Famous Americans of Recent TimesHoughton, Mifflin, 1890 - 473 стор. |
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... dollars a day to the pittance of fifteen hun- dred dollars a year . He who before was lord paramount in Kentucky saved his seat only by prodigious efforts on the stump , and by exerting all the magic of his presence in the canvass . No ...
... dollars a day to the pittance of fifteen hun- dred dollars a year . He who before was lord paramount in Kentucky saved his seat only by prodigious efforts on the stump , and by exerting all the magic of his presence in the canvass . No ...
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... dollars " a corner . " These , we know , were the stakes at Ghent , where he played whist for many months with the British Commissioners during the negotiations for peace in 1815. We mention his whist - playing only as part of the evi ...
... dollars " a corner . " These , we know , were the stakes at Ghent , where he played whist for many months with the British Commissioners during the negotiations for peace in 1815. We mention his whist - playing only as part of the evi ...
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... dollars a year ; but it seemed to the boy so vast and unat- tainable a good , that , when his father announced his purpose to attempt it , he was completely overcome ; his head was dizzy ; his tongue was paralyzed ; he could only press ...
... dollars a year ; but it seemed to the boy so vast and unat- tainable a good , that , when his father announced his purpose to attempt it , he was completely overcome ; his head was dizzy ; his tongue was paralyzed ; he could only press ...
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... dollars a year as Judge of the Court of Common Pleas , and heavily taxed to maintain Daniel in col- lege , had seen all his other sons married and settled except Ezekiel , upon whom he leaned as the staff of his declining years , and ...
... dollars a year as Judge of the Court of Common Pleas , and heavily taxed to maintain Daniel in col- lege , had seen all his other sons married and settled except Ezekiel , upon whom he leaned as the staff of his declining years , and ...
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... dollar with a great deal of complacency . These rascal dollars are so necessary to the comfort of life , that next to a fine wife they are most essential , and their acquisition an object of prime importance . O Bingham , how blessed it ...
... dollar with a great deal of complacency . These rascal dollars are so necessary to the comfort of life , that next to a fine wife they are most essential , and their acquisition an object of prime importance . O Bingham , how blessed it ...
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