Anecdotes of Public Men, Volume 2Harper, 1881 - Statesmen |
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... asked him whether he was guilty of the charge laid against him , to which the boy at once replied in the affirmative . He said his father and mother were miserably poor , and that , in desperation , he had broken into a corn - crib and ...
... asked him whether he was guilty of the charge laid against him , to which the boy at once replied in the affirmative . He said his father and mother were miserably poor , and that , in desperation , he had broken into a corn - crib and ...
Page 10
... asking him to secure for the lad the appointment of cadet at the Military Academy . In answer , Governor Marcy said that he regretted his inability to comply with this request ; that the possible vacancies at West Point had been filled ...
... asking him to secure for the lad the appointment of cadet at the Military Academy . In answer , Governor Marcy said that he regretted his inability to comply with this request ; that the possible vacancies at West Point had been filled ...
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... asked ? you have known the President longer than I have . I had read the account of the visit he paid the latter at Ham , when he was a State prisoner , and remembered the predictions it contained . He replied that , having recently ...
... asked ? you have known the President longer than I have . I had read the account of the visit he paid the latter at Ham , when he was a State prisoner , and remembered the predictions it contained . He replied that , having recently ...
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... asked , " Did Maryland hesitate when Governor Hicks resolutely , for three decisive months , refused to convene her traitorous Legislature lest they might hurl her into the vortex of rebellion ? Did she ever hesitate when cunning poli ...
... asked , " Did Maryland hesitate when Governor Hicks resolutely , for three decisive months , refused to convene her traitorous Legislature lest they might hurl her into the vortex of rebellion ? Did she ever hesitate when cunning poli ...
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... asked to enforce the laws and to protect the public property . If , from this act , war is to follow , better that it should come in that way than that war should be forced upon us by successful traitors . What American would not rather ...
... asked to enforce the laws and to protect the public property . If , from this act , war is to follow , better that it should come in that way than that war should be forced upon us by successful traitors . What American would not rather ...
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