Anecdotes of Public Men, Volume 2Harper, 1881 - Statesmen |
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... hundreds of thousands who hung entranced upon the accents of the orator . Repeated North and South , as the most finished tribute ever paid by genius to patriot- ism , its influence was the greater because it added more than cighty ...
... hundreds of thousands who hung entranced upon the accents of the orator . Repeated North and South , as the most finished tribute ever paid by genius to patriot- ism , its influence was the greater because it added more than cighty ...
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... hundreds of oth- ers of almost equal celebrity . His notes of the numerous dip- lomatic consultations and social reunions are charmingly writ- ten . He was in London when George the Third died ; saw the coronation of George the Fourth ...
... hundreds of oth- ers of almost equal celebrity . His notes of the numerous dip- lomatic consultations and social reunions are charmingly writ- ten . He was in London when George the Third died ; saw the coronation of George the Fourth ...
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... the Re- public . " Louis Napoleon ascended the tribune , and said that he " did not come to speak against the amendment , but , in the name of the three hundred thousand electors who had chosen 26 ANECDOTES OF PUBLIC MEN .
... the Re- public . " Louis Napoleon ascended the tribune , and said that he " did not come to speak against the amendment , but , in the name of the three hundred thousand electors who had chosen 26 ANECDOTES OF PUBLIC MEN .
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John Wien Forney. name of the three hundred thousand electors who had chosen him , to disavow the appellation of Pretender so constantly . brought against him . " On the 27th of October Louis Napo- leon again addressed the Assembly in ...
John Wien Forney. name of the three hundred thousand electors who had chosen him , to disavow the appellation of Pretender so constantly . brought against him . " On the 27th of October Louis Napo- leon again addressed the Assembly in ...
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... hundred men , six hundred of them sailors from the fleet , and some Californians , he , in six months , conquered the whole of California , and established the author- ity of the United States there . He returned to the East over- land ...
... hundred men , six hundred of them sailors from the fleet , and some Californians , he , in six months , conquered the whole of California , and established the author- ity of the United States there . He returned to the East over- land ...
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