The Life of Charles Sumner: With Choice Specimens of His Eloquence, a Delineation of His Oratorical Character and His Great Speech on KansasDayton and Burdick, 1856 - 329 páginas |
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... labor in this respect was truly assiduous , as it was astonishing . We are informed that he never re- lied upon text - books , but sought original sources , read all authorities and references , and made him- self 20 MEMOIR OF.
... labor in this respect was truly assiduous , as it was astonishing . We are informed that he never re- lied upon text - books , but sought original sources , read all authorities and references , and made him- self 20 MEMOIR OF.
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... authorities and references , and made him- self familiar with books of the common law , from the year - books , in uncouth Norman , down to the latest reports . It was said that he could go into the law library of which he was the ...
... authorities and references , and made him- self familiar with books of the common law , from the year - books , in uncouth Norman , down to the latest reports . It was said that he could go into the law library of which he was the ...
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... authorities of the city of Boston , entitled The true Grandeur of Nations . This is an admirable production , and contains many passages of remarkable beauty and power , glowing with the noblest expressions which the art of oratory can ...
... authorities of the city of Boston , entitled The true Grandeur of Nations . This is an admirable production , and contains many passages of remarkable beauty and power , glowing with the noblest expressions which the art of oratory can ...
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... authority , that Congress may , by express legislation , abolish slavery , 1st , in the Dis- trict of Columbia ; 2d , in the territories , if there should be any ; 3d , that it may abolish the slave- trade on the high seas between the ...
... authority , that Congress may , by express legislation , abolish slavery , 1st , in the Dis- trict of Columbia ; 2d , in the territories , if there should be any ; 3d , that it may abolish the slave- trade on the high seas between the ...
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... authority ; and this , as far as my suffrage will go , shall not be wanting . ' Patrick Henry , while confessing that he was a master of slaves , said , ' I will not , I cannot justify it . However culpable my conduct , I will so far ...
... authority ; and this , as far as my suffrage will go , shall not be wanting . ' Patrick Henry , while confessing that he was a master of slaves , said , ' I will not , I cannot justify it . However culpable my conduct , I will so far ...
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