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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... supposed , are old enough and ripe enough to unfold at least the beginnings of literary and intellectual taste , so as to be at home and find delight in tasteful and elegant authorship , where the graces may do something towards making ...
... supposed , are old enough and ripe enough to unfold at least the beginnings of literary and intellectual taste , so as to be at home and find delight in tasteful and elegant authorship , where the graces may do something towards making ...
Page 338
... supposed that , by casting the characters of the drama , assigning to each his part , to one the attack , to another the cry of onset ; or if it be thought that , by a loud and empty vaunt of anticipated victory , any laurels are to be ...
... supposed that , by casting the characters of the drama , assigning to each his part , to one the attack , to another the cry of onset ; or if it be thought that , by a loud and empty vaunt of anticipated victory , any laurels are to be ...
Page 342
... supposed that , on this point , no two gentlemen in the Sen- ate could entertain different opinions . But the simple expres- sion of this sentiment has led the gentleman not only into a laboured defence of slavery , in the abstract ...
... supposed that , on this point , no two gentlemen in the Sen- ate could entertain different opinions . But the simple expres- sion of this sentiment has led the gentleman not only into a laboured defence of slavery , in the abstract ...
Page 343
... supposed to be within the power of government ; nor has it been in any way attempted . The slavery of the South has always been regarded as a matter of domestic policy , left with the States themselves , and with which the federal ...
... supposed to be within the power of government ; nor has it been in any way attempted . The slavery of the South has always been regarded as a matter of domestic policy , left with the States themselves , and with which the federal ...
Page 354
... supposed that all things remained as they were , and that the South Carolina doctrine of internal improvements would be defended by the same eloquent voices , and the same strong arms , as formerly . In the lapse of these six years , it ...
... supposed that all things remained as they were , and that the South Carolina doctrine of internal improvements would be defended by the same eloquent voices , and the same strong arms , as formerly . In the lapse of these six years , it ...
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