Anecdotes of Public Men, Volume 2Harper, 1881 - Statesmen |
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... Independence , was of the school of Edward Everett , more precise and formal , and far less imaginative . I have been recalling his past residence in Paris , since reading the news from France indicating the efforts to re- store the ...
... Independence , was of the school of Edward Everett , more precise and formal , and far less imaginative . I have been recalling his past residence in Paris , since reading the news from France indicating the efforts to re- store the ...
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... , as we see it in the light of passing events . There are many yet living in Philadelphia who remember the great meeting in Independence Square in 1848 , when Louis Philippe , " the Citizen King , " was driven RICHARD RUSH . 23.
... , as we see it in the light of passing events . There are many yet living in Philadelphia who remember the great meeting in Independence Square in 1848 , when Louis Philippe , " the Citizen King , " was driven RICHARD RUSH . 23.
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... independence . " But President Polk had a Jackson man in his Cabinet sig- nally qualified to do justice to the subject , and on the 27th of June , 1845 , his new Secretary of the Navy , George Bancroft , pronounced his grand eulogy in ...
... independence . " But President Polk had a Jackson man in his Cabinet sig- nally qualified to do justice to the subject , and on the 27th of June , 1845 , his new Secretary of the Navy , George Bancroft , pronounced his grand eulogy in ...
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... independence . Houston was made commander - in - chief of the Texan forces , and , after a campaign of great vigor , whipped the Mexicans at San Jacinto , in April of 1836 ; in May secured the recognition of Texan independence by Mexico ...
... independence . Houston was made commander - in - chief of the Texan forces , and , after a campaign of great vigor , whipped the Mexicans at San Jacinto , in April of 1836 ; in May secured the recognition of Texan independence by Mexico ...
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... Independence in 1848 ; to the successive popu- lar risings in France , Germany , Hungary , Belgium , Italy , and Spain , so will our friendship be the star of hope to all the strug- gling nations of the future . Our ovation to Kossuth ...
... Independence in 1848 ; to the successive popu- lar risings in France , Germany , Hungary , Belgium , Italy , and Spain , so will our friendship be the star of hope to all the strug- gling nations of the future . Our ovation to Kossuth ...
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