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Mr. Lincoln had just made him a brigadier - general . He died too soon . Nature had been prodigal of her gifts to Jackson . To a face of singular , almost feminine beauty , was added the graceful form of an athlete and the manners of a ...
Mr. Lincoln had just made him a brigadier - general . He died too soon . Nature had been prodigal of her gifts to Jackson . To a face of singular , almost feminine beauty , was added the graceful form of an athlete and the manners of a ...
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VIII . The public man with a reputation for wit is apt to become responsible for all the best jokes , old and new . Many a Joe Miller was and is still credited to Thaddeus Stevens and AbraTHADDEUS STEVENS . 37 ham Lincoln .
VIII . The public man with a reputation for wit is apt to become responsible for all the best jokes , old and new . Many a Joe Miller was and is still credited to Thaddeus Stevens and AbraTHADDEUS STEVENS . 37 ham Lincoln .
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37 ham Lincoln . Things they never said , now that both are gone , are boldly laid upon their memories . But no two men , perhaps , so entirely different in character , ever threw off more spontaneous jokes . Mr. Stevens rarely told a ...
37 ham Lincoln . Things they never said , now that both are gone , are boldly laid upon their memories . But no two men , perhaps , so entirely different in character , ever threw off more spontaneous jokes . Mr. Stevens rarely told a ...
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He affected much indignation when President Lincoln consigned Roger A. Pryor to me as a sort of prisoner - guest in 1865 , and regularly every morning would greet me with the grim remark : " How is your Democratic friend , General Pryor ...
He affected much indignation when President Lincoln consigned Roger A. Pryor to me as a sort of prisoner - guest in 1865 , and regularly every morning would greet me with the grim remark : " How is your Democratic friend , General Pryor ...
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PRESIDENT LINCOLN . 39 with laughter over a French , German , or negro anecdote , and he was always ready to match the best with a better . More than once , when I bore a message to him from the Senate , he detained me with some amusing ...
PRESIDENT LINCOLN . 39 with laughter over a French , German , or negro anecdote , and he was always ready to match the best with a better . More than once , when I bore a message to him from the Senate , he detained me with some amusing ...
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| Title | Anecdotes of Public Men |
| Author | John Wien Forney |
| Publisher | Harper & Brothers, 1877 |
| Original from | University of Iowa |
| Digitized | 10 Sep 2015 |
| Length | 444 pages |
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