This year Miss Anthony canvassed the State, holding conventions in fifty-four counties, organizing societies, getting signatures to petitions, and subscribers to The Una.
Miss Olympia Brown, a graduate of Antioch College, canvassed several towns most successfully--adding thousands of names to the lists heretofore obtained.
In the same year, Antoinette Brown and Lucy Stone canvassed the twenty-second district, to secure the election of the Hon.
Some were for accepting this proffer at once; others hesitated; they canvassed the subject from various points, but finally decided that submission was all that remained to them.
At each of these ports he went through the same rounds, canvassed the same set of officials, and made the same inquiries.
He duly canvassed every likely dive, every "melina," every gambling house and yegg hang out.
He sent out his feelers, he canvassed the offices from which some echo might come, he had Macao searched, and all westbound steamers which he could reach by wireless were duly warned.
Lacking the funds to pay my hotel and stable bills, I canvassed the town and sold a few pictures before church time.
Directly after supper I canvassedthe stores, and worked till ten o'clock selling pictures.
It was therefore quickly determined, and each of the party being supplied with a ticket, Bitton canvassed the room for other customers, after which he again retired to his seat.
During the summer, Douglas canvassed the State, speaking repeatedly in behalf of this larger project.
Douglas, in full accord with his party upon this question, ably canvassed Illinois in earnest advocacy of Mr. Polk's election.
Everybody talked about the new wonder, canvassed the theme of her proposed discourse, and marveled how she would handle it.
At night the day's contribution of detraction, innuendo and malicious conjecture would be canvassed in her mind, and then she would drift into a course of thinking.
There was not one member, out of all those, with whom he conversed, who had not been canvassed by the planters' committee.
The Comte, it appeared, had nearlycanvassed the Assembly.
I trust that in the freedom with which I have canvassed your views I have not in any respect injured your feelings.
Let ample time be given for reflection; let the subject be fully canvassed before the People; and let a popular vote be taken in every case, before Secession is decreed.
No young proprietor had attained his majority for some years back, without being canvassed by the Grinder as a possible match for his daughter.
These opinions had been hardly canvassed a year before another event arose of such importance in the family, as might fairly claim some place in the thoughts and conversation of the ladies.
However, at the consular elections hecanvassed for his candidates like a common citizen.
Even before the decline of Vitellius' cause he had been canvassed by Caecina and other party leaders, who were turning against the emperor, and had met them with a persistent refusal.
After a sleepless, anxious night, in which he canvassed all that Sedley had told him, Bramleigh presented himself at Jack's bedside as the day was breaking.
With a freedom from the customary cant of “public servants” that is really refreshing, he canvassed the party on personal grounds, but without personalities.
I should not chuse to have the business brought on here, and canvassed by the wise heads of Mr. and Mrs. Vernon; and I cannot just now afford to go to town.
She canvassed the city of Philadelphia, and also traveled in different parts of Pennsylvania and New Jersey in order to obtain assistance in this important undertaking.
These were the questions canvassed by the members of the committee in their passionate impatience for decisive measures, and which they afterward earnestly pressed upon the President as a reason for relieving General McClellan of his command.
Benton came home as requested, and the subject was canvassed in all its bearings.
When we had canvassed this, to us interesting, topic a little further, I begged Mrs. Greyfield to go on with the relation of her history.
One point canvassed in the Convention and connected with this subject, requires notice.
It will enter naturally into the consideration of the latter part of the question canvassed before the Convention--"ought students to be confined to their classes, or allowed to receive degrees when found prepared on examination?
In this country, at least, the course would be injudicious and unfeasible, and has been canvassed by Mr. Gallatin with that gentleman's usual felicity of exposition.
It denotes a many-sided controversial debate, in which numerous points are canvassed and few settled; the express purpose being to bring into full daylight the perplexing aspects of each.
It seems from the language of Aristotle that the various explanations of [Greek: Proai/resis] which he hascanvassed and shown to be inadmissible, had all been advanced by various contemporary philosophers.
I have not canvassed the whole of this city in form, but I have taken such a view of it as satisfies my own mind that your choice will not ultimately fall upon me.
I canvassed you through your affairs, and not your persons.
Quietly, she entered the state and canvassed its jails and almshouses, as she had those of Massachusetts and Rhode Island.
But a system, whether physical or metaphysical, commonly owes its success to its novelty; and is no sooner canvassed with impartiality than its weakness is discovered.
These national questions were canvassedin every company; and the more they were examined, the more evidently did it appear to many, that liberty was totally subverted, and an unusual and arbitrary authority exercised over the kingdom.
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