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Living under the influence of this learned judge , Henry Clay might have become
a man of learning . ... His mind would have wholly lived in the ancient world , and
been exclusively nourished from the ancient literatures , but for the necessities ...
Living under the influence of this learned judge , Henry Clay might have become
a man of learning . ... His mind would have wholly lived in the ancient world , and
been exclusively nourished from the ancient literatures , but for the necessities ...
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He has been too fond of excitement , - he has lived upon it ; he has been too fond
of company , not enough alone ; and has had few resources within himself . Now
a man who cannot , to some extent , depend upon himself for happiness , is to ...
He has been too fond of excitement , - he has lived upon it ; he has been too fond
of company , not enough alone ; and has had few resources within himself . Now
a man who cannot , to some extent , depend upon himself for happiness , is to ...
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From 1822 to 1848 , a period of twenty - six years , Henry Clay lived the strange
life of a candidate for the Presidency . It was enough to ruin any man , body and
sou . . To live always in the gaze of millions ; te be the object of eulogy the most ...
From 1822 to 1848 , a period of twenty - six years , Henry Clay lived the strange
life of a candidate for the Presidency . It was enough to ruin any man , body and
sou . . To live always in the gaze of millions ; te be the object of eulogy the most ...
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His speech lasted two days , and , though he lived two years longer , he never
recovered from the effects of the effort . Toward the close of the second day , his
friends repeatedly proposed an adjournment ; but he would not desist until he
had ...
His speech lasted two days , and , though he lived two years longer , he never
recovered from the effects of the effort . Toward the close of the second day , his
friends repeatedly proposed an adjournment ; but he would not desist until he
had ...
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He lived precisely where and how it was happiest for him to live ; and he had
above most men of his time that disposition of mind which makes the best of bad
fortune and the most of good . But when his work and his play were all done , and
...
He lived precisely where and how it was happiest for him to live ; and he had
above most men of his time that disposition of mind which makes the best of bad
fortune and the most of good . But when his work and his play were all done , and
...
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