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There was a careless , graceful ease in his movements and attitudes , like those of an Indian chief ; but he was an exact man of business , who docketed his letters , and could send from Washington to Ashland for a document , telling in ...
There was a careless , graceful ease in his movements and attitudes , like those of an Indian chief ; but he was an exact man of business , who docketed his letters , and could send from Washington to Ashland for a document , telling in ...
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Mr. Jefferson showed him the cipher letters of that mysterious and ill - starred adventurer , which convinced Mr. Clay that Burr was certainly a liar , if he was not a traitor . Mr. Jefferson's perplexity in 1806 was similar to that of ...
Mr. Jefferson showed him the cipher letters of that mysterious and ill - starred adventurer , which convinced Mr. Clay that Burr was certainly a liar , if he was not a traitor . Mr. Jefferson's perplexity in 1806 was similar to that of ...
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... Irving's letters of February , 1811 : “ Clay , from Kentucky , spoke against the : Bank . He is one of the finest fellows I have seen here , and one of the finest orators in the Senate , though I believe the youngest man in it .
... Irving's letters of February , 1811 : “ Clay , from Kentucky , spoke against the : Bank . He is one of the finest fellows I have seen here , and one of the finest orators in the Senate , though I believe the youngest man in it .
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In all his letters and speeches there is not a word to show that he then anticipated the surplus , or the embarrassments to which it gave rise ; though he could not have forgotten that a very trifling surplus was one of the chief ...
In all his letters and speeches there is not a word to show that he then anticipated the surplus , or the embarrassments to which it gave rise ; though he could not have forgotten that a very trifling surplus was one of the chief ...
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... to receive by every mail letters enough for a large town ; to have your life written several times a year ; to be obliged continually to refute calumnies and " define your position " ; to live under a horrid necessity to be ...
... to receive by every mail letters enough for a large town ; to have your life written several times a year ; to be obliged continually to refute calumnies and " define your position " ; to live under a horrid necessity to be ...
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| Назва | Famous Americans of Recent Times |
| Автор | James Parton |
| Опубліковано | 1893 |
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