Example Sentences

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It has been said that I am canvassing for a seat elsewhere.

From Toronto of Old by Scadding, Henry

I am canvassing for the cause of liberty against slavery, as better men have done before me in this very house.

From An American Politician by Crawford, F. Marion (Francis Marion)