of the sun , to take his latitude , and ascer- tain how far the elements have driven him from his true course . Let us imitate this prudence ; and before we float further , on the waves of this debate , refer to the ...
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