The Life, Eulogy, and Great Orations of Daniel WebsterW.M. Hayward & Company, 1853 - 112 pages |
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... regard him in the light that we love best to regard the departed statesman . We love to read the simple , cordial , honest , letters , that he addressed to his farmer - overseer , at Franklin , and those to old friends , in which he ...
... regard him in the light that we love best to regard the departed statesman . We love to read the simple , cordial , honest , letters , that he addressed to his farmer - overseer , at Franklin , and those to old friends , in which he ...
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... regard to the per- son of Jesus but I wish to express my belief in his divine mission ; ” —solemn and remarkable words , by which it is plain that , having given the deliberate testimony of his life to the truth of Christianity , as a ...
... regard to the per- son of Jesus but I wish to express my belief in his divine mission ; ” —solemn and remarkable words , by which it is plain that , having given the deliberate testimony of his life to the truth of Christianity , as a ...
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... regard these words as an intimation , that he was already within that dark valley . On another occasion , he inquired whether it were likely that he should again eject blood from his stomach before death , and being told that it was ...
... regard these words as an intimation , that he was already within that dark valley . On another occasion , he inquired whether it were likely that he should again eject blood from his stomach before death , and being told that it was ...
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... regard than on any day since his birth . And while the world , too prone to worship mere intellect , laments that the orator and statesman is no more , we enter upon more sacred ground , and dwell upon the example and counsels of a ...
... regard than on any day since his birth . And while the world , too prone to worship mere intellect , laments that the orator and statesman is no more , we enter upon more sacred ground , and dwell upon the example and counsels of a ...
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... whole life has been that preparation . " The people of this rural neighborhood , among whom he spent the last twenty years of his life , among whom he died , and with whom he is to rest , have been accustomed to regard him with mingled 44.
... whole life has been that preparation . " The people of this rural neighborhood , among whom he spent the last twenty years of his life , among whom he died , and with whom he is to rest , have been accustomed to regard him with mingled 44.
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