Modern Eloquence, Volume 12Thomas Brackett Reed, Rossiter Johnson, Justin McCarthy, Albert Ellery Bergh J.D. Morris, 1903 |
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Page 445
... received an academic education , practiced law in Massachusetts , entered politics as a Demo- crat , and when the Civil War broke out espoused the cause of the Union warmly . Going to the front he received steady promotion throughout ...
... received an academic education , practiced law in Massachusetts , entered politics as a Demo- crat , and when the Civil War broke out espoused the cause of the Union warmly . Going to the front he received steady promotion throughout ...
Page 456
... citizens of New York here assembled for the kindness with which you and they have received me and listened to me , for which please again accept my thanks . JOHN CALDWELL CALHOUN LAST SPEECH : SLAVERY [ John C. 456 BENJAMIN FRANKLIN BUTLER.
... citizens of New York here assembled for the kindness with which you and they have received me and listened to me , for which please again accept my thanks . JOHN CALDWELL CALHOUN LAST SPEECH : SLAVERY [ John C. 456 BENJAMIN FRANKLIN BUTLER.
Page 468
... received , and Congress take juris- diction of the subject for which they prayed ; and , to justify their course , took the extraordinary ground that Congress was bound to receive petitions on every subject , however objectionable it ...
... received , and Congress take juris- diction of the subject for which they prayed ; and , to justify their course , took the extraordinary ground that Congress was bound to receive petitions on every subject , however objectionable it ...
Page 478
... received the instructions under which he professed to act , from the pres- ent executive or its predecessor . If from the former , it would implicate the preceding as well as the present admin- istration . If not , the responsibility ...
... received the instructions under which he professed to act , from the pres- ent executive or its predecessor . If from the former , it would implicate the preceding as well as the present admin- istration . If not , the responsibility ...
Page 480
... received the admission without going through the formality of taking it , as there was no doubt she had more than a sufficient number to entitle her to admission . She was not admitted at the first session she applied , owing to some ...
... received the admission without going through the formality of taking it , as there was no doubt she had more than a sufficient number to entitle her to admission . She was not admitted at the first session she applied , owing to some ...
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