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 350
... settlement and rapid increase . The census of these States shows how great a pro- portion of the whole population occupies the classes between infancy and manhood . These are the wide fields , and here is the deep and quick soil for the ...
... settlement and rapid increase . The census of these States shows how great a pro- portion of the whole population occupies the classes between infancy and manhood . These are the wide fields , and here is the deep and quick soil for the ...
Page 351
... settled repose . It so happened , Sir , that I was at that time a member of Con- gress , and , like others , naturally turned my thoughts to the con- templation of the recently - altered condition of the country and of the world . It ...
... settled repose . It so happened , Sir , that I was at that time a member of Con- gress , and , like others , naturally turned my thoughts to the con- templation of the recently - altered condition of the country and of the world . It ...
Page 352
... settle , at least for myself , some definite notions with respect to the pow- ers of the government in regard to internal affairs . It may not savour too much of self - commendation to remark that , with this object , I considered the ...
... settle , at least for myself , some definite notions with respect to the pow- ers of the government in regard to internal affairs . It may not savour too much of self - commendation to remark that , with this object , I considered the ...
Page 356
... settlement in South Car- olina , and was not to be removed . The " accursed policy , " of the tariff , also , had established the fact of its birth and parent . age in the same State . No wonder , therefore 356 WEBSTER .
... settlement in South Car- olina , and was not to be removed . The " accursed policy , " of the tariff , also , had established the fact of its birth and parent . age in the same State . No wonder , therefore 356 WEBSTER .
Page 369
... settle such questions , independent of either of the States , is not the whole Union a rope of sand ? Are we not thrown back again , precisely , upon the old Confederation ? It is too plain to be argued . Four - and - twenty ...
... settle such questions , independent of either of the States , is not the whole Union a rope of sand ? Are we not thrown back again , precisely , upon the old Confederation ? It is too plain to be argued . Four - and - twenty ...
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