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... brought down from Mount Sinai by an ancient law- giver , on tablets of stone . Nor is he without honor in his own country . There , where they know him best , " a cloud of witnesses ap- pear " to attest their affection . They call him ...
... brought down from Mount Sinai by an ancient law- giver , on tablets of stone . Nor is he without honor in his own country . There , where they know him best , " a cloud of witnesses ap- pear " to attest their affection . They call him ...
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... brought to trial . The Clarksburg court room was crowded . To make sure of obtaining convictions , the United States District Attorney , Flick by name , had sum- moned scores of witnesses . One after another they took the stand to ...
... brought to trial . The Clarksburg court room was crowded . To make sure of obtaining convictions , the United States District Attorney , Flick by name , had sum- moned scores of witnesses . One after another they took the stand to ...
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... . John J. Davis brought his bride to his father's house , where he himself had been born . His law practice was small and fees not always collected . Years later he would tell how his first year's fees as a lawyer 16 JOHN W. DAVIS.
... . John J. Davis brought his bride to his father's house , where he himself had been born . His law practice was small and fees not always collected . Years later he would tell how his first year's fees as a lawyer 16 JOHN W. DAVIS.
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... brought population and wealth to its door . Its city manager points with pride to the sewage disposal plant , and its youth to the nightly glitter of a lengthening white way . On the balcony of its best hotel , overlooking the lobby ...
... brought population and wealth to its door . Its city manager points with pride to the sewage disposal plant , and its youth to the nightly glitter of a lengthening white way . On the balcony of its best hotel , overlooking the lobby ...
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... brought two cents a pound in the Baltimore market they felt they were well paid . A regular stage schedule was established about that time , with stations every ten miles where horses were changed and passengers given a brief respite ...
... brought two cents a pound in the Baltimore market they felt they were well paid . A regular stage schedule was established about that time , with stations every ten miles where horses were changed and passengers given a brief respite ...
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Page 252 - A treaty entering the Senate is like a bull going into the arena: no one can say just how or when the final blow will fall — but one thing is certain — it will never leave the arena alive.
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Page 155 - THESE are the times that try men's souls. The summer soldier and the sunshine patriot will, in this crisis, shrink from the service of their country; but he that stands it now, deserves the love and thanks of man and woman.
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