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Page 79
... clay ; Then raised the coffin up in haste , And bore it swift away . " He bore it to his mother's cot , And laid it on the floor , And with the eagerness of joy He barred the cottage door . " Then out he took his mother's corpse , And ...
... clay ; Then raised the coffin up in haste , And bore it swift away . " He bore it to his mother's cot , And laid it on the floor , And with the eagerness of joy He barred the cottage door . " Then out he took his mother's corpse , And ...
Page 83
... Clay , haughty and imperious as he often was , delighted in anecdote . The unequaled Webster was too wise and sensible not to enjoy humor . John C. Calhoun was almost child - like in his ways . William Wirt was ambitious , and literally ...
... Clay , haughty and imperious as he often was , delighted in anecdote . The unequaled Webster was too wise and sensible not to enjoy humor . John C. Calhoun was almost child - like in his ways . William Wirt was ambitious , and literally ...
Page 93
... Clay , John J. Crittenden , and the old leaders of that school of politics , but also with intense attachment to the Union . I never met him until I met him as a Representative in the great Congress preceding the rebellion . His genial ...
... Clay , John J. Crittenden , and the old leaders of that school of politics , but also with intense attachment to the Union . I never met him until I met him as a Representative in the great Congress preceding the rebellion . His genial ...
Page 95
... Clay , Crittenden , Breckinridge , Preston , and Prentice of the Louisville Journal . To go into the Union cause against all their social prejudices and friends was a great struggle , but go they did . They died young , but they had ...
... Clay , Crittenden , Breckinridge , Preston , and Prentice of the Louisville Journal . To go into the Union cause against all their social prejudices and friends was a great struggle , but go they did . They died young , but they had ...
Page 110
... Clay , in the Senate , with Jefferson Davis in the Cabinet , all felt that if the House was lost all was imperiled . Every day the same scene was enacted . Interminable ballotings , points of order , debates , threats of violence upon ...
... Clay , in the Senate , with Jefferson Davis in the Cabinet , all felt that if the House was lost all was imperiled . Every day the same scene was enacted . Interminable ballotings , points of order , debates , threats of violence upon ...
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