Text-book of Prose, from Burke, Webster, and Bacon, with Notes, and Sketches of the Authors' Lives, for Use in Schools and ClassesGinn, Heath, & Company, 1881 |
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Page 330
... favour has had no part or lot in the preparation of it . For I know right well that , in prepara- tions of this sort , a great many people altogether prefer something which may seem to teach a little of every thing , while really giving ...
... favour has had no part or lot in the preparation of it . For I know right well that , in prepara- tions of this sort , a great many people altogether prefer something which may seem to teach a little of every thing , while really giving ...
Page 339
... favour . Adams gave the first seat in his cabinet to Clay ; not from any pre- vious understanding between them , or between their friends , but because Clay was evidently the right man for the place . This appointment was eagerly seized ...
... favour . Adams gave the first seat in his cabinet to Clay ; not from any pre- vious understanding between them , or between their friends , but because Clay was evidently the right man for the place . This appointment was eagerly seized ...
Page 350
... favoured season , the very spring - time , for sowing them . Let them be disseminated without stint . Let them be scattered with a bountiful hand , broadcast . Whatever the gov- ernment can fairly do towards these objects , in my ...
... favoured season , the very spring - time , for sowing them . Let them be disseminated without stint . Let them be scattered with a bountiful hand , broadcast . Whatever the gov- ernment can fairly do towards these objects , in my ...
Page 361
... favoured stock , and his claim will be allowed . He may carry back his pretensions just as far as the honourable gentleman himself ; nay , he may make himself out the honourable gentleman's cousin , and prove , satisfactorily , that he ...
... favoured stock , and his claim will be allowed . He may carry back his pretensions just as far as the honourable gentleman himself ; nay , he may make himself out the honourable gentleman's cousin , and prove , satisfactorily , that he ...
Page 362
... favour he might not yet attain . Mr. President , in carrying his warfare , such as it was , into New England , the honourable gentleman all along professes to be acting on the defensive . He chooses to consider me as having assailed ...
... favour he might not yet attain . Mr. President , in carrying his warfare , such as it was , into New England , the honourable gentleman all along professes to be acting on the defensive . He chooses to consider me as having assailed ...
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