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 338
... matter of commendation or compliment , I should dissent from nothing which the honourable member might say of his friend . Still less do I put forth any pretensions of my own . But when put to me as matter of taunt , I throw it back ...
... matter of commendation or compliment , I should dissent from nothing which the honourable member might say of his friend . Still less do I put forth any pretensions of my own . But when put to me as matter of taunt , I throw it back ...
Page 341
... matter of ridicule , that I had introduced into the debate the name of one Nathan Dane , of whom he assures us he ... matters soon grew to a decided rupture between Jackson and Calhoun ; and at the time when this speech was made it was ...
... matter of ridicule , that I had introduced into the debate the name of one Nathan Dane , of whom he assures us he ... matters soon grew to a decided rupture between Jackson and Calhoun ; and at the time when this speech was made it was ...
Page 343
... matter of domestic policy , left with the States themselves , and with which the federal government had nothing to do . Certainly , Sir , I am , and ever have been , of that opinion . The gentleman , indeed , argues that slavery , in ...
... matter of domestic policy , left with the States themselves , and with which the federal government had nothing to do . Certainly , Sir , I am , and ever have been , of that opinion . The gentleman , indeed , argues that slavery , in ...
Page 347
... matter of gratuity , I am asked by the honourable gentleman on what ground it is that I consent to vote them away in particular instances . How , he inquires , do I reconcile with these professed sentiments my support of meas- ures ...
... matter of gratuity , I am asked by the honourable gentleman on what ground it is that I consent to vote them away in particular instances . How , he inquires , do I reconcile with these professed sentiments my support of meas- ures ...
Page 349
... matter of compact with these States , that they should do their part to promote education . In the next place , our whole sys- tem of land laws proceeds on the idea that education is for the common good ; because , in every division , a ...
... matter of compact with these States , that they should do their part to promote education . In the next place , our whole sys- tem of land laws proceeds on the idea that education is for the common good ; because , in every division , a ...
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