War of the Rebellion; Or, Scylla and Charybdis: Consisting of Observations Upon the Causes, Course, and Consequences of the Late Civil War in the United StatesHarper & Brothers, 1866 - 440 strani |
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... Cicero , of all the ancients , might alone perchance have been able to equal , and which neither Burke , nor Bossuet , nor Fish- er Ames , nor Massillon could have been expected to sur- " pass ; and he had met in exciting and.
... Cicero , of all the ancients , might alone perchance have been able to equal , and which neither Burke , nor Bossuet , nor Fish- er Ames , nor Massillon could have been expected to sur- " pass ; and he had met in exciting and.
Stran 25
... expected to display a more high- bred courtesy , a more manly and tender sympathy to- ward a former adversary , or a more generous oblivion of former contentions in arms , than is evinced by Mr. Web- ster in the following beautiful ...
... expected to display a more high- bred courtesy , a more manly and tender sympathy to- ward a former adversary , or a more generous oblivion of former contentions in arms , than is evinced by Mr. Web- ster in the following beautiful ...
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... expected to perform them with a true and vigorous fidel- ity . Though Mr. Adams very soon found a fierce and energetic party organized for his overthrow , and though the most strenuous efforts were used by his zealous - oppo- JACKSON ...
... expected to perform them with a true and vigorous fidel- ity . Though Mr. Adams very soon found a fierce and energetic party organized for his overthrow , and though the most strenuous efforts were used by his zealous - oppo- JACKSON ...
Stran 68
... expected , I shall essay , as a preliminary proceeding , to describe , in as concise a man- ner as I can , and with as much impartiality , I trust , as if he had lived a thousand years ago , the personage whom the accidents of public ...
... expected , I shall essay , as a preliminary proceeding , to describe , in as concise a man- ner as I can , and with as much impartiality , I trust , as if he had lived a thousand years ago , the personage whom the accidents of public ...
Stran 71
... expected among politicians more solicitous of obeying party obligations and securing personal advancement , than of maintaining principles and promoting the public welfare . Upon the whole , those who have judged him capable of ...
... expected among politicians more solicitous of obeying party obligations and securing personal advancement , than of maintaining principles and promoting the public welfare . Upon the whole , those who have judged him capable of ...
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