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We catch our Srst glimpse of the boy when he sat in a little log school - house ,
without windows or floor , one of a humming score of shoeless boys , where a
good - natured , irritable , drinking English schoolmaster taught him to read , write
...
We catch our Srst glimpse of the boy when he sat in a little log school - house ,
without windows or floor , one of a humming score of shoeless boys , where a
good - natured , irritable , drinking English schoolmaster taught him to read , write
...
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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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... the face are rigid ; to receive by every mail letters enough for a large town ; to
have your life written several times a year ; to be obliged continually to refute
calumnies and “ define your position " ; to live under a horrid necessity to be
pointedly ...
... the face are rigid ; to receive by every mail letters enough for a large town ; to
have your life written several times a year ; to be obliged continually to refute
calumnies and “ define your position " ; to live under a horrid necessity to be
pointedly ...
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Among his letters of 1843 there is one addressed to a friend who was about to
write a pamphlet against the Abolitionists . Mr . Clay gave him an outline of what
he thought the pamphlet ought to be . “ The great aim and object of your tract ...
Among his letters of 1843 there is one addressed to a friend who was about to
write a pamphlet against the Abolitionists . Mr . Clay gave him an outline of what
he thought the pamphlet ought to be . “ The great aim and object of your tract ...
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Mr . Colton was a very honest gentleman , and not wanting in ability ; but writing ,
as he did , in Mr . Clay ' s own house , he became , as it were , enchanted by his
subject . He was enamored of Mr . Clay to such a degree that his pen ran into ...
Mr . Colton was a very honest gentleman , and not wanting in ability ; but writing ,
as he did , in Mr . Clay ' s own house , he became , as it were , enchanted by his
subject . He was enamored of Mr . Clay to such a degree that his pen ran into ...
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| Назва | Famous Americans of Recent Times |
| Автор | James Parton |
| Опубліковано | 1893 |
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