The Life of Charles Sumner: With Choice Specimens of His Eloquence, a Delineation of His Oratorial Character, and His Great Speech on KansasH. Dayton, 1858 - 329 páginas |
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... things , in indelible colors , on the heart of man ; so that , in the dread extremities of death , he reverts , in fondness , to early associations , and longs for a draught of cold water from the bucket in his father's well . " In the ...
... things , in indelible colors , on the heart of man ; so that , in the dread extremities of death , he reverts , in fondness , to early associations , and longs for a draught of cold water from the bucket in his father's well . " In the ...
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... thing of the port and stature of a brief legal dis- sertation , in which the topics are discussed in the assured manner of one who feels that his foot is planted on familiar ground , and whose mind is so saturated with legal knowledge ...
... thing of the port and stature of a brief legal dis- sertation , in which the topics are discussed in the assured manner of one who feels that his foot is planted on familiar ground , and whose mind is so saturated with legal knowledge ...
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... things of this world , follow shadows , neglecting the great reali- ties which are eternal on earth and in heaven . After the perturbations of life , all its accumulated possessions must be resigned , except those alone which have been ...
... things of this world , follow shadows , neglecting the great reali- ties which are eternal on earth and in heaven . After the perturbations of life , all its accumulated possessions must be resigned , except those alone which have been ...
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... thing else , so are all the acts of our government connected , di- rectly or indirectly , with this institution . Slavery is everywhere . It constitutionally enters the halls of Congress , in the disproportionate representation of the ...
... thing else , so are all the acts of our government connected , di- rectly or indirectly , with this institution . Slavery is everywhere . It constitutionally enters the halls of Congress , in the disproportionate representation of the ...
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... things , dark , dismal , atrocious , rise to the mind , may we not brand their author , the Slave Power , as a tyranny hardly less hateful than that which sustained the Bastile ? " This combination is unknown to the Constitu- tion ; nay ...
... things , dark , dismal , atrocious , rise to the mind , may we not brand their author , the Slave Power , as a tyranny hardly less hateful than that which sustained the Bastile ? " This combination is unknown to the Constitu- tion ; nay ...
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