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Page 34
... face of singular , almost feminine beauty , was added the graceful form of an athlete and the manners of a Chesterfield . He took the right side in a commu- nity tainted with wrong views . It would have been far easier for him to have ...
... face of singular , almost feminine beauty , was added the graceful form of an athlete and the manners of a Chesterfield . He took the right side in a commu- nity tainted with wrong views . It would have been far easier for him to have ...
Page 48
... face and figure of the black - eyed and black - haired partisan . The one was closing out his eventful career - the other was beginning his , not so varied , but crowded with almost as many trials . As I sat in the gallery that sweet ...
... face and figure of the black - eyed and black - haired partisan . The one was closing out his eventful career - the other was beginning his , not so varied , but crowded with almost as many trials . As I sat in the gallery that sweet ...
Page 57
... face , his liquid tones , and easy enuncia- tion , contrasted well with his skill as a debater and his accuracy as a ... faces . The noisiest man in the immediate ante - war Congress was George S. Houston , of Alabama ; the most ...
... face , his liquid tones , and easy enuncia- tion , contrasted well with his skill as a debater and his accuracy as a ... faces . The noisiest man in the immediate ante - war Congress was George S. Houston , of Alabama ; the most ...
Page 65
... face , and , advancing to the beautiful Britisher , saluted her with almost kingly grace . As she left the White House she exclaimed to her escort , " Your republican President is the royal model of a gentleman . " [ April 9 , 1871 ...
... face , and , advancing to the beautiful Britisher , saluted her with almost kingly grace . As she left the White House she exclaimed to her escort , " Your republican President is the royal model of a gentleman . " [ April 9 , 1871 ...
Page 70
... faces , though more than twenty years have gone , and the flowers and verdure of this early spring are blossoming and growing above the graves of Brady , Elliott , and Hunter . He John Van Buren was the despot of the dinner - table ...
... faces , though more than twenty years have gone , and the flowers and verdure of this early spring are blossoming and growing above the graves of Brady , Elliott , and Hunter . He John Van Buren was the despot of the dinner - table ...
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