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Page 53
... give my opinion concerning - to involve the two coun- tries in a war , and trusting to escape scrutiny by fixing the public gaze upon the exceeding brightness of military glory , -that attractive rainbow that rises in showers of blood ...
... give my opinion concerning - to involve the two coun- tries in a war , and trusting to escape scrutiny by fixing the public gaze upon the exceeding brightness of military glory , -that attractive rainbow that rises in showers of blood ...
Page 56
... gives a long message , without showing us that as to the end he himself has even an imaginary conception . As I have before said , he knows not where he is . He is a be- wildered , confounded , and miserably perplexed man . God grant he ...
... gives a long message , without showing us that as to the end he himself has even an imaginary conception . As I have before said , he knows not where he is . He is a be- wildered , confounded , and miserably perplexed man . God grant he ...
Page 63
... give it up ! " ] Aye , you give it up , and well you may ; but for a very different reason from that which you would have us understand . The point - the power to hurt - of all figures consists in the truthfulness of their application ...
... give it up ! " ] Aye , you give it up , and well you may ; but for a very different reason from that which you would have us understand . The point - the power to hurt - of all figures consists in the truthfulness of their application ...
Page 68
... Give my love to mother and all the connections . [ Note for law lecture written about 1 July 1850. ] I am not an accomplished lawyer . I find quite as much material for a lecture in those points wherein I have failed , as in those ...
... Give my love to mother and all the connections . [ Note for law lecture written about 1 July 1850. ] I am not an accomplished lawyer . I find quite as much material for a lecture in those points wherein I have failed , as in those ...
Page 71
... give you money for it . Let father and your boys take charge of your things at home , prepare for a crop , and make the crop , and you go to work for the best money wages , or in discharge of any debt you owe , that you can get ; and ...
... give you money for it . Let father and your boys take charge of your things at home , prepare for a crop , and make the crop , and you go to work for the best money wages , or in discharge of any debt you owe , that you can get ; and ...
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