The Life and Times of Seargent Smith PrentissJ. B. Lippincott & Company, 1884 - 442 páginas |
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... lived . " Prentiss's brother tells us in his " Memoirs " that their mother never heard of this painful episode till after Seargent's death , and therefore the wound was healed before the pang was felt . He went on the field of honor in ...
... lived . " Prentiss's brother tells us in his " Memoirs " that their mother never heard of this painful episode till after Seargent's death , and therefore the wound was healed before the pang was felt . He went on the field of honor in ...
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... lived under the constitution and laws , now speaks the notes of alarm . The excited citizens rush towards the court - house ; a human wave seems in every street . That old hall , which has often rung with the eloquence of the wise and ...
... lived under the constitution and laws , now speaks the notes of alarm . The excited citizens rush towards the court - house ; a human wave seems in every street . That old hall , which has often rung with the eloquence of the wise and ...
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... lived and heroes died . He tells them that taxation without representation is tyranny ; that resistance to tyranny is obedience to God ; that this right is inalienable ; that they cannot be deprived of it by any power whatever , much ...
... lived and heroes died . He tells them that taxation without representation is tyranny ; that resistance to tyranny is obedience to God ; that this right is inalienable ; that they cannot be deprived of it by any power whatever , much ...
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... lived in ancient times they would have puzzled the sphinx with their riddles and scholars with their logic . They have performed a miracle greater than that which illustrates the history of the widow's cruse . The widow con- tinually ...
... lived in ancient times they would have puzzled the sphinx with their riddles and scholars with their logic . They have performed a miracle greater than that which illustrates the history of the widow's cruse . The widow con- tinually ...
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... greeting to me was , " Joe , you have the greatest man in the United States as your Representa- tive ; he is the greatest orator that ever lived ! " As soon as the buzz of applause subsided , Mr. SEARGENT SMITH PRENTISS . 181.
... greeting to me was , " Joe , you have the greatest man in the United States as your Representa- tive ; he is the greatest orator that ever lived ! " As soon as the buzz of applause subsided , Mr. SEARGENT SMITH PRENTISS . 181.
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