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... present of twenty - three barrels of salt . In his old age , when his fine estate , through the misfortunes of his sons , was burdened with mortgages to the amount of thirty thousand dol- lars , and other large debts weighed heavily ...
... present of twenty - three barrels of salt . In his old age , when his fine estate , through the misfortunes of his sons , was burdened with mortgages to the amount of thirty thousand dol- lars , and other large debts weighed heavily ...
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... present rage for ball - playing and boat - rowing , which we heartily rejoice in , the debating society should be forgotten . Let us rather end the sway of oratory by all becoming orators . Most men who can talk well seated in a chair ...
... present rage for ball - playing and boat - rowing , which we heartily rejoice in , the debating society should be forgotten . Let us rather end the sway of oratory by all becoming orators . Most men who can talk well seated in a chair ...
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... present or absent . The young lawyer took to politics very naturally . Posterity , which will judge the public men of that period chiefly by their course with regard to slavery , will note with pleasure that Clay's first public act was ...
... present or absent . The young lawyer took to politics very naturally . Posterity , which will judge the public men of that period chiefly by their course with regard to slavery , will note with pleasure that Clay's first public act was ...
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... present to the people the most attractive list of mil- itary candidates ; and when a busy ward politician seeks his reward in custom - house or department , he finds a dozen lame soldiers competing for the place ; one of whom gets it ...
... present to the people the most attractive list of mil- itary candidates ; and when a busy ward politician seeks his reward in custom - house or department , he finds a dozen lame soldiers competing for the place ; one of whom gets it ...
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... present , with such a debt as we have , the tariff is no longer a question with us . The government must have its million a day ; and as no tax is less offensive to the people than a duty on im- ported commodities , we seem compelled to ...
... present , with such a debt as we have , the tariff is no longer a question with us . The government must have its million a day ; and as no tax is less offensive to the people than a duty on im- ported commodities , we seem compelled to ...
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