Anecdotes of Public Men, Volume 2Harper, 1881 - Statesmen |
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... characters and scenes , the same kindly spirit to the living and the dead . Written in the turmoil of great excitement at Washington , while I was in a high official position , and in Philadelphia after I had voluntarily resigned all ...
... characters and scenes , the same kindly spirit to the living and the dead . Written in the turmoil of great excitement at Washington , while I was in a high official position , and in Philadelphia after I had voluntarily resigned all ...
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... character of an in- spector , and was surprised to find among the inmates a lad of twelve or thirteen years of age , sent there to await his trial on a charge of theft . Struck by his youthful appearance , he asked him whether he was ...
... character of an in- spector , and was surprised to find among the inmates a lad of twelve or thirteen years of age , sent there to await his trial on a charge of theft . Struck by his youthful appearance , he asked him whether he was ...
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... character . Governor Marcy was at that time Secretary of War under Pres- ident James K. Polk . To him , therefore , as one of his closest friends , whose lead he had followed in the Democratic party from his first vote , Judge Nye wrote ...
... character . Governor Marcy was at that time Secretary of War under Pres- ident James K. Polk . To him , therefore , as one of his closest friends , whose lead he had followed in the Democratic party from his first vote , Judge Nye wrote ...
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... character , summarized his friend and biographer as follows : " We all remember him - some of us personally ; myself , cer- tainly , with great interest - in his deliberations in the Congress of the United States , to which he brought ...
... character , summarized his friend and biographer as follows : " We all remember him - some of us personally ; myself , cer- tainly , with great interest - in his deliberations in the Congress of the United States , to which he brought ...
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... character of his native land , not we only , but all the country and all the world , know . He has performed this career , and is yet at such a period of life that I may venture something upon the char- acter and privilege of my ...
... character of his native land , not we only , but all the country and all the world , know . He has performed this career , and is yet at such a period of life that I may venture something upon the char- acter and privilege of my ...
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