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Page 33
... least , fatal to their success . They are supposed to have no sympathy of feeling or interest with those very persons whom it is their object to convince and persuade . And again , it is so common and so easy to ascribe motives to men ...
... least , fatal to their success . They are supposed to have no sympathy of feeling or interest with those very persons whom it is their object to convince and persuade . And again , it is so common and so easy to ascribe motives to men ...
Page 34
... least of all where such driving is to be submitted to at the expense of pecuniary interest or burning appetite . When the dram - seller and drinker were incessantly told - not in accents of entreaty and persuasion , diffidently ...
... least of all where such driving is to be submitted to at the expense of pecuniary interest or burning appetite . When the dram - seller and drinker were incessantly told - not in accents of entreaty and persuasion , diffidently ...
Page 42
... least , sometimes extravagant , and if the reality exceeds them all , I say , Enough , dear Lord . I am not going beyond the truth when I tell you that the short space it took me to read your last letter gave me more pleasure than the ...
... least , sometimes extravagant , and if the reality exceeds them all , I say , Enough , dear Lord . I am not going beyond the truth when I tell you that the short space it took me to read your last letter gave me more pleasure than the ...
Page 50
... least , I am not at all displeased with your proposal to publish the poetry , or doggerel , or whatever else it may be called , which I sent you . I consent that it may be done , together with the third canto , which I now send you ...
... least , I am not at all displeased with your proposal to publish the poetry , or doggerel , or whatever else it may be called , which I sent you . I consent that it may be done , together with the third canto , which I now send you ...
Page 57
... least , lose Tennessee , which he had then , and in addition the fifteen new votes of Florida , Texas , Iowa , and Wisconsin . I know our good friend Browning is a great admirer of Mr. Clay , and I therefore fear he is favor- ing his ...
... least , lose Tennessee , which he had then , and in addition the fifteen new votes of Florida , Texas , Iowa , and Wisconsin . I know our good friend Browning is a great admirer of Mr. Clay , and I therefore fear he is favor- ing his ...
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