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... Farragut's captains ; and it was always very agreea- ble to sit by and hear Nye , who himself grew rapidly in the es- teem and confidence of his country , relate this simple story , and especially the success which had crowned his ...
... Farragut's captains ; and it was always very agreea- ble to sit by and hear Nye , who himself grew rapidly in the es- teem and confidence of his country , relate this simple story , and especially the success which had crowned his ...
Page 198
... FARRAGUT . A DINNER at the " White House , " as we call the mansion of the President of the United States in 1880 , a designation that will be lost when the Chief Magistrate is located in the large and more commodious residence now in ...
... FARRAGUT . A DINNER at the " White House , " as we call the mansion of the President of the United States in 1880 , a designation that will be lost when the Chief Magistrate is located in the large and more commodious residence now in ...
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... Farragut . He had returned some months before from his splendid European cruise in the frigate Franklin , and General Grant seized the first occasion to honor the hero who had made our flag almost as victorious on the water as he had ...
... Farragut . He had returned some months before from his splendid European cruise in the frigate Franklin , and General Grant seized the first occasion to honor the hero who had made our flag almost as victorious on the water as he had ...
Page 201
... Farragut was charming . I found him almost boyish in his frankness . He talked incessantly ; was full of life , and had much to say of his jaunt among the grandees of the Old World . He had nothing to say of himself ; but he was ...
... Farragut was charming . I found him almost boyish in his frankness . He talked incessantly ; was full of life , and had much to say of his jaunt among the grandees of the Old World . He had nothing to say of himself ; but he was ...
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... Farragut , on the flag - ship Hart- ford , in all of his battles on the Mississippi in 1861 , '62 , '63 , and ... Farragut used to relate it in his familiar moods : ADMIRAL FARRAGUT AS SURGEON'S MATE . " At thirteen I 202 ANECDOTES OF ...
... Farragut , on the flag - ship Hart- ford , in all of his battles on the Mississippi in 1861 , '62 , '63 , and ... Farragut used to relate it in his familiar moods : ADMIRAL FARRAGUT AS SURGEON'S MATE . " At thirteen I 202 ANECDOTES OF ...
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