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Other Presidents and statesmen were not so industrious , with perhaps the possible exception of Mr. Buchanan , whose biography has not appeared , owing to unexpected events . When it is published , we have his own pledge that it will be ...
Other Presidents and statesmen were not so industrious , with perhaps the possible exception of Mr. Buchanan , whose biography has not appeared , owing to unexpected events . When it is published , we have his own pledge that it will be ...
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... dominated over that great city . Of these he became the early and imperious leader — a leader blindly followed and blindly obeyed . But he never fell into their habits of dissipation , and perhaps his unbroken command over them ...
... dominated over that great city . Of these he became the early and imperious leader — a leader blindly followed and blindly obeyed . But he never fell into their habits of dissipation , and perhaps his unbroken command over them ...
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But no two men , perhaps , so entirely different in character , ever threw off more spontaneous jokes . Mr. Stevens rarely told a story . He was strong in repartee , in retort , in quiet interrogatory . He must have been terrible at the ...
But no two men , perhaps , so entirely different in character , ever threw off more spontaneous jokes . Mr. Stevens rarely told a story . He was strong in repartee , in retort , in quiet interrogatory . He must have been terrible at the ...
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To the surprise of every body however , except , perhaps , the Cabinet , Mr. Lincoln did not consume five minutes in repeating it . As soon as the people outside saw that he was done , loud cries were raised for Johnson , upon which we ...
To the surprise of every body however , except , perhaps , the Cabinet , Mr. Lincoln did not consume five minutes in repeating it . As soon as the people outside saw that he was done , loud cries were raised for Johnson , upon which we ...
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Perhaps the most dramatic scene that ever took place in the Senate Chamber - old or new — was that between Breckinridge and Colonel E. D. Baker , of Oregon , on the ist of August , 1861 , five days before the adjournment sine die ...
Perhaps the most dramatic scene that ever took place in the Senate Chamber - old or new — was that between Breckinridge and Colonel E. D. Baker , of Oregon , on the ist of August , 1861 , five days before the adjournment sine die ...
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| Title | Anecdotes of Public Men, Volume 1 Anecdotes of Public Men, John Wien Forney Library of American civilization |
| Author | John Wien Forney |
| Publisher | Harper, 1873 |
| Original from | Pennsylvania State University |
| Digitized | 10 Feb 2014 |
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