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... Lincoln had just made him a briga- dier - 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 ...
... Lincoln had just made him a briga- dier - 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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... 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 Abra- THADDEUS STEVENS . 37 ham Lincoln . Things they never 36 ANECDOTES OF PUBLIC MEN .
... 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 Abra- THADDEUS STEVENS . 37 ham Lincoln . Things they never 36 ANECDOTES OF PUBLIC MEN .
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John Wien Forney. THADDEUS STEVENS . 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 sponta ...
John Wien Forney. THADDEUS STEVENS . 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 sponta ...
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... Lincoln con- signed Roger A. Pryor to me as a sort of prisoner - guest in 1865 , and regularly every morning would greet me with the grim re- mark : " How is your Democratic friend , General Pryor ? I hope you are both well . ” I was a ...
... Lincoln con- signed Roger A. Pryor to me as a sort of prisoner - guest in 1865 , and regularly every morning would greet me with the grim re- mark : " How is your Democratic friend , General Pryor ? I hope you are both well . ” I was a ...
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... Lincoln took the oath , Johnson was under a state of great excitement , and was in my immediate charge . I was confident , however , that he would be subdued before the President finished his inaugural . To the surprise of every body ...
... Lincoln took the oath , Johnson was under a state of great excitement , and was in my immediate charge . I was confident , however , that he would be subdued before the President finished his inaugural . To the surprise of every body ...
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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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