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Сторінка 14
The first white family settled in it in 1775 ; but when our young barrister obtained
his license , twenty - two years after , it contained a white population of nearly two
hundred thousand . His mother , with five of her children and a second husband ...
The first white family settled in it in 1775 ; but when our young barrister obtained
his license , twenty - two years after , it contained a white population of nearly two
hundred thousand . His mother , with five of her children and a second husband ...
Сторінка 20
At his own Kentucky home , Mrs. Clay , assisted by her servants , was spinning
and wearing , knitting and sewing , most of the garments required in her little
kingdom of six hundred acres , while her husband was away over the mountains
...
At his own Kentucky home , Mrs. Clay , assisted by her servants , was spinning
and wearing , knitting and sewing , most of the garments required in her little
kingdom of six hundred acres , while her husband was away over the mountains
...
Сторінка 24
His offence was that he voted for the compensation bill of 1816 , which merely
changed the pay of members of Congress from the pittance of six dollars a day to
the pittance of fifteen hundred dollars a year . He who before was lord paramount
...
His offence was that he voted for the compensation bill of 1816 , which merely
changed the pay of members of Congress from the pittance of six dollars a day to
the pittance of fifteen hundred dollars a year . He who before was lord paramount
...
Сторінка 31
The tellers , to avoid giving cause of contention , announced that Mr. Monroe had
received two hundred and thirty - one votes , including those of Missouri , and two
hundred and twenty - eight if they were excluded . At this announcement ...
The tellers , to avoid giving cause of contention , announced that Mr. Monroe had
received two hundred and thirty - one votes , including those of Missouri , and two
hundred and twenty - eight if they were excluded . At this announcement ...
Сторінка 57
Fifteen hundred thousand armed men have since sprung up from those harmless
- looking dragon's teeth , so recklessly sown in the hot Southern soil . Of the three
men whom we have named , Daniel Webster was incomparably the most richly ...
Fifteen hundred thousand armed men have since sprung up from those harmless
- looking dragon's teeth , so recklessly sown in the hot Southern soil . Of the three
men whom we have named , Daniel Webster was incomparably the most richly ...
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| Назва | Famous Americans of Recent Times |
| Автор | James Parton |
| Видавець | Ticknor and Fields, 1877 |
| Оригінал із | Гарвардський університет |
| Оцифровано | 24 жов. 2006 |
| Обсяг | 473 стор. |
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