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... so we three walked over to the hotel and sent up our cards , and were quickly admitted to the great man's parlor . He looked feeble and worn - he was then over seventy - three years old — but he soon brightened .
... so we three walked over to the hotel and sent up our cards , and were quickly admitted to the great man's parlor . He looked feeble and worn - he was then over seventy - three years old — but he soon brightened .
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We soon after took our leave , and as we descended the stairs , Forrest turned to Mr. Swift and myself , and said : “ Mr. Clay has proved , by the skill with which he can change his manner , and the grace with which he can make an ...
We soon after took our leave , and as we descended the stairs , Forrest turned to Mr. Swift and myself , and said : “ Mr. Clay has proved , by the skill with which he can change his manner , and the grace with which he can make an ...
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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 a 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 a speeches against slavery 16 ANECDOTES OF PUBLIC MEN .
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Stephen A. Douglas died too soon , for many reasons , and chiefly because , had he lived , he would have enjoyed the ripe STEPHEN A. DOUGLAS . 19 fulfillment of many of his 18 ANECDOTES OF PUBLIC MEN .
Stephen A. Douglas died too soon , for many reasons , and chiefly because , had he lived , he would have enjoyed the ripe STEPHEN A. DOUGLAS . 19 fulfillment of many of his 18 ANECDOTES OF PUBLIC MEN .
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California had been a secession rendezvous from the day it became a part of the Union , but the Southern leaders there soon found in Broderick a stubborn and a dangerous enemy . His rough New York schooling had made him especially ...
California had been a secession rendezvous from the day it became a part of the Union , but the Southern leaders there soon found in Broderick a stubborn and a dangerous enemy . His rough New York schooling had made him especially ...
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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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