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... possessed an organ superior to Clay's majestic bass . No one who ever heard him speak will find it difficult to believe what tradition reports , that he was the peerless star of the Rich- mond Debating Society in 1795 . Oratory was then ...
... possessed an organ superior to Clay's majestic bass . No one who ever heard him speak will find it difficult to believe what tradition reports , that he was the peerless star of the Rich- mond Debating Society in 1795 . Oratory was then ...
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... possessed in the older States . Mr. Clay had two strings to his bow . Besides being a man of red tape and pigeon - holes , exact , methodical , and strictly attentive to business , he had a power over a Kentucky jury such as no other ...
... possessed in the older States . Mr. Clay had two strings to his bow . Besides being a man of red tape and pigeon - holes , exact , methodical , and strictly attentive to business , he had a power over a Kentucky jury such as no other ...
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... possessed an understanding of the first order . Mr. Clay's oratory was vivified by a good heart and a genuine love of coun . try ; and on occasions which required only a good heart , patriotic feeling , and an eloquent tongue , he ...
... possessed an understanding of the first order . Mr. Clay's oratory was vivified by a good heart and a genuine love of coun . try ; and on occasions which required only a good heart , patriotic feeling , and an eloquent tongue , he ...
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... possessed the right to elect a President , Henry Clay might have been its choice . During the thirteen years of his Speakership not one of his decisions had been reversed ; and he had presided over the turbulent and restive House with ...
... possessed the right to elect a President , Henry Clay might have been its choice . During the thirteen years of his Speakership not one of his decisions had been reversed ; and he had presided over the turbulent and restive House with ...
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... possessed , in consequence , an enormous physical magnetism , as we term it , over his fellow- citizens , apart from the natural influence of his talents and un- derstanding . Fidgety men were quieted in his presence , women were ...
... possessed , in consequence , an enormous physical magnetism , as we term it , over his fellow- citizens , apart from the natural influence of his talents and un- derstanding . Fidgety men were quieted in his presence , women were ...
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