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... happy union is said to be sometimes produced in the pupils of the great public schools of England , who are savages on the play - ground and gentlemen in the school- room . In no man of our knowledge has there been combined so much of ...
... happy union is said to be sometimes produced in the pupils of the great public schools of England , who are savages on the play - ground and gentlemen in the school- room . In no man of our knowledge has there been combined so much of ...
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... over a Kentucky jury such as no other man has ever wielded . To this day nothing pleases aged Kentuckians better than to tell stories which they heard their tathers tell , of Clay's happy repartees to opposing counsel 14 HENRY CLAY .
... over a Kentucky jury such as no other man has ever wielded . To this day nothing pleases aged Kentuckians better than to tell stories which they heard their tathers tell , of Clay's happy repartees to opposing counsel 14 HENRY CLAY .
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James Parton. tathers tell , of Clay's happy repartees to opposing counsel , his ingenious cross - questioning of witnesses , his sweeping torrents of invective , his captivating courtesy , his melting pathos . Single gestures ...
James Parton. tathers tell , of Clay's happy repartees to opposing counsel , his ingenious cross - questioning of witnesses , his sweeping torrents of invective , his captivating courtesy , his melting pathos . Single gestures ...
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... happy in his home . One of his sons graduated second at West Point , and two of his daughters were happily married . He was , perhaps , a too indulgent father ; out his children loved him most tenderly , and were guided by his ɔpinion ...
... happy in his home . One of his sons graduated second at West Point , and two of his daughters were happily married . He was , perhaps , a too indulgent father ; out his children loved him most tenderly , and were guided by his ɔpinion ...
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... happy daughters were dead ; one son was a hopeless lunatic in an asylum ; another was not what such a father had a right to expect ; and , at length , his favorite and most promising son , Henry , in the year 1847 , fell at the battle ...
... happy daughters were dead ; one son was a hopeless lunatic in an asylum ; another was not what such a father had a right to expect ; and , at length , his favorite and most promising son , Henry , in the year 1847 , fell at the battle ...
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