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... his license to practise he was twenty years of age . Debating - society fame and drawing - room popular- ity do not , in an old commonwealth like Virginia , bring practice to a lawyer of twenty . But , as a HENRY CLAY . 13.
... his license to practise he was twenty years of age . Debating - society fame and drawing - room popular- ity do not , in an old commonwealth like Virginia , bring practice to a lawyer of twenty . But , as a HENRY CLAY . 13.
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... Virginia when Clay was a child and only became a State in 1792 , when first he began to copy Chancellor Wythe's decisions . The first white family settled in it in 1775 ; but when our young barrister obtained his license , twenty - two ...
... Virginia when Clay was a child and only became a State in 1792 , when first he began to copy Chancellor Wythe's decisions . The first white family settled in it in 1775 ; but when our young barrister obtained his license , twenty - two ...
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... Virginia being my country . This UNION , sir , is my country ; the thirty States are my country ; Kentucky is my country , and Virginia no more than any State in the Union . " And yet again : " There are those who think that the Union ...
... Virginia being my country . This UNION , sir , is my country ; the thirty States are my country ; Kentucky is my country , and Virginia no more than any State in the Union . " And yet again : " There are those who think that the Union ...
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... Virginia , and Mr. Randolph , as his custom was , demanded Explanation was re- an explanation of the offensive words . fused by the member from Massachusetts ; whereupon Mr. Ran dolph demanded " the satisfaction which his insulted ...
... Virginia , and Mr. Randolph , as his custom was , demanded Explanation was re- an explanation of the offensive words . fused by the member from Massachusetts ; whereupon Mr. Ran dolph demanded " the satisfaction which his insulted ...
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... Virginia ] paying me the honor of listening to my remarks ; he brings to my mind , Sir , freshly and vividly , what I learned of his great ancestor , so much distinguished in his day and generation , so worthy to be succeeded by so ...
... Virginia ] paying me the honor of listening to my remarks ; he brings to my mind , Sir , freshly and vividly , what I learned of his great ancestor , so much distinguished in his day and generation , so worthy to be succeeded by so ...
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