Anecdotes of Public Men, Volume 2Harper, 1881 - Statesmen |
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... England took longer than a journey to Russia to - day , he pronounced a sermon in the Capitol which literally took the scholars and statesmen by storm . James Madison was President , with John Quincy Adams Secretary of State . Joseph ...
... England took longer than a journey to Russia to - day , he pronounced a sermon in the Capitol which literally took the scholars and statesmen by storm . James Madison was President , with John Quincy Adams Secretary of State . Joseph ...
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... England , felt the uprising in France . The overthrow of the Mexican arms ; the election of General Taylor to the Presidency ; the acquisition of California ; the fiery speeches of Thomas Francis Meagher ; the meteor career of Kossuth ...
... England , felt the uprising in France . The overthrow of the Mexican arms ; the election of General Taylor to the Presidency ; the acquisition of California ; the fiery speeches of Thomas Francis Meagher ; the meteor career of Kossuth ...
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... England , if the French Republicans con- tinue to be as wise as they are to - day . For the first time since the Revolution of 1793 , the Old World is gravitating to Liber- ty . A new spirit moves on the face of the human sea- -Peace ...
... England , if the French Republicans con- tinue to be as wise as they are to - day . For the first time since the Revolution of 1793 , the Old World is gravitating to Liber- ty . A new spirit moves on the face of the human sea- -Peace ...
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... England should forget all past associations when the chivalry attacked the Republic : " Historians have loved to eulogize the manners and virtues , the glory and the benefits , of chivalry . Puritanism accom- plished for mankind far ...
... England should forget all past associations when the chivalry attacked the Republic : " Historians have loved to eulogize the manners and virtues , the glory and the benefits , of chivalry . Puritanism accom- plished for mankind far ...
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... England in 1846 ; and many a strong argument he wrote and spoke against the old Whigs . But when he became fully imbued with his History of the United States , " now completed in ten imperial volumes , and in six of a different style ...
... England in 1846 ; and many a strong argument he wrote and spoke against the old Whigs . But when he became fully imbued with his History of the United States , " now completed in ten imperial volumes , and in six of a different style ...
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