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... hope decent courage in our public men will secure from the profanation of being a sepulchre for every dead - beat in the way of art , where Stephen A. Douglas made his magnifi- cent speech in favor of the annexation of Texas in reply to ...
... hope decent courage in our public men will secure from the profanation of being a sepulchre for every dead - beat in the way of art , where Stephen A. Douglas made his magnifi- cent speech in favor of the annexation of Texas in reply to ...
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... hope , and pour out their hearts in sobbings and in prayer to Heaven that ours may be the radiant and the steady light which shall never bewilder or betray ; in this hour , so full of interest , our mother country comes into our very ...
... hope , and pour out their hearts in sobbings and in prayer to Heaven that ours may be the radiant and the steady light which shall never bewilder or betray ; in this hour , so full of interest , our mother country comes into our very ...
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... hope you will remember . I knew a man once who made his fortune by attending to his own business . Tell the lady I will see her presently . " The man who became President in 1856 was fond of saying that this remark of Andrew Jackson ...
... hope you will remember . I knew a man once who made his fortune by attending to his own business . Tell the lady I will see her presently . " The man who became President in 1856 was fond of saying that this remark of Andrew Jackson ...
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... hope or fear . " She knew his wants , she understood Each half - articulate call , For he was every thing to her , And she to him was all . " And so for many a year they lived , Nor knew a wish beside ; But age at last on Sarah came ...
... hope or fear . " She knew his wants , she understood Each half - articulate call , For he was every thing to her , And she to him was all . " And so for many a year they lived , Nor knew a wish beside ; But age at last on Sarah came ...
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... hope that you might remain with me ; yet , as you have resolved upon this step , you can always rely upon my friendship ; " then asked if he had any money , to which the young man replied that he had no means to purchase his law library ...
... hope that you might remain with me ; yet , as you have resolved upon this step , you can always rely upon my friendship ; " then asked if he had any money , to which the young man replied that he had no means to purchase his law library ...
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