Anecdotes of Public Men, Volume 2Harper, 1881 - Statesmen |
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Page 81
... clothes , and worked like a drudge eighteen hours out of the twenty - four . Up to 1860 little was heard of the Massachusetts Butler save that he was an eccentric , original , daring advocate . His politics kept him in a perpetual ...
... clothes , and worked like a drudge eighteen hours out of the twenty - four . Up to 1860 little was heard of the Massachusetts Butler save that he was an eccentric , original , daring advocate . His politics kept him in a perpetual ...
Page 180
... clothes , his boots , and his hat - all were worn out . He had to use ropes for his bridle , and his saddle - bags looked as if they had seen a century's service . He was very light and agile , a sparkling boy , vital , keen , impulsive ...
... clothes , his boots , and his hat - all were worn out . He had to use ropes for his bridle , and his saddle - bags looked as if they had seen a century's service . He was very light and agile , a sparkling boy , vital , keen , impulsive ...
Page 214
... clothes , and is a lovely suburban city of twenty - seven thousand inhabitants , while The Telegraph , originally fourteen by twenty - two inches , and five columns to a page , is now thirty - one and a half by forty - eight inches ...
... clothes , and is a lovely suburban city of twenty - seven thousand inhabitants , while The Telegraph , originally fourteen by twenty - two inches , and five columns to a page , is now thirty - one and a half by forty - eight inches ...
Page 282
... clothing , jewelry , woollen fabrics , silk and tissues of silk , mining and metallurgy , various kinds of woods , chemi- cal apparatus , leather , ploughs , fire - arms , agricultural machin- ery , machine tools , methods of weaving ...
... clothing , jewelry , woollen fabrics , silk and tissues of silk , mining and metallurgy , various kinds of woods , chemi- cal apparatus , leather , ploughs , fire - arms , agricultural machin- ery , machine tools , methods of weaving ...
Page 396
... clothes ; and Oliver Cromwell has been put where he is as if to prove that he was just the man for the bold work he began and finished . The best - looking wax man was a great criminal , and the worst a great philanthropist . Poor Henry ...
... clothes ; and Oliver Cromwell has been put where he is as if to prove that he was just the man for the bold work he began and finished . The best - looking wax man was a great criminal , and the worst a great philanthropist . Poor Henry ...
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