Speeches and Forensic Arguments, Volume 3C. Tappan, 1846 |
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... doubt he would court it . But what we do most decidedly object to is the falsification of history , the mis- statement of facts , and the distorting and blurring of the face of such facts as are not wholly misrepresented . These remarks ...
... doubt he would court it . But what we do most decidedly object to is the falsification of history , the mis- statement of facts , and the distorting and blurring of the face of such facts as are not wholly misrepresented . These remarks ...
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... doubt true , that when Portsmouth , the town in which he then lived , was supposed to be in danger of an immediate attack by the enemy , he was placed , on the nomination of John Langdon , at the head of a committee raised for its ...
... doubt true , that when Portsmouth , the town in which he then lived , was supposed to be in danger of an immediate attack by the enemy , he was placed , on the nomination of John Langdon , at the head of a committee raised for its ...
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... doubt or peril , so as not to be swept away by any sudden flood of prejudice or passion . Hence it is the duty of every man , to embrace all fit occasions , nay , to seek fit occasions , for declaring his adherence to such principles ...
... doubt or peril , so as not to be swept away by any sudden flood of prejudice or passion . Hence it is the duty of every man , to embrace all fit occasions , nay , to seek fit occasions , for declaring his adherence to such principles ...
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... doubt or hesitation what that course ought to be . I took upon myself , then , sir , the responsibility of moving that the Senate should disagree to this vote , and I now acknowledge that responsibility . It might be pre- sumptuous to ...
... doubt or hesitation what that course ought to be . I took upon myself , then , sir , the responsibility of moving that the Senate should disagree to this vote , and I now acknowledge that responsibility . It might be pre- sumptuous to ...
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... doubt that both Houses would concur in the result of the conference , and looked every moment for the officer of the House bringing the Bill . He did not come , however , and I pretty soon learned that there was doubt whether the ...
... doubt that both Houses would concur in the result of the conference , and looked every moment for the officer of the House bringing the Bill . He did not come , however , and I pretty soon learned that there was doubt whether the ...
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