70 examples of douglas's in sentences

The Doctor, in his pursuits, joins agricultural to poetical science, and has set George's brains mad about the old Scotch writers, Barbour, Douglas's Æneid, Blind Harry, etc.

This organization, which gave itself the name "Republican party," came into existence in 1854, the same year in which Senator Douglas's bill abrogated the Missouri Compromise.

The several points of the Dred Scott decision, in connection with Senator Douglas's "care not" policy, constitute the piece of machinery, in its present state of advancement.

Now, as ever, I wish not to misrepresent Judge Douglas's position, question his motives, or do aught that can be personally offensive to him.

He tried to force Douglas to a declaration of the logical consequence of his position, namely, that, while he upheld the decision as a wise interpretation of the rights of the slave-owners to hold slaves in the Territories, yet the people of a Territory, under "the great principle of Popular Sovereignty" (which was Douglas's chief stock in trade), could exclude slavery from its limits even before it had formed a State constitution.

Next, I saw Old Cheviot, Douglas's matchless steed, led forth, sheathed in bright armor.

Kansas was saved, it is true; but it was the experience of Kansas that disgusted the South with Mr. Douglas's panacea of "Squatter Sovereignty.

Douglas's speeches were full of fire and patriotism.

" Douglas's face clouded.

"Petting babies is not in Douglas's line: she will only bore him.

Then, at Douglas's request, Marian sang, in memory of Wandsworth, "Rose, softly blooming."

Follow Douglas's precepts by all means.

To deny her the opportunity of remarrying would be to compel her to live as an adulteress in the eye of the law, which, by the bye, would make me the father of Douglas's children.

" Conolly nodded assent; and they went to a house on the doorstep of which Douglas's man was waiting, and ascended to the front drawing-room.

THE REVOLT OF DOUGLAS Douglas's Quarrel with Buchanan.

The indiscreet crusade of Douglas's friends against "old fogies" in 1852 had defeated Buchanan and nominated Pierce; now, by the turn of political fortune, Buchanan's friends were able to wipe out the double score by defeating both Pierce and Douglas.

At their second joint meeting, at Freeport, also in northern Illinois, Lincoln, who now had the opening speech, said, referring to Douglas's speech at Ottawa: "I do him no injustice in saying that he occupied at least half of his reply in dealing with me as though I had refused to answer his interrogatories.

Nearly a month before, Lincoln in a private letter accurately foreshadowed Douglas's course on this question.

There is only space to insert a few disconnected quotations: Now, what is Judge Douglas's popular sovereignty?

We were under the falsely quieting influence of Douglas's Kansas-Nebraska Bill.

The discipline she will now be under will at first be irksome, and perhaps Lilla may find all I have said in Mrs. Douglas's favour very contrary to reality; but I have such a good opinion of her docility, when reasoned with kindly, that I do not doubt all such impressions will be effaced when she visits us at Christmas.

It was made up of men from all the other parties who agreed in opposing Douglas's Kansas-Nebraska policy.

But this only resulted in a note: "DEAR RAYMOND,Considering only shows me that I must be Archie Douglas's now and for ever.

He was very passive, and seemed to have no power to wonder, though he was evidently pleased when Julius told him both of Archie Douglas's life and the hopes of clearing his name.

At Mrs. Douglas's grave!

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