The Life, Eulogy, and Great Orations of Daniel WebsterW.M. Hayward & Company, 1853 - 112 pages |
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... manner , as simple and unostentatious as a child . The kindliness and tenderness of his heart were seen and felt by all who came within the charmed circle of his intimacy . He was , as we have said , a country boy in early life ; and it ...
... manner , as simple and unostentatious as a child . The kindliness and tenderness of his heart were seen and felt by all who came within the charmed circle of his intimacy . He was , as we have said , a country boy in early life ; and it ...
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... manner , and a few anecdotes of Mr. Webster , connected with his private life and public performances . No one who has ever seen Mr. Webster , will need any aid to memory in recalling his personal appearance , his pre - eminently marked ...
... manner , and a few anecdotes of Mr. Webster , connected with his private life and public performances . No one who has ever seen Mr. Webster , will need any aid to memory in recalling his personal appearance , his pre - eminently marked ...
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... manner ; nothing huried , nothing simulated . The calm- ness of superior strength was visible everywhere ; in countenance , voice , and bearing . A deep seated conviction of the extraordinary character of the emergency , and of his ...
... manner ; nothing huried , nothing simulated . The calm- ness of superior strength was visible everywhere ; in countenance , voice , and bearing . A deep seated conviction of the extraordinary character of the emergency , and of his ...
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... and visible agitation of Mr. Calhoun . Surely , no prediction ever met a more rapid or fuller confirm- ation , even to the very manner in which the disaster was accom- plished . Within a few brief months , the political 16.
... and visible agitation of Mr. Calhoun . Surely , no prediction ever met a more rapid or fuller confirm- ation , even to the very manner in which the disaster was accom- plished . Within a few brief months , the political 16.
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... manner and language of the speaker , cast a gloom over his countenance or some other cause , it is impossible to say ; but his brow grew dark , nor for some time did his features recover their usual impassibility . 66 The allusion ...
... manner and language of the speaker , cast a gloom over his countenance or some other cause , it is impossible to say ; but his brow grew dark , nor for some time did his features recover their usual impassibility . 66 The allusion ...
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