Anecdotes of Public Men, Volume 2Harper, 1881 - Statesmen |
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Page 22
... less imaginative . I have been recalling his past residence in Paris , since reading the news from France indicating the efforts to re- store the Napoleonic empire under the Prince Imperial . I met Mr. Rush repeatedly during his life ...
... less imaginative . I have been recalling his past residence in Paris , since reading the news from France indicating the efforts to re- store the Napoleonic empire under the Prince Imperial . I met Mr. Rush repeatedly during his life ...
Page 23
... less interesting . Here we find a view of " Washington in Domestic Life , " made up from personal letters of Washing- ton to his private secretary , Colonel Lear ; also Colonel Lear's account of Washington's conduct when he heard of the ...
... less interesting . Here we find a view of " Washington in Domestic Life , " made up from personal letters of Washing- ton to his private secretary , Colonel Lear ; also Colonel Lear's account of Washington's conduct when he heard of the ...
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... less significant because he had just supported the admission of Louis Napoleon as a member of the Assembly . On the 17th Louis Napoleon wrote another letter , in which , " in order to maintain the peace of the Republic , " he resigned ...
... less significant because he had just supported the admission of Louis Napoleon as a member of the Assembly . On the 17th Louis Napoleon wrote another letter , in which , " in order to maintain the peace of the Republic , " he resigned ...
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... less sincere than the general feeling which acquitted him of all blame . These events took place in February of 1844. That was the year of the violent struggle between James K. Polk and Henry Clay , which resulted in the election of the ...
... less sincere than the general feeling which acquitted him of all blame . These events took place in February of 1844. That was the year of the violent struggle between James K. Polk and Henry Clay , which resulted in the election of the ...
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... on the 6th day of February . How had the wisdom of the Old World vainly tasked itself to frame constitutions that could , at least , be the subject of experiment ! The men of Tennessee , in less than twenty - 40 ANECDOTES OF PUBLIC MEN .
... on the 6th day of February . How had the wisdom of the Old World vainly tasked itself to frame constitutions that could , at least , be the subject of experiment ! The men of Tennessee , in less than twenty - 40 ANECDOTES OF PUBLIC MEN .
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