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His widowed mother , with her seven young children , her little farm , and two or
three slaves , could do no more for him . Next , we see him a tall , awkward ,
slender stripling of thirteen , still barefoot , clad in homespun butternut of his
mother ' s ...
His widowed mother , with her seven young children , her little farm , and two or
three slaves , could do no more for him . Next , we see him a tall , awkward ,
slender stripling of thirteen , still barefoot , clad in homespun butternut of his
mother ' s ...
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Richmond , the town of the young Republic that had most in it of the metropolitan
, proved to this aspiring youth as true a University as the printing - office in old
Boston was to Benjamin Franklin ; for he found in it the culture best suited to him
...
Richmond , the town of the young Republic that had most in it of the metropolitan
, proved to this aspiring youth as true a University as the printing - office in old
Boston was to Benjamin Franklin ; for he found in it the culture best suited to him
...
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... of his profession and the stirring political events of his later life . The Stamp Act
and the Revolution varied and completed his education . His young copyist was
not attracted by him to the study of Greek and Latin , nor did he catch from ...
... of his profession and the stirring political events of his later life . The Stamp Act
and the Revolution varied and completed his education . His young copyist was
not attracted by him to the study of Greek and Latin , nor did he catch from ...
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Young Virginians did not need to look beyond the sea in order to learn that the
orator was the man most in request in the dawn of freedom . Chatham , Burke ,
Fox , Sheridan , and Pitt were inconceivably . imposing names at that day ; but
was ...
Young Virginians did not need to look beyond the sea in order to learn that the
orator was the man most in request in the dawn of freedom . Chatham , Burke ,
Fox , Sheridan , and Pitt were inconceivably . imposing names at that day ; but
was ...
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Obsolete as many of his speeches are , from the transient nature of the topics of
which they treat , they may still be studied with profit by young orators and old
politicians as examples of parliamentary politeness . It was the good - natured
and ...
Obsolete as many of his speeches are , from the transient nature of the topics of
which they treat , they may still be studied with profit by young orators and old
politicians as examples of parliamentary politeness . It was the good - natured
and ...
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| Назва | Famous Americans of Recent Times |
| Автор | James Parton |
| Опубліковано | 1893 |
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