The Life, Eulogy, and Great Orations of Daniel WebsterW.M. Hayward & Company, 1853 - 112 pages |
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... look at him - for the lesson is not unworthy of heedful consideration . He was a mere private individual ; the son of a poor , struggling New Hampshire farmer ; who rose to the highest State , eminence ( for the PRESIDENT himself was ...
... look at him - for the lesson is not unworthy of heedful consideration . He was a mere private individual ; the son of a poor , struggling New Hampshire farmer ; who rose to the highest State , eminence ( for the PRESIDENT himself was ...
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... visit them , his oxen , lowing , came to see their sick lord , and as he stood in his door , his great cattle were driven up , that he might smell their healthy breath , and look his last on those broad , generous faces 7.
... visit them , his oxen , lowing , came to see their sick lord , and as he stood in his door , his great cattle were driven up , that he might smell their healthy breath , and look his last on those broad , generous faces 7.
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Daniel Webster. and look his last on those broad , generous faces , that were never false to him . He was a friendly man : all along the shore there were plain men that loved him - whom he also loved ; a good neighbor , a good townsman ...
Daniel Webster. and look his last on those broad , generous faces , that were never false to him . He was a friendly man : all along the shore there were plain men that loved him - whom he also loved ; a good neighbor , a good townsman ...
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... look assured him of his audience's entire sympathy . If among his hearers there were those who affected at first an indifference to his glowing thoughts and fervent periods , the difficult mask was soon laid aside , and profound ...
... look assured him of his audience's entire sympathy . If among his hearers there were those who affected at first an indifference to his glowing thoughts and fervent periods , the difficult mask was soon laid aside , and profound ...
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... look ! lo , If I stand here , I saw him ! ' THEIR eyeballs were seared ( was it not so , sir ? ) who had thought to shield themselves , by concealing their own hand , and laying the imputation of the crime on a low and hireling agency ...
... look ! lo , If I stand here , I saw him ! ' THEIR eyeballs were seared ( was it not so , sir ? ) who had thought to shield themselves , by concealing their own hand , and laying the imputation of the crime on a low and hireling agency ...
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