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In his old age , when his fine estate , through the misfortunes of his sons , was burdened with mortgages to the amount of thirty thousand dollars , and other large debts weighed heavily upon his soul , and he feared to be compelled to ...
In his old age , when his fine estate , through the misfortunes of his sons , was burdened with mortgages to the amount of thirty thousand dollars , and other large debts weighed heavily upon his soul , and he feared to be compelled to ...
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What city has presented Mr. Stanton with a house , or Mr. Welles with fifty thousand dollars ' worth of government bonds ? Calhoun precipitated the country into a war with Mexico ; but what did he gain by it ...
What city has presented Mr. Stanton with a house , or Mr. Welles with fifty thousand dollars ' worth of government bonds ? Calhoun precipitated the country into a war with Mexico ; but what did he gain by it ...
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A country lawyer who gained a thousand dollars a year was among the most successful , and the leader of the bar in New Hampshire could not earn two thousand . The chief employment of Daniel Webster , during the first year or two of his ...
A country lawyer who gained a thousand dollars a year was among the most successful , and the leader of the bar in New Hampshire could not earn two thousand . The chief employment of Daniel Webster , during the first year or two of his ...
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Webster himself says that two thousand dollars a year was all that the best practice in New Hampshir could be made to yield ; and that that was inadequate to the port of his family of a wife and three little children .
Webster himself says that two thousand dollars a year was all that the best practice in New Hampshir could be made to yield ; and that that was inadequate to the port of his family of a wife and three little children .
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Thɔse were not the times of five - thousand dollar fees . As late as 1819 , as we see in Mr. Webster's books , he gave " ad vice ” in important cases for twenty dollars ; his regular retaining fee was fifty dollars ; his “ annual ...
Thɔse were not the times of five - thousand dollar fees . As late as 1819 , as we see in Mr. Webster's books , he gave " ad vice ” in important cases for twenty dollars ; his regular retaining fee was fifty dollars ; his “ annual ...
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| Назва | Famous Americans of Recent Times |
| Автор | James Parton |
| Опубліковано | 1893 |
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