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... ladies in the galleries , the feast superb , the wines delicious , and Mr. Webster did not rise to re- spond to the toast in his honor till late in the evening . Short- hand reporting was not then what it is now , a swift , accurate ...
... ladies in the galleries , the feast superb , the wines delicious , and Mr. Webster did not rise to re- spond to the toast in his honor till late in the evening . Short- hand reporting was not then what it is now , a swift , accurate ...
Page 37
... - dollar bill into her hands ; " and how wonderful it is that I should have just found what you had lost ! " Shortly after I was elected Clerk of the House , in 1860 , a lady friend , since deceased , called my attention to.
... - dollar bill into her hands ; " and how wonderful it is that I should have just found what you had lost ! " Shortly after I was elected Clerk of the House , in 1860 , a lady friend , since deceased , called my attention to.
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John Wien Forney. lady friend , since deceased , called my attention to the fact that the wife of one of her best servants , Sam , was about to be sent away from him to Georgia , and that unless over eight hundred dollars could be raised ...
John Wien Forney. lady friend , since deceased , called my attention to the fact that the wife of one of her best servants , Sam , was about to be sent away from him to Georgia , and that unless over eight hundred dollars could be raised ...
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... , Buchanan called upon Old Hickory with a fair English lady , whom he desired to present to the head of the American nation . Leaving her in the ANDREW JACKSON . 65 reception - room down stairs , 64 ANECDOTES OF PUBLIC MEN .
... , Buchanan called upon Old Hickory with a fair English lady , whom he desired to present to the head of the American nation . Leaving her in the ANDREW JACKSON . 65 reception - room down stairs , 64 ANECDOTES OF PUBLIC MEN .
Page 65
... ladies would call " a very good figure . " Having just returned from a visit to the fashionable continental circles ... lady in such a guise , and ventured to ask if he did not intend to change his attire , where- upon the old ...
... ladies would call " a very good figure . " Having just returned from a visit to the fashionable continental circles ... lady in such a guise , and ventured to ask if he did not intend to change his attire , where- upon the old ...
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