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... and able presentation of the side adverse to the Compromise Measures . I saw the old man's eye flash as I spoke , and was not surprised when , with much vehemence , he proceeded to denounce A 2 ANECDOTES OF PUBLIC MEN. ...
... and able presentation of the side adverse to the Compromise Measures . I saw the old man's eye flash as I spoke , and was not surprised when , with much vehemence , he proceeded to denounce A 2 ANECDOTES OF PUBLIC MEN. ...
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... side of the Administration on the Oregon question . His criticism was merciless , and stung the President and his premier to the quick . Accordingly The Pennsylvanian was called upon to review his positions , which was done in three ...
... side of the Administration on the Oregon question . His criticism was merciless , and stung the President and his premier to the quick . Accordingly The Pennsylvanian was called upon to review his positions , which was done in three ...
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... side of the National Councils than to do justice to extraordinary talents . 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 ...
... side of the National Councils than to do justice to extraordinary talents . 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 ...
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... side knew that more than once the severest things we said of each other were written when we were dining together at the same table , and in the midst of mutual discussion and good nature . There were not many days of that heated and ...
... side knew that more than once the severest things we said of each other were written when we were dining together at the same table , and in the midst of mutual discussion and good nature . There were not many days of that heated and ...
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... , over all others . It was the last drop in the bitter bowl of Democratic disappoint- ment , and it created an overflow of anger on the one side and " MAZEPPA " QUOTATION . 33 of satisfaction on the 32 ANECDOTES OF PUBLIC MEN .
... , over all others . It was the last drop in the bitter bowl of Democratic disappoint- ment , and it created an overflow of anger on the one side and " MAZEPPA " QUOTATION . 33 of satisfaction on the 32 ANECDOTES OF PUBLIC MEN .
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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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