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As there are pictures expressly designed to be looked at from a distance by great num-bers of people at once , — the scenery of a theatre , for example , so there are men who appear formed by Nature to stand forth before multitudes ...
As there are pictures expressly designed to be looked at from a distance by great num-bers of people at once , — the scenery of a theatre , for example , so there are men who appear formed by Nature to stand forth before multitudes ...
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Calhoun , on the contrary , besides receiving him with civility , would converse with him , if opportunity favored , and treat him to a disquisition on the nature of government and the “ beauty ” of nullification , striving to make a ...
Calhoun , on the contrary , besides receiving him with civility , would converse with him , if opportunity favored , and treat him to a disquisition on the nature of government and the “ beauty ” of nullification , striving to make a ...
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Chancellor Wythe , then sixty - seven years of age , overflowing with knowledge and good nature , was the president of that university . Its professors were the cluster of able ...
Chancellor Wythe , then sixty - seven years of age , overflowing with knowledge and good nature , was the president of that university . Its professors were the cluster of able ...
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Here we have another proof that , no matter what a man's opportunities are , he only learns what is congenial with his nature and circumstances . Living under the influence of this learned judge , Henry Clay might have become a man of ...
Here we have another proof that , no matter what a man's opportunities are , he only learns what is congenial with his nature and circumstances . Living under the influence of this learned judge , Henry Clay might have become a man of ...
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But of all the bodily gifts bestowed by Nature upon this favored child , the most unique and admirable was his voice . Who ever heard one more melodious ? There was a depth of tone in it , a volume , a compass , a rich and tender ...
But of all the bodily gifts bestowed by Nature upon this favored child , the most unique and admirable was his voice . Who ever heard one more melodious ? There was a depth of tone in it , a volume , a compass , a rich and tender ...
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| Назва | Famous Americans of Recent Times |
| Автор | James Parton |
| Опубліковано | 1893 |
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