Anecdotes of Public Men, Volume 2Harper, 1881 - Statesmen |
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Page 14
... House of Rep- resentatives , it had vast effect . I saw Mr. King , of New York , and Mr. Otis , of Massachusetts , there . They were both very much affected with Mr. Everett's sermon , and Mr. Otis wept bitterly . There were some very ...
... House of Rep- resentatives , it had vast effect . I saw Mr. King , of New York , and Mr. Otis , of Massachusetts , there . They were both very much affected with Mr. Everett's sermon , and Mr. Otis wept bitterly . There were some very ...
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... house and an acquaintance of the Captain , I was invited . It was a superb affair . The com- pany consisted of James Buchanan , of Pennsylvania ; William L. ness . Marcy , of New York ; John R. 32 ANECDOTES OF PUBLIC MEN .
... house and an acquaintance of the Captain , I was invited . It was a superb affair . The com- pany consisted of James Buchanan , of Pennsylvania ; William L. ness . Marcy , of New York ; John R. 32 ANECDOTES OF PUBLIC MEN .
Page 38
... House of Hapsburg nor of Hanover , but the Virginia stripling , to give an impulse to human affairs , and , as far as events can depend on an indi- vidual , had placed the rights and the destinies of countless millions in the keeping of ...
... House of Hapsburg nor of Hanover , but the Virginia stripling , to give an impulse to human affairs , and , as far as events can depend on an indi- vidual , had placed the rights and the destinies of countless millions in the keeping of ...
Page 44
... House in that city and the Fifth Avenue Hotel , New York , then living in splendor at the French capital as one of the American Com- missioners at the French Exposition , invited me to dine with him ; and there , together with Bancroft ...
... House in that city and the Fifth Avenue Hotel , New York , then living in splendor at the French capital as one of the American Com- missioners at the French Exposition , invited me to dine with him ; and there , together with Bancroft ...
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... house was openly seized by the State authorities — a quiet scholar ( William Tecumseh Sher- man ) was modestly discharging his duties as president or su- perintendent of the Military Academy of Louisiana at Alexan- dria , on Red River ...
... house was openly seized by the State authorities — a quiet scholar ( William Tecumseh Sher- man ) was modestly discharging his duties as president or su- perintendent of the Military Academy of Louisiana at Alexan- dria , on Red River ...
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