Famous Americans of Recent TimesHoughton, Mifflin, 1890 - 473 стор. |
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... five persons in a small room can learn to move or instruct two thousand in a large one . That Henry Clay cultivated his oratorical talent in Rich- mond , we have his own explicit testimony . He told a class of law students once that he ...
... five persons in a small room can learn to move or instruct two thousand in a large one . That Henry Clay cultivated his oratorical talent in Rich- mond , we have his own explicit testimony . He told a class of law students once that he ...
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... five of her children and a second husband , had gone thither five years before . In 1797 Henry Clay removed to Lexington , the new State's oldest town and capital , though then containing , it is said , but fifty houses . He was a ...
... five of her children and a second husband , had gone thither five years before . In 1797 Henry Clay removed to Lexington , the new State's oldest town and capital , though then containing , it is said , but fifty houses . He was a ...
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... - bred ; but he evidently felt this apparent injustice . Some years later , when it was propose in Congress to pension Commodore Perry's mother , Mr. Clay - m a speech of five minutes , totally extinguished 24 HENRY CLAY .
... - bred ; but he evidently felt this apparent injustice . Some years later , when it was propose in Congress to pension Commodore Perry's mother , Mr. Clay - m a speech of five minutes , totally extinguished 24 HENRY CLAY .
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James Parton. - m a speech of five minutes , totally extinguished the proposi- tion . Pointing to the vast rewards bestowed upon such success . ful soldiers as Marlborough , Napoleon , and Wellington , he said , with thrilling effect ...
James Parton. - m a speech of five minutes , totally extinguished the proposi- tion . Pointing to the vast rewards bestowed upon such success . ful soldiers as Marlborough , Napoleon , and Wellington , he said , with thrilling effect ...
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... five 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 ...
... five 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 ...
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