Anecdotes of Public Men, Volume 2Harper, 1881 - Statesmen |
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Page 12
... Charles Macalester , 1016 Spruce Street , Philadelphia , May 12 , 1859 , when he was called here to pronounce his splendid ora- tion on " The Character of Washington , " for the benefit of the Mount Vernon fund , then admirably ...
... Charles Macalester , 1016 Spruce Street , Philadelphia , May 12 , 1859 , when he was called here to pronounce his splendid ora- tion on " The Character of Washington , " for the benefit of the Mount Vernon fund , then admirably ...
Page 22
... Charles Jared Ingersoll for that position , but the Senate refused to con- firm the appointment ; and Mr. Rush happening in Washington A as one of the regents of the Smithsonian Institution , 22 ANECDOTES OF PUBLIC MEN . III. ...
... Charles Jared Ingersoll for that position , but the Senate refused to con- firm the appointment ; and Mr. Rush happening in Washington A as one of the regents of the Smithsonian Institution , 22 ANECDOTES OF PUBLIC MEN . III. ...
Page 55
... Charles S. Olden and Joel Parker , of New Jersey ; Ichabod Goodwin , Nathaniel L. Berry , and Joseph A. Gilmore , of New Hampshire ; Austin Blair , of Michigan ; Alexander Ramsey , of Minnesota ; Erastus Fairbanks and Frederick Holbrook ...
... Charles S. Olden and Joel Parker , of New Jersey ; Ichabod Goodwin , Nathaniel L. Berry , and Joseph A. Gilmore , of New Hampshire ; Austin Blair , of Michigan ; Alexander Ramsey , of Minnesota ; Erastus Fairbanks and Frederick Holbrook ...
Page 86
... Charles Reade or Wilkie Collins , or Alfred Tennyson or Oliver Wendell Holmes , with their wonderful art , so rapid , dazzling , and supernatural ; but we lived in the gorgeous world of Walter Scott , hung round with the marvellous ...
... Charles Reade or Wilkie Collins , or Alfred Tennyson or Oliver Wendell Holmes , with their wonderful art , so rapid , dazzling , and supernatural ; but we lived in the gorgeous world of Walter Scott , hung round with the marvellous ...
Page 88
... Charles Fechter , will not say that in all that constitutes true gentlemen they were and are the peers of any equal number taken from any other vocation in life ? In scholarship , in conversation , in manners , in personal integrity ...
... Charles Fechter , will not say that in all that constitutes true gentlemen they were and are the peers of any equal number taken from any other vocation in life ? In scholarship , in conversation , in manners , in personal integrity ...
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