Book/Printed Material The American statesman;
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Image 1 of The American statesman;- Contributor: Banvard, Joseph
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Image 3 of The American statesman;- Contributor: Banvard, Joseph
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Image 4 of The American statesman;- Contributor: Banvard, Joseph
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Image 5 of The American statesman; WKnsTKU I.KVVIM; IIO.MK for KXKTKR AfATKMV. Se« p. ■)2.- Contributor: Banvard, Joseph
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Image 7 of The American statesman; THE AMERICAN STATESMAN; OB ILLUSTRATIONS OP THE LIFE AND CHARACTER OP DANIEL WEBSTER. DESIGNED FOB AMERICAN YOUTH. BY REV/ JOSEPH BANVARD, AOTHOB OF PLYMOUTH AND THE PILGRIMS, NOVELTIES OF THE NEW VTOBLO…- Contributor: Banvard, Joseph
- Date: 1853
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Image 8 of The American statesman; £1-340 Gctered, according to Act of Congre«8, in the year 1863, by GOULD AND LINCOLN, In the Clerk Offic* of the District Court of the District of Mtweachunetts. STEBEOXyPKD AT THK BOSTON…- Contributor: Banvard, Joseph
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Image 9 of The American statesman; PREFACE. The object of this volume is to present a sketch of the most interesting and important events which occurred in the history of the distinguished statesman who has lately passed away.…- Contributor: Banvard, Joseph
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Image 10 of The American statesman; 6 PREFACE. Speeches, and sermons occasioned by his de- cease, selecting such facts and incidents from each as would suit his purpose, and deducing from them such lessons or principles of action…- Contributor: Banvard, Joseph
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Image 11 of The American statesman; CONTENTS. CHAPTER I. PAQB The two Riders. —A pleasing Proposition. Accepted. A Bite. A Plunge. A Trout caught. Daniel Webster. His Birthplace. Kearsage Mountain. —The tottling Boy. The mysterious Well. Drinking from…- Contributor: Banvard, Joseph
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Image 12 of The American statesman; I CONTENTS. pan a Testimony. Webster gets a Reward. Tappan s Enthusi- asm. Webster s second Letter to him. His Example commend- ed. Note. Tappan s Death. Teacher Hoyt. His Character. Webster…- Contributor: Banvard, Joseph
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Image 13 of The American statesman; CONTENTS. CHAPTER V. 9 Webster is classed low. He soon rises. His Industry in College Advice to Undergraduates. College Temptations. Their Anti- dote. Webster studies Oratory. His personal Appearance. De- livers a…- Contributor: Banvard, Joseph
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Image 14 of The American statesman; 10 CONTENTS. Law. His Attention to Business. The wrong Course. Kimball s Turnpilte. Webster s Determination. His Success. Rule to reg- ulate Subscriptions. Mr. Webster studies with Hon. Mr. Gore. Is admitted…- Contributor: Banvard, Joseph
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Image 15 of The American statesman; CONTENTS. 11 Qualities as an Orator. An Attack on New England. Webster and Bell. A crowded Senate. His Introduction. His Allusion to the Old Bay State. —The thrilling Effect. Meeting in the…- Contributor: Banvard, Joseph
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Image 16 of The American statesman; 12 CONTENTS. CHAPTER XIII. Mr. Webster an early Riser. His Letter on the Morning. Adam s Mornings. What to observe in the Morning. Dr. Doddridge on early Rising. Beauties of Marshfield. Mr.…- Contributor: Banvard, Joseph
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Image 17 of The American statesman; CONTENTS. 13 rter loans a Client Money. A touching Story of a Widow s Pov- erty and Mr. Webster s Benevolence 964 CHAPTER XVI. Mr. Webster never out of Order. Sings with…- Contributor: Banvard, Joseph
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Image 18 of The American statesman; 14 CONTENTS. CHAPTER XVIII. Funeral of Mr. Webster at Marshfield. Appearance of his Re- mains. He is borne to the Grave by his Neighbors. Boston in Mourning. Impressive Arrangements. Business suspended. Appropriate…- Contributor: Banvard, Joseph
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Image 19 of The American statesman; CHAPTER I. The two Riders. A pleasing Proposition. Accepted. A Bite. A Plunge. A Trout caught. Daniel Webster.— His Birthplace. Kearsage Mountain. The tottling Boy. The mysterious Well. Drinking from the moss-covered…- Contributor: Banvard, Joseph
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Image 20 of The American statesman; 16 THE TWO RIDERS. The little boy, who perhaps had never used hook and hne before, immediately signified his pleasure at the proposition. The horse was checked both riders dismounted, and began…- Contributor: Banvard, Joseph
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Image 21 of The American statesman;- Contributor: Banvard, Joseph
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Image 22 of The American statesman; OS a H CD P3 M t-* ru o o •«3 m- Contributor: Banvard, Joseph
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Image 23 of The American statesman; Webster s birthplace. 17 the land, ran to his rescue. He succeeded n reach- uig him and drawing him ashore, with a pound trout traihng behind him. This lad was Daniel Webster,…- Contributor: Banvard, Joseph
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Image 24 of The American statesman; 18 HIS EARLY CHILDHOOD. well, with a long, old-fashioned well sweep, to one extremity of which was attached a bucket, by means of which the clear, cool water was drawn up for…- Contributor: Banvard, Joseph
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Image 25 of The American statesman; YOUTHFUL FANCIES. 19 guarding the entrance to a fort. A few years later, we behold him tripping over the fields, jumping across the brook, or wandering along its margin, with hook and…- Contributor: Banvard, Joseph
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Image 26 of The American statesman; 20 HIS LOVE OF NATURE. grandeur of this mountain It was not decorated with beautiful, terraced, hanging gardens, nor with graceful, luxuriant vineyards. It arose almost naked from the plain, as though…- Contributor: Banvard, Joseph
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Image 27 of The American statesman; EXAMPLE FOR IMITATION. 21 into the unmeasured spaces above him, and contem- plate the stars, as immense globes swinging in their orbits, as if they were the mighty pendulums which controlled the…- Contributor: Banvard, Joseph
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Image 28 of The American statesman; 22 INFLUENCE OF NATURE. cultivate a taste for the beautiful objects of creation. Notice the colors on the petal of a flower, the infi- nite diversity of forms in the leaves of…- Contributor: Banvard, Joseph
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Image 29 of The American statesman; CHAPTER II. Webster s Father. Webster s Health.— His Education de- sired. Providential Arrangement. A School opened. Teacher Chase. Webster s early Strug-gles for an Educa- tion. Unreasonable Complaints. Contrasts. Master Tap-…- Contributor: Banvard, Joseph
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Image 30 of The American statesman; 24 DIVINE PROVIDENCE. set a high value upon education, he would probably have been devoted to an agricultural life, and then the whole current of his history would have flowed in a…- Contributor: Banvard, Joseph
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Image 31 of The American statesman; HIS FIRST TEACHER. 25 the vicinity of his home. His mother was his teach- er. She gave him the key to all knowledge, by initiating him into the mysteries of the alphabet.…- Contributor: Banvard, Joseph
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Image 32 of The American statesman; 26 MIGRATORY EDUCATION. Salisbury, the town in which Mr. Webster resided, contained three school houses, scattered at a distance of several miles from each other. In these, how- ever, school was not…- Contributor: Banvard, Joseph
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Image 33 of The American statesman; MASTER TAPPAN. 27 favor to the teacher or the school committee, instead of a privilege to themselves, and that therefore they were justified in their complaints of its distance. It would be…- Contributor: Banvard, Joseph
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Image 34 of The American statesman; 28 Webster s leiter to tappan. his childhood, of their characters and quahfications for their office, and that that impression should not be erased during a long series of years, filled up…- Contributor: Banvard, Joseph
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Image 35 of The American statesman; V THE DONATION. 29 eldest sister, Susannah, is also living. On the North Road is Mr. Benjamin Pettingil. I think of none else among the living whom you would probably remember. You…- Contributor: Banvard, Joseph
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Image 36 of The American statesman; 30 MASTER TAPPAN s ENTHUSIASM. which it contained for Mr. Webster was not ^f the number of those who profess sympathy and withhold rehef, who say, Depart in peace: be ye warmed…- Contributor: Banvard, Joseph
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Image 37 of The American statesman; WEBSTER GETS A JACKKNIFE. 31 scholars to their greatest exertion. In the above conversation, he related how his protege, at a cer- tain time, outstripped his competitors, and bore away the prize.…- Contributor: Banvard, Joseph
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Image 38 of The American statesman; 32 SECOND LETTER TO TAPPAN. needs be soon. But good by. Enjoy yourselves in this de. ightful air. Good by And the old gentleman tottered away, after a monologue al- most verbatim…- Contributor: Banvard, Joseph
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Image 39 of The American statesman; ANOTHER PRESENT TO TAPPAN. 33 and are somewhat infirm. I came to-day from the very spot in which you taught me and to me a most delightful spot ii is. The river…- Contributor: Banvard, Joseph
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Image 40 of The American statesman; H TEACHER IIOYT. tial evidence of his gratitude to an early instructor nierits more than a simple statement. It develops an element of character worthy of imitation. Too frequently is it the…- Contributor: Banvard, Joseph
- Date: 1853