HENRY CLAY “The truth! it is mighty! and truth will prevail,” The infamous slanders of “Bargain and Sale” — Sunk deep with loathed calumnies, never to rise — Down! down! to its parent — “the father of lies!” Return Pennsylvania! thy first love is best, The Man of the People! the Pride of theContinue reading “L’Envoi”
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Farewell, Farewell
FAREWELL SPEECH OF HENRY CLAY, TO THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES. In the Senate of the United States on the 31st of March, 1842, Mr. Clay resigned his seat — addressing the Senate its follows: Mr. Clay said, that before proceeding to make the motion for which he had risen, he begged leave toContinue reading “Farewell, Farewell”
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So We Saw the New Ghostbusters Today
Originally posted on Dr. Doyle's Blog:
Short verdict: Haters to the rear. It’s a good movie. It’s not just a good movie, it’s a good genderflip AU, in that it doesn’t just paste the guys’ names and roles onto some female bodies actors and call it a day, it actually asks itself things like,…
One of Those Summers
Originally posted on Dr. Doyle's Blog:
Summer is always a bad time for nasty stuff to go down . . . too much heat and too much humidity and nobody ever being quite comfortable enough. Long ago, I read a piece by Judith Martin – writing in propria persona, not as Miss Manners –…
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