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Page 23
John Wien Forney. as one of the regents of the Smithsonian Institution , he ... Brougham , George Can- ning , Mr. Erskine , Mr. Stratford Canning , and ... John C. Calhoun and George Canning ; but the chapters entitled " A Glance at the ...
John Wien Forney. as one of the regents of the Smithsonian Institution , he ... Brougham , George Can- ning , Mr. Erskine , Mr. Stratford Canning , and ... John C. Calhoun and George Canning ; but the chapters entitled " A Glance at the ...
Page 88
... John Brougham , William Wheatley , E. L. Davenport , James E. Murdoch , John S. Clarke , E. A. Sothern , Charles Fechter , will not say that in all that constitutes true gentlemen they were and are the peers of any equal number taken ...
... John Brougham , William Wheatley , E. L. Davenport , James E. Murdoch , John S. Clarke , E. A. Sothern , Charles Fechter , will not say that in all that constitutes true gentlemen they were and are the peers of any equal number taken ...
Page 89
... John Brougham is also a fine littérateur . Born in Dublin , May 9 , 1814 , he entered the profession in 1830 , and in 1840 ap- peared as an author . He has written one hundred and four- teen dramatic pieces - comedies , farces , and ...
... John Brougham is also a fine littérateur . Born in Dublin , May 9 , 1814 , he entered the profession in 1830 , and in 1840 ap- peared as an author . He has written one hundred and four- teen dramatic pieces - comedies , farces , and ...
Page 90
... Brougham and Mr. James G. Maeder , the com- poser , making the musical arrangements between them ; and when the ... John Brougham has gathered no riches , save the love and confidence of thousands of friends . But I cannot tell you , in ...
... Brougham and Mr. James G. Maeder , the com- poser , making the musical arrangements between them ; and when the ... John Brougham has gathered no riches , save the love and confidence of thousands of friends . But I cannot tell you , in ...
Page 178
... John Brougham , a wit himself , and the cause of wit in others , suffers terribly from the gout . The grandfather of Joseph Jefferson , after whom he was called , was very much afflicted by rheumatism . And Rufus Choate was doubtless in ...
... John Brougham , a wit himself , and the cause of wit in others , suffers terribly from the gout . The grandfather of Joseph Jefferson , after whom he was called , was very much afflicted by rheumatism . And Rufus Choate was doubtless in ...
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