Anecdotes of Public Men, Volume 2Harper, 1881 - Statesmen |
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Page 26
... defeat for the Government . In reply to this action , Louis Napoleon wrote a letter from Lon- don , in which he said he would prefer to remain in exile rather than be made the subject of disorder and anarchy . At this moment M. Jules ...
... defeat for the Government . In reply to this action , Louis Napoleon wrote a letter from Lon- don , in which he said he would prefer to remain in exile rather than be made the subject of disorder and anarchy . At this moment M. Jules ...
Page 55
... defeat the con- spiracy of the enemy . Three million five hundred thousand dollars were immediately appropriated for war purposes , and from that auspicious day Illinois poured her treasure into the cause of the country , stimulated all ...
... defeat the con- spiracy of the enemy . Three million five hundred thousand dollars were immediately appropriated for war purposes , and from that auspicious day Illinois poured her treasure into the cause of the country , stimulated all ...
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... defeated by John An- drew Shultze . What a flood of events is opened by this rem- iniscence ! I was very young , a few months younger than Curtin , when his grandfather ran for Governor ; but though many years have elapsed , I still ...
... defeated by John An- drew Shultze . What a flood of events is opened by this rem- iniscence ! I was very young , a few months younger than Curtin , when his grandfather ran for Governor ; but though many years have elapsed , I still ...
Page 63
... defeat of Henry D. Foster , and the election of Andrew G. Curtin as Governor of Pennsylvania . There is a bright sun shedding its effulgence into my little room ; the leaves are still green in their midsummer freshness , and more than ...
... defeat of Henry D. Foster , and the election of Andrew G. Curtin as Governor of Pennsylvania . There is a bright sun shedding its effulgence into my little room ; the leaves are still green in their midsummer freshness , and more than ...
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... defeat the measure . both branches in two consecutive days . final passage in the Senate , after having passed the House , the Senate was thrilled with a despatch , read from the clerk's desk , announcing that treason had culminated in ...
... defeat the measure . both branches in two consecutive days . final passage in the Senate , after having passed the House , the Senate was thrilled with a despatch , read from the clerk's desk , announcing that treason had culminated in ...
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