Anecdotes of Public Men, Volume 2Harper, 1881 - Statesmen |
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Page 15
... gives a sufficient idea of the events crowded into it . He was born at Dorchester , Massachusetts , on the 11th of April , 1794 , and died at Boston on the 16th of Janu- ary , 1865 , literally in harness , just after he had returned ...
... gives a sufficient idea of the events crowded into it . He was born at Dorchester , Massachusetts , on the 11th of April , 1794 , and died at Boston on the 16th of Janu- ary , 1865 , literally in harness , just after he had returned ...
Page 16
... give to enumerate his various writings on ev- ery subject - scientific , literary , political , and patriotic . These treasures lie before me in the four volumes of his orations , pub- lished by Little & Brown , of Boston , and I could ...
... give to enumerate his various writings on ev- ery subject - scientific , literary , political , and patriotic . These treasures lie before me in the four volumes of his orations , pub- lished by Little & Brown , of Boston , and I could ...
Page 38
... give an impulse to human affairs , and , as far as events can depend on an indi- vidual , had placed the rights and the destinies of countless millions in the keeping of the widow's son . " Writing of Bancroft as a Democrat , I am ...
... give an impulse to human affairs , and , as far as events can depend on an indi- vidual , had placed the rights and the destinies of countless millions in the keeping of the widow's son . " Writing of Bancroft as a Democrat , I am ...
Page 40
... give him the preference over the older lawyers of the dis- trict , history is silent . At length , having made a fortune , he re- tired to a farm ten miles from Nashville , abandoned the law , and commenced farming and merchandising ...
... give him the preference over the older lawyers of the dis- trict , history is silent . At length , having made a fortune , he re- tired to a farm ten miles from Nashville , abandoned the law , and commenced farming and merchandising ...
Page 41
... , I should fail to do a duty on this occasion if I did not give utterance to your senti- ment of gratitude which followed General Jackson into retire- ment . Dwelling among you , he desired your prosperity GEORGE BANCROFT . 41.
... , I should fail to do a duty on this occasion if I did not give utterance to your senti- ment of gratitude which followed General Jackson into retire- ment . Dwelling among you , he desired your prosperity GEORGE BANCROFT . 41.
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