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Page 48
... representative left of Washington , Jefferson , Clay , Webster , Calhoun , or Jackson . It seems to have been ordain- ed that each was to be the last of his race , and that none should be left to eclipse his fame . The first time I ever ...
... representative left of Washington , Jefferson , Clay , Webster , Calhoun , or Jackson . It seems to have been ordain- ed that each was to be the last of his race , and that none should be left to eclipse his fame . The first time I ever ...
Page 49
... Representative from Illinois , was E. D. Baker , afterward a Senator from Oregon , whose noble re- ply to Breckinridge , some fifteen years later , I quoted from in my last number . Born in England , and “ brought to this coun- try when ...
... Representative from Illinois , was E. D. Baker , afterward a Senator from Oregon , whose noble re- ply to Breckinridge , some fifteen years later , I quoted from in my last number . Born in England , and “ brought to this coun- try when ...
Page 58
... Representatives , on the 3d of September , 1850. That was the initiative period - the porch , so to speak , which intro- duced us to the arena of civil war ; and McDowell , like other patriots , stood upon its steps and predicted the ...
... Representatives , on the 3d of September , 1850. That was the initiative period - the porch , so to speak , which intro- duced us to the arena of civil war ; and McDowell , like other patriots , stood upon its steps and predicted the ...
Page 62
... representative men . As orators they were most dissimilar . McDowell was tall and dignified ; Love- joy short , quick , and impetuous . McDowell's complexion was light ; Lovejoy's dark as a Spaniard's , save in moments of ex- citement ...
... representative men . As orators they were most dissimilar . McDowell was tall and dignified ; Love- joy short , quick , and impetuous . McDowell's complexion was light ; Lovejoy's dark as a Spaniard's , save in moments of ex- citement ...
Page 69
... representative at one of the oldest European courts ; John Brougham is as fertile , alike as actor and author , as he was in 1851 ; Forrest , after fifty years ' service on the stage , is slowly withdrawing from an arena in which he has ...
... representative at one of the oldest European courts ; John Brougham is as fertile , alike as actor and author , as he was in 1851 ; Forrest , after fifty years ' service on the stage , is slowly withdrawing from an arena in which he has ...
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