The Life, Eulogy, and Great Orations of Daniel WebsterW.M. Hayward & Company, 1853 - 112 pages |
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... speeches of the great departed statesman DANIEL WEBSTER - undeniably the most important and eloquent of all his public efforts , remarkable and memorable as they were - that they should be accompanied by a sketch of his life , and some ...
... speeches of the great departed statesman DANIEL WEBSTER - undeniably the most important and eloquent of all his public efforts , remarkable and memorable as they were - that they should be accompanied by a sketch of his life , and some ...
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... speech in that body , on the subject of the Orders in Council , and there he gave clear manifestations of those extraordinary powers of mind which his subsequent career brought out into so full a develop- ment . " He was re - elected to ...
... speech in that body , on the subject of the Orders in Council , and there he gave clear manifestations of those extraordinary powers of mind which his subsequent career brought out into so full a develop- ment . " He was re - elected to ...
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... Speech , ' as it is deservedly called - great , both for its intrinsic qualities and for its effects upon the public mind - was delivered in the Senate on the 26th of January 1830 , in the debate on what are called Foot's Resolutions ...
... Speech , ' as it is deservedly called - great , both for its intrinsic qualities and for its effects upon the public mind - was delivered in the Senate on the 26th of January 1830 , in the debate on what are called Foot's Resolutions ...
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... speeches . Their tone was always elevated . No undignified appeal , no merely personal reflection upon an opponent , no unparliamentary allusion , ever escaped his lips , in the hottest strife of debate ; nor , during his whole career ...
... speeches . Their tone was always elevated . No undignified appeal , no merely personal reflection upon an opponent , no unparliamentary allusion , ever escaped his lips , in the hottest strife of debate ; nor , during his whole career ...
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... black , solemn , cavernous eyes , under the pent - house of the overhanging brows , the firm , compressed lips , and broad chest - all these can never be forgotten . speeches ever made in any public body by any statesman 9 .
... black , solemn , cavernous eyes , under the pent - house of the overhanging brows , the firm , compressed lips , and broad chest - all these can never be forgotten . speeches ever made in any public body by any statesman 9 .
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