The Life and Times of Seargent Smith PrentissJ. B. Lippincott & Company, 1884 - 442 páginas |
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... speech of the won- derful youth in an apple - orchard hard by to a mass - meeting of his playmates . It was so striking that it gave a presage of his future brilliant career . When nearing the close of his school - boy days , his father ...
... speech of the won- derful youth in an apple - orchard hard by to a mass - meeting of his playmates . It was so striking that it gave a presage of his future brilliant career . When nearing the close of his school - boy days , his father ...
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... speech in Mississippi . Bell forgot his promise to awake Prentiss , who therefore slept till late in the day ; when he awoke , however , he had his horse saddled and started , but only reached the classic ground just as his friend had ...
... speech in Mississippi . Bell forgot his promise to awake Prentiss , who therefore slept till late in the day ; when he awoke , however , he had his horse saddled and started , but only reached the classic ground just as his friend had ...
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... speech . Prentiss brought into play , in rapid succession , ridicule , pathos , and satire ; he alternately convulsed the court and by - standers with laughter , and then moved them to tears . The result was the demurrer was sustained ...
... speech . Prentiss brought into play , in rapid succession , ridicule , pathos , and satire ; he alternately convulsed the court and by - standers with laughter , and then moved them to tears . The result was the demurrer was sustained ...
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... speech for one so young at once enhanced his reputation , and his star began its upward ascent . It was not long ere he stepped into a large practice and assumed his position in the front rank of the profession . While his forte was in ...
... speech for one so young at once enhanced his reputation , and his star began its upward ascent . It was not long ere he stepped into a large practice and assumed his position in the front rank of the profession . While his forte was in ...
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... speech on the national topic is de- tailed by John M. Chilton in the " Memoirs . " He knew it would be folly to attack ( the old war veteran , so he flanked that battery , and criticised Van Buren , who was to be the successor of the ...
... speech on the national topic is de- tailed by John M. Chilton in the " Memoirs . " He knew it would be folly to attack ( the old war veteran , so he flanked that battery , and criticised Van Buren , who was to be the successor of the ...
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