The Life and Times of Seargent Smith PrentissJ. B. Lippincott & Company, 1884 - 442 páginas |
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... turned the pages of the book , which was the very interesting commentary of my Lord Coke on Lyttleton . While he , Thomas , was mas- tering one page , Prentiss glided over ten or twelve . " Prentiss , " he asked , " what are you doing ...
... turned the pages of the book , which was the very interesting commentary of my Lord Coke on Lyttleton . While he , Thomas , was mas- tering one page , Prentiss glided over ten or twelve . " Prentiss , " he asked , " what are you doing ...
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... turned to a good account , as we shall see hereafter . He who marks the course of a genius must follow it some- times in its erratic flights . I once asked the question of an eminent divine how it so often happened that men of talents ...
... turned to a good account , as we shall see hereafter . He who marks the course of a genius must follow it some- times in its erratic flights . I once asked the question of an eminent divine how it so often happened that men of talents ...
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... turned the laugh upon the coarse vulgarian , and the game proceeded to its close without any further comments in that line . Germane to these sparkling incidents of his career , I shall here give another specimen of his playful wit ...
... turned the laugh upon the coarse vulgarian , and the game proceeded to its close without any further comments in that line . Germane to these sparkling incidents of his career , I shall here give another specimen of his playful wit ...
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... turned the tide in its favor , and it passed the lower house , but slumbered in the Senate , and was not taken . up again till the succeeding adjourned session . As far as I can judge from the journals , the measure was modified , and a ...
... turned the tide in its favor , and it passed the lower house , but slumbered in the Senate , and was not taken . up again till the succeeding adjourned session . As far as I can judge from the journals , the measure was modified , and a ...
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... turned his attention to his private affairs . He had now to utilize his real estate , which , for the most part , was composed of vacant lots . He , therefore , began to build . This was a new rôle for him . Carpenters , brick masons ...
... turned his attention to his private affairs . He had now to utilize his real estate , which , for the most part , was composed of vacant lots . He , therefore , began to build . This was a new rôle for him . Carpenters , brick masons ...
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