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The company was numerous , including hundreds of ladies in the galleries , the feast superb , the wines delicious , and Mr. Webster did not rise to respond to the toast in his honor till late in the evening . Shorthand reporting was not ...
The company was numerous , including hundreds of ladies in the galleries , the feast superb , the wines delicious , and Mr. Webster did not rise to respond to the toast in his honor till late in the evening . Shorthand reporting was not ...
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... said the Doctor , “ where I had the honor to vote for James G. Birney for President in 1844 , being one of a very , very small party , which will soon control Pennsylvania by an Andrew Jackson majority , we had a strange character ...
... said the Doctor , “ where I had the honor to vote for James G. Birney for President in 1844 , being one of a very , very small party , which will soon control Pennsylvania by an Andrew Jackson majority , we had a strange character ...
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They were , indeed , known far beyond their vicinity ; but as they did not seek for notoriety , they are not as well remembered as if they had been aspirants for Congressional honors . I refer to Robert T. Conrad , of Philadelphia ...
They were , indeed , known far beyond their vicinity ; but as they did not seek for notoriety , they are not as well remembered as if they had been aspirants for Congressional honors . I refer to Robert T. Conrad , of Philadelphia ...
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That is a duty I should conceive it a special honor to discharge if I had at once the material and the ability . Barton was an orator I have never heard surpassed in either House of Congress , and I may safely say this , as I never ...
That is a duty I should conceive it a special honor to discharge if I had at once the material and the ability . Barton was an orator I have never heard surpassed in either House of Congress , and I may safely say this , as I never ...
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... since the close of the war , and by the following words spoken by him at Louisville , Kentucky , on the 13th of October last , at a meeting called to do honor to the memory of Robert E. Lee , the Confederate military leader .
... since the close of the war , and by the following words spoken by him at Louisville , Kentucky , on the 13th of October last , at a meeting called to do honor to the memory of Robert E. Lee , the Confederate military leader .
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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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