Speeches and Forensic Arguments, Volume 1Perkins & Marvin, 1838 |
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... honorable prin- ciple , all the domestic and social virtues , containing in them- selves the only certain pledges of public good faith and love of country , and consecrating the man to the affections of his age and of posterity . We ...
... honorable prin- ciple , all the domestic and social virtues , containing in them- selves the only certain pledges of public good faith and love of country , and consecrating the man to the affections of his age and of posterity . We ...
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... honorable inscription , no ever burning taper that would drive away the darkness of death , can soften our sense of the reality of mortal- ity , and hallow to our feelings the ground which is to cover us , like the consciousness that we ...
... honorable inscription , no ever burning taper that would drive away the darkness of death , can soften our sense of the reality of mortal- ity , and hallow to our feelings the ground which is to cover us , like the consciousness that we ...
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... honorable fame . The moment was full of difficulty and danger , and big with events of immeasurable importance . The country was on the very brink of a civil war , of which no man could foretell the duration or the result . Something ...
... honorable fame . The moment was full of difficulty and danger , and big with events of immeasurable importance . The country was on the very brink of a civil war , of which no man could foretell the duration or the result . Something ...
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... honorable and durable monument to the memory of the early friends of American Independence . They have thought , that for this object no time could be more propitious , than the pres- ent prosperous and peaceful period ; that no place ...
... honorable and durable monument to the memory of the early friends of American Independence . They have thought , that for this object no time could be more propitious , than the pres- ent prosperous and peaceful period ; that no place ...
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... honorable services . It was his fortune to bear a part in the negotiation for peace with England , and in something more than six years from the declaration which he had so strenuous ly supported , he had the satisfaction to see the ...
... honorable services . It was his fortune to bear a part in the negotiation for peace with England , and in something more than six years from the declaration which he had so strenuous ly supported , he had the satisfaction to see the ...
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