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... whole affair was so ludicrous that Francis and everybody else ( Douglas excepted ) have been laughing about it ever since . [ Letter to W. G. Anderson . Lawrenceville , Illinois , 31 October 1840. ] Dear Sir : Your note of yesterday is ...
... whole affair was so ludicrous that Francis and everybody else ( Douglas excepted ) have been laughing about it ever since . [ Letter to W. G. Anderson . Lawrenceville , Illinois , 31 October 1840. ] Dear Sir : Your note of yesterday is ...
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... whole community to rise up and labor for the temporal happiness of others , after themselves shall be con- signed to the dust , a majority of which community take no pains whatever to secure their own eternal welfare at no more distant ...
... whole community to rise up and labor for the temporal happiness of others , after themselves shall be con- signed to the dust , a majority of which community take no pains whatever to secure their own eternal welfare at no more distant ...
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... whole subject with which they are connected easily turned into ridicule . " Better lay down that spade you are stealing , Paddy ; if you don't you ' ll pay for it at the day of judg- ment . " " Be the powers , if ye ' ll credit me so ...
... whole subject with which they are connected easily turned into ridicule . " Better lay down that spade you are stealing , Paddy ; if you don't you ' ll pay for it at the day of judg- ment . " " Be the powers , if ye ' ll credit me so ...
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... whole trouble will be over forever . Nor should you become impatient at their being even very slow in becoming steady . Again you say , you much fear that that Elysium of which you have dreamed so much is never to be realized . Well ...
... whole trouble will be over forever . Nor should you become impatient at their being even very slow in becoming steady . Again you say , you much fear that that Elysium of which you have dreamed so much is never to be realized . Well ...
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... whole length of the sword and three feet additional from the plank ; and the passing of his own such line by either party during the fight shall be deemed a surrender of the contest . Third . Time : On Thursday evening at five o'clock ...
... whole length of the sword and three feet additional from the plank ; and the passing of his own such line by either party during the fight shall be deemed a surrender of the contest . Third . Time : On Thursday evening at five o'clock ...
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