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... body may stamp his foot upon this Senate - chamber floor , as of old a warrior and a Senator did , and from that single tramp there will spring forth armed legions . Shall one battle determine the fate of empire or a dozen ? The loss of ...
... body may stamp his foot upon this Senate - chamber floor , as of old a warrior and a Senator did , and from that single tramp there will spring forth armed legions . Shall one battle determine the fate of empire or a dozen ? The loss of ...
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... Who of us , without putting forth every faculty of soul and body to prevent it , would see it go down , down under some monstrous struggle of brother with brother , an external crush upon JAMES MCDOWELL, OF VIRGINIA. ...
... Who of us , without putting forth every faculty of soul and body to prevent it , would see it go down , down under some monstrous struggle of brother with brother , an external crush upon JAMES MCDOWELL, OF VIRGINIA. ...
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... body he only appeared a single day , having sickened with typhoid fever , from the effects of which he died on the 9th of January , 1854 ) had accompanied his father as Secretary of Legation , and was present on the occasion of our ...
... body he only appeared a single day , having sickened with typhoid fever , from the effects of which he died on the 9th of January , 1854 ) had accompanied his father as Secretary of Legation , and was present on the occasion of our ...
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... body happy . He needed no solicitation to display his varied stores of humor and of information : sketches of foreign travel ; photographs of Southern manners , alike of the master and the slave ; his celebrated French criti- cism upon ...
... body happy . He needed no solicitation to display his varied stores of humor and of information : sketches of foreign travel ; photographs of Southern manners , alike of the master and the slave ; his celebrated French criti- cism upon ...
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... body , must have rest , and that when either is overworked , it is like the taper that goes out for want of oil . There is no sight more painful than the incessant occupation of public men , whether statesmen , scholars , editors ...
... body , must have rest , and that when either is overworked , it is like the taper that goes out for want of oil . There is no sight more painful than the incessant occupation of public men , whether statesmen , scholars , editors ...
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