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On one occasion there arrived at Ashland the substantial 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 dollars ...
On one occasion there arrived at Ashland the substantial 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 dollars ...
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It must be confessed , however , that Henry Clay , who was for twenty - eight
years a candidate for the Presidency , cultivated his popularity . Without ever
being a hypocrite , he was habitually an actor ; but the part which he enacted was
Henry ...
It must be confessed , however , that Henry Clay , who was for twenty - eight
years a candidate for the Presidency , cultivated his popularity . Without ever
being a hypocrite , he was habitually an actor ; but the part which he enacted was
Henry ...
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When he had obtained his license to practise he was twenty years of age .
Debating - society fame and drawing - room popular . ity do not , in an old
commonwealth like Virginia , bring practice manue n . to a lawyer of twenty . But ,
as a ...
When he had obtained his license to practise he was twenty years of age .
Debating - society fame and drawing - room popular . ity do not , in an old
commonwealth like Virginia , bring practice manue n . to a lawyer of twenty . But ,
as a ...
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to a lawyer of twenty . But , as a distinguished French author has recently
reinarked of Julius Cæsar , “ In him was united the elegance of manner which
wins , to the energy of character which commands . ” He sought , therefore , a
new sphere ...
to a lawyer of twenty . But , as a distinguished French author has recently
reinarked of Julius Cæsar , “ In him was united the elegance of manner which
wins , to the energy of character which commands . ” He sought , therefore , a
new sphere ...
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... from Jefferson and Patrick Henry downwards , was an abolitionist , — Henry
Clay began in 1798 , being then twenty - one years of age , to write a series of
articles for a newspaper , advocating the gradual abolition of slavery in Kentucky
.
... from Jefferson and Patrick Henry downwards , was an abolitionist , — Henry
Clay began in 1798 , being then twenty - one years of age , to write a series of
articles for a newspaper , advocating the gradual abolition of slavery in Kentucky
.
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| Назва | Famous Americans of Recent Times |
| Автор | James Parton |
| Опубліковано | 1893 |
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