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... characters I have attempted to describe in these plain and unpretending " Anecdotes , " and I feel that I take no liberty in dedicating this volume to you . From Franklin Pierce to Ulysses S. Grant , including most of the intermediate ...
... characters I have attempted to describe in these plain and unpretending " Anecdotes , " and I feel that I take no liberty in dedicating this volume to you . From Franklin Pierce to Ulysses S. Grant , including most of the intermediate ...
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... , very small party , which will soon control Pennsylvania by an Andrew Jackson majority , we had a strange character among us who occasionally made DR . WILLIAM ELDER . 17 speeches against slavery , 16 ANECDOTES OF PUBLIC MEN .
... , very small party , which will soon control Pennsylvania by an Andrew Jackson majority , we had a strange character among us who occasionally made DR . WILLIAM ELDER . 17 speeches against slavery , 16 ANECDOTES OF PUBLIC MEN .
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John Wien Forney. III . IN Theodore Parker's frank and sympathetic analysis of the character of George Washington , he speaks of his skill and good fortune in the selection and purchase of real estate , and his fine forecast of the ...
John Wien Forney. III . IN Theodore Parker's frank and sympathetic analysis of the character of George Washington , he speaks of his skill and good fortune in the selection and purchase of real estate , and his fine forecast of the ...
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... character . Born in the District of Columbia in 1818 , and killed in a duel in September of 1859 , his short career was a succession of strange events . Twenty - five years of it were spent in New York in the rudest scenes , and more ...
... character . Born in the District of Columbia in 1818 , and killed in a duel in September of 1859 , his short career was a succession of strange events . Twenty - five years of it were spent in New York in the rudest scenes , and more ...
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... character , ever threw off more sponta- neous jokes . Mr. Stevens rarely told a story . He was strong in repartee , in retort , in quiet interrogatory . He must have been terrible at the cross - examination of a witness . There is ...
... character , ever threw off more sponta- neous jokes . Mr. Stevens rarely told a story . He was strong in repartee , in retort , in quiet interrogatory . He must have been terrible at the cross - examination of a witness . There is ...
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