The Life, Eulogy, and Great Orations of Daniel WebsterW.M. Hayward & Company, 1853 - 112 pages |
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... father was a captain in the revolutionary army , and became subse- quently , though not bred a lawyer , one of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas . He received his academical education at Exeter and Please notice Portsmouth . He ...
... father was a captain in the revolutionary army , and became subse- quently , though not bred a lawyer , one of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas . He received his academical education at Exeter and Please notice Portsmouth . He ...
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... father at this time strongly urged him to take the office of Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas in New Hampshire , which was tendered for his acceptance ; but the son fortunately resisted the temptation - for such it then appeared in ...
... father at this time strongly urged him to take the office of Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas in New Hampshire , which was tendered for his acceptance ; but the son fortunately resisted the temptation - for such it then appeared in ...
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... Father , Ebenezer Webster ! -born at Kingston , in the lower part of the State , in 1739 - the handsomest man I ever ... father sent me to college in order to make me equal to the rest of the children ! Of a hot day in July - it ...
... Father , Ebenezer Webster ! -born at Kingston , in the lower part of the State , in 1739 - the handsomest man I ever ... father sent me to college in order to make me equal to the rest of the children ! Of a hot day in July - it ...
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... father . He was a worthy man , college - learned , and had been a minister , but was not a person of any considerable natural powers . My father was his friend and supporter . He talked a while in the field , and went on his way . When ...
... father . He was a worthy man , college - learned , and had been a minister , but was not a person of any considerable natural powers . My father was his friend and supporter . He talked a while in the field , and went on his way . When ...
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... father of the child cried out , with tears , Lord , I believe , help thou mine unbe- lief . " " Now , " he continued , " turn to the tenth chapter of St. John , and read from the verse where it is said , Many of the Jews believed on him ...
... father of the child cried out , with tears , Lord , I believe , help thou mine unbe- lief . " " Now , " he continued , " turn to the tenth chapter of St. John , and read from the verse where it is said , Many of the Jews believed on him ...
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