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... Washington Irving's letters of February , 1811 : " Clay , from Kentucky , spoke against the Bank . He is one of the finest fellows I have seen here , and one of the finest orators in the Senate , though I believe the youngest man in it ...
... Washington Irving's letters of February , 1811 : " Clay , from Kentucky , spoke against the Bank . He is one of the finest fellows I have seen here , and one of the finest orators in the Senate , though I believe the youngest man in it ...
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... Washington he was a party leader and an orator . Having set the ball in motion , he could not stop it ; nor does he appear to have felt the necessity of stopping it , until , in 1831 , he was suddenly confronted by three Gorgons at once ...
... Washington he was a party leader and an orator . Having set the ball in motion , he could not stop it ; nor does he appear to have felt the necessity of stopping it , until , in 1831 , he was suddenly confronted by three Gorgons at once ...
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James Parton. attempts to admit Missouri ; and thus he arrived in Washington in January , 1821 , calm , uncommitted , and welcome to both par- ties . Fierce debate had wrought up the minds of members to that point where useful discussion ...
James Parton. attempts to admit Missouri ; and thus he arrived in Washington in January , 1821 , calm , uncommitted , and welcome to both par- ties . Fierce debate had wrought up the minds of members to that point where useful discussion ...
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... Washington had been the United States , if the House of Representatives had possessed the right to elect a President , Henry Clay might have been its choice . During the thirteen years of his Speakership not one of his decisions had ...
... Washington had been the United States , if the House of Representatives had possessed the right to elect a President , Henry Clay might have been its choice . During the thirteen years of his Speakership not one of his decisions had ...
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... Washington was a Frenchman's romantic passion . Nor , indeed , did he need to have a sensitive French heart to be moved to tears by such words and such a welcome . From 1822 to 1848 , a period of twenty - six years , Henry Clay lived ...
... Washington was a Frenchman's romantic passion . Nor , indeed , did he need to have a sensitive French heart to be moved to tears by such words and such a welcome . From 1822 to 1848 , a period of twenty - six years , Henry Clay lived ...
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