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... individuals ending in bloodshed , filled the court calendars with land disputes ,
suits for debt , and exciting murder cases , which gave to lawyers more
importance and better chances of advancement than they possessed in the older
States .
... individuals ending in bloodshed , filled the court calendars with land disputes ,
suits for debt , and exciting murder cases , which gave to lawyers more
importance and better chances of advancement than they possessed in the older
States .
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His delivery , which “ bears absolute sway in oratory , ” was bewitching and
irresistible , and gave to quite commonplace wit and very questionable sentiment
an amazing power to please and subdue . We are far from thinking that he was
not a ...
His delivery , which “ bears absolute sway in oratory , ” was bewitching and
irresistible , and gave to quite commonplace wit and very questionable sentiment
an amazing power to please and subdue . We are far from thinking that he was
not a ...
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When , therefore , this brilliant and commanding youth , with that magnificent
voice of his , and large gesticulation , mounted the wagon that usually served as
platform in the open - ait weetings of Kentucky , and gave forth , in fervid 16
HENRY ...
When , therefore , this brilliant and commanding youth , with that magnificent
voice of his , and large gesticulation , mounted the wagon that usually served as
platform in the open - ait weetings of Kentucky , and gave forth , in fervid 16
HENRY ...
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weetings of Kentucky , and gave forth , in fervid oratory , the republican principles
he had imbibed in Richmond , he won that immediate and intense popularity
which an orator always wins who gives powerful expression to the sentiments of
his ...
weetings of Kentucky , and gave forth , in fervid oratory , the republican principles
he had imbibed in Richmond , he won that immediate and intense popularity
which an orator always wins who gives powerful expression to the sentiments of
his ...
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... and was immediately elected Speaker by the war party , by the decisive
majority of thirty - one . He was ther thirty - four years of age . His election to the
Speakership on his first appearance in the House gave him , at once 20 HENRY
CLAY .
... and was immediately elected Speaker by the war party , by the decisive
majority of thirty - one . He was ther thirty - four years of age . His election to the
Speakership on his first appearance in the House gave him , at once 20 HENRY
CLAY .
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