Anecdotes of Public Men, Volume 1Harper, 1873 - Statesmen |
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Page 40
... close of his first eight years in Congress , and at the end of his Speakership of the House , I sat with him in his official room at the Capitol , and heard his eloquent declaration that he would make war upon these men , cost him what ...
... close of his first eight years in Congress , and at the end of his Speakership of the House , I sat with him in his official room at the Capitol , and heard his eloquent declaration that he would make war upon these men , cost him what ...
Page 42
... close of the called session , which opened on the 14th of July , and closed on the 6th of August , 1861. He was the leader of the Democracy in that exciting month , and though he gave no sign of his intention to join the rebel army ...
... close of the called session , which opened on the 14th of July , and closed on the 6th of August , 1861. He was the leader of the Democracy in that exciting month , and though he gave no sign of his intention to join the rebel army ...
Page 47
... close of the war , and by the following words spoken by him at Louisville , Kentucky , on the 13th of October last , at a meeting called to do honor to the memory of Robert E. Lee , the Con- federate military leader . It was a meeting ...
... close of the war , and by the following words spoken by him at Louisville , Kentucky , on the 13th of October last , at a meeting called to do honor to the memory of Robert E. Lee , the Con- federate military leader . It was a meeting ...
Page 67
... close and intimate , and my preferences rather for Francis R. Shunk - the great rival of Mr. Muhlenberg - it was thought that my visit to the Berks County statesman would do much to control the delegates from my native county . I think ...
... close and intimate , and my preferences rather for Francis R. Shunk - the great rival of Mr. Muhlenberg - it was thought that my visit to the Berks County statesman would do much to control the delegates from my native county . I think ...
Page 82
... Close keep them in the memory of the brain : Things , dates , and facts , whate'er we knowledge call , There is the common ledger of them all ; And images on this cold surface traced Make slight impression and are soon effaced . " But ...
... Close keep them in the memory of the brain : Things , dates , and facts , whate'er we knowledge call , There is the common ledger of them all ; And images on this cold surface traced Make slight impression and are soon effaced . " But ...
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