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Page 73
... thing is the utter abandon of the Senators . They have no audiences to look down upon and listen to them . They have no gentlemen with the lightning pen to telegraph them to distant points . They are not called upon to face and to fear ...
... thing is the utter abandon of the Senators . They have no audiences to look down upon and listen to them . They have no gentlemen with the lightning pen to telegraph them to distant points . They are not called upon to face and to fear ...
Page 78
... thing of idiot mind , Yet , to the poor unreasoning boy , God had not been unkind . " Old Sarah loved her helpless child , Whom helplessness made dear ; And he was every thing to her , Who knew no hope or fear . " She knew his wants ...
... thing of idiot mind , Yet , to the poor unreasoning boy , God had not been unkind . " Old Sarah loved her helpless child , Whom helplessness made dear ; And he was every thing to her , Who knew no hope or fear . " She knew his wants ...
Page 82
... Things , dates , and facts , whate'er we knowledge call , There is the common ledger of them all ; And images on this cold surface traced Make slight impression and are soon effaced . " But we've a record more beautiful and bright On ...
... Things , dates , and facts , whate'er we knowledge call , There is the common ledger of them all ; And images on this cold surface traced Make slight impression and are soon effaced . " But we've a record more beautiful and bright On ...
Page 86
... things of others . Nothing gave me more pleasure in my frequent visits to him , as Secretary of the Senate and editor ... thing that was happy in nature and in man , would , I believe , have prolonged his life far beyond the Psalmist's ...
... things of others . Nothing gave me more pleasure in my frequent visits to him , as Secretary of the Senate and editor ... thing that was happy in nature and in man , would , I believe , have prolonged his life far beyond the Psalmist's ...
Page 107
... thing as a change in the editor of a polit- ical organ originated a movement that culminated in the most remarkable event of the century . Thomas Ritchie , the successor of the Blairs , though he changed the name of the national ...
... thing as a change in the editor of a polit- ical organ originated a movement that culminated in the most remarkable event of the century . Thomas Ritchie , the successor of the Blairs , though he changed the name of the national ...
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