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 335
... honourable member , however , did not incline to put off the discussion to another day . He had a shot , he said , to return , and he wished to discharge it . That shot , Sir , which he thus kindly informed us was coming , that we might ...
... honourable member , however , did not incline to put off the discussion to another day . He had a shot , he said , to return , and he wished to discharge it . That shot , Sir , which he thus kindly informed us was coming , that we might ...
Page 336
... honourable member . Some passages , it is true , had occurred since our acquaintance in this body , which I could have wished might have been otherwise ; but I had used philosophy and for- gotten them . I paid the honourable member the ...
... honourable member . Some passages , it is true , had occurred since our acquaintance in this body , which I could have wished might have been otherwise ; but I had used philosophy and for- gotten them . I paid the honourable member the ...
Page 337
... honourable member was only introductory to another . He proceeded to ask me whether I had turned upon him , in this debate , from the consciousness that I should find an overmatch , if I ventured on a contest with his friend from ...
... honourable member was only introductory to another . He proceeded to ask me whether I had turned upon him , in this debate , from the consciousness that I should find an overmatch , if I ventured on a contest with his friend from ...
Page 338
... honourable member has put the question in a manner that calls for an answer , I will give him an answer ; and I tell him that , holding myself to be the humblest of the members here , I yet know nothing in the arm of his friend from ...
... honourable member has put the question in a manner that calls for an answer , I will give him an answer ; and I tell him that , holding myself to be the humblest of the members here , I yet know nothing in the arm of his friend from ...
Page 339
... member from Massachusetts ; and which , like the ghost of Banquo , would never down ? " " The murdered Coalition ! " Sr , this charge of a coalition , in reference to the late administration , is not original with the honourable member ...
... member from Massachusetts ; and which , like the ghost of Banquo , would never down ? " " The murdered Coalition ! " Sr , this charge of a coalition , in reference to the late administration , is not original with the honourable member ...
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