Anecdotes of Public Men, Volume 1Harper, 1873 - Statesmen |
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Page 17
... asking for my darlings , she tells me that a man called John C. Calhoun , of South Carolina , and another man called Henry Clay , of Kentucky , had come , in my absence , and carried them down South into slavery ? How would you feel in ...
... asking for my darlings , she tells me that a man called John C. Calhoun , of South Carolina , and another man called Henry Clay , of Kentucky , had come , in my absence , and carried them down South into slavery ? How would you feel in ...
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... asked him , sotto voce , to help me out . " Remember it yourself , you infernal Black Republi- can , " was his quick reply , and I finished my remarks as best I could . Jackson was elected to Congress from his State as a Union man in ...
... asked him , sotto voce , to help me out . " Remember it yourself , you infernal Black Republi- can , " was his quick reply , and I finished my remarks as best I could . Jackson was elected to Congress from his State as a Union man in ...
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... asked for leave of absence . " Mr. Speaker , " said Stevens , “ I do not rise to object , but to suggest that the honorable member need not ask this favor , for he can easily pair off with himself . " He was charitable , but never ...
... asked for leave of absence . " Mr. Speaker , " said Stevens , “ I do not rise to object , but to suggest that the honorable member need not ask this favor , for he can easily pair off with himself . " He was charitable , but never ...
Page 64
... asked into this select circle , with its feast of reason and its flow of soul - its gen- erous inaugural of soup , re - enforced by good wines , and supple- mented , after dinner , by unforgotten punch , brewed by the hand of the good ...
... asked into this select circle , with its feast of reason and its flow of soul - its gen- erous inaugural of soup , re - enforced by good wines , and supple- mented , after dinner , by unforgotten punch , brewed by the hand of the good ...
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... asked if he had any money , to which the young man replied that he had no means to purchase his law library ; whereupon Mr. Choate said , " Go to Little & Brown ( the old - established law publishers ) , select your books , and re- fer ...
... asked if he had any money , to which the young man replied that he had no means to purchase his law library ; whereupon Mr. Choate said , " Go to Little & Brown ( the old - established law publishers ) , select your books , and re- fer ...
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