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... captain on the morning of the Presidential election of 1844. Who has forgotten the passion of disappointment , the amazement and despair , at the result of that day's fatal work ? Fatal we thought it then , little dreaming that , while ...
... captain on the morning of the Presidential election of 1844. Who has forgotten the passion of disappointment , the amazement and despair , at the result of that day's fatal work ? Fatal we thought it then , little dreaming that , while ...
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... Captain Webster's mountain farm so level that a lamb could be seen on any part of it from the windows of the house . Every tourist knows that region now , that wide , bil- lowy expanse of dark mountains and vivid green fields , dotted ...
... Captain Webster's mountain farm so level that a lamb could be seen on any part of it from the windows of the house . Every tourist knows that region now , that wide , bil- lowy expanse of dark mountains and vivid green fields , dotted ...
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... captain , at White Plains and at Bennington , and served valiantly through the war . From that time to the end of his life , though much trusted and employed by his fellow - citizens as legislator , magistrate , and judge , he lived but ...
... captain , at White Plains and at Bennington , and served valiantly through the war . From that time to the end of his life , though much trusted and employed by his fellow - citizens as legislator , magistrate , and judge , he lived but ...
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... captains had done in the war of the Revolution , supposed that , because England had a thousand ships in commis- sion , and America only seventeen , therefore an American ship could not venture out of a harbor without being taken . We ...
... captains had done in the war of the Revolution , supposed that , because England had a thousand ships in commis- sion , and America only seventeen , therefore an American ship could not venture out of a harbor without being taken . We ...
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... Captain Cornelius Vanderbilt ran his steamboat without feeling it necessary , on approaching New York , to station a lady at the helm and to hide himself in the hold . Along with this concentrating power , Mr. Webster possessed , as ...
... Captain Cornelius Vanderbilt ran his steamboat without feeling it necessary , on approaching New York , to station a lady at the helm and to hide himself in the hold . Along with this concentrating power , Mr. Webster possessed , as ...
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