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His gestures called to mind the magnificently branching trees of his Kentucky forests , and his handwriting had the neatness and delicacy of a female copyist . There was a careless , graceful ease in his movements and attitudes ...
His gestures called to mind the magnificently branching trees of his Kentucky forests , and his handwriting had the neatness and delicacy of a female copyist . There was a careless , graceful ease in his movements and attitudes ...
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“ Bonaparte , ” said he in bis great war speech of 1813 , “ has been called the scourge of mankind , the destroyer of Europe , the great robber , the infidel , the modern Attila , and Heaven knows by what other names .
“ Bonaparte , ” said he in bis great war speech of 1813 , “ has been called the scourge of mankind , the destroyer of Europe , the great robber , the infidel , the modern Attila , and Heaven knows by what other names .
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To this duty he was imperatively called , but he only half did it , and thus exasperated the tiger without disabling him . Four years passed . In December , 1823 , General Jackson reappeared in Washington to take his seat in the Senate ...
To this duty he was imperatively called , but he only half did it , and thus exasperated the tiger without disabling him . Four years passed . In December , 1823 , General Jackson reappeared in Washington to take his seat in the Senate ...
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The first subject upon which he . was called upon to act was the tariff . The national debt being within two or three years of liquidation , Calhoun threatening nul . lification , and Jackson vetoing all internal improvement bills ...
The first subject upon which he . was called upon to act was the tariff . The national debt being within two or three years of liquidation , Calhoun threatening nul . lification , and Jackson vetoing all internal improvement bills ...
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Neither at college nor at any time could Daniel Webster be properly called a student , and well he knew it . Many a time he has laughed , in his jovial , rollicking manner , at the preposterous reputation for learning a man can get by ...
Neither at college nor at any time could Daniel Webster be properly called a student , and well he knew it . Many a time he has laughed , in his jovial , rollicking manner , at the preposterous reputation for learning a man can get by ...
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able America appears Astor believe Burr Calhoun called captain carried cause character church Clay College Congress Constitution course Daniel desire dollars duty early effect election England fact father feeling five friends gave Girard give given hand happy heart Henry honor hundred India-rubber interest Jackson John kind labor land learned leave less letters lived look manner means mind nature never newspaper object once opinion party passed person political present President question Randolph readers reason received remained remarkable Republican respecting seemed ship soon South Southern speech success things thought thousand thousand dollars tion United Virginia Washington Webster whole writing York young youth
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| Назва | Famous Americans of Recent Times |
| Автор | James Parton |
| Опубліковано | 1893 |
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