Anecdotes of Public Men, Volume 2Harper, 1881 - Statesmen |
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Page 51
... look to force , he resigned his position to the State authorities . Having carefully adjusted his accounts and received a receipt in full , Sherman left for his new field of ac- tion . In 1866 , after the overthrow of the Rebellion ( in ...
... look to force , he resigned his position to the State authorities . Having carefully adjusted his accounts and received a receipt in full , Sherman left for his new field of ac- tion . In 1866 , after the overthrow of the Rebellion ( in ...
Page 73
... look out across the waters that imprison him , searching in the eastern sky for the flag that will announce to him his liberty , and the triumph of sedition ! " Think ! oh , think ! of that day when thousands and tens of thousands will ...
... look out across the waters that imprison him , searching in the eastern sky for the flag that will announce to him his liberty , and the triumph of sedition ! " Think ! oh , think ! of that day when thousands and tens of thousands will ...
Page 75
... Look at him in London , where , as Harry Grattan had done before him , he was eating his way to the bar . There he is , without a friend— ' without one affectionate soul ' ( the poor little fellow piteously ejaculated ) ' in whom he ...
... Look at him in London , where , as Harry Grattan had done before him , he was eating his way to the bar . There he is , without a friend— ' without one affectionate soul ' ( the poor little fellow piteously ejaculated ) ' in whom he ...
Page 115
... looks at me now , through its sparkling eyes , under the broad sombrero that shades without hiding his eloquent face . And so , when I sit down to write about Morton McMichael , of Philadelphia , I think of one who has achieved enduring ...
... looks at me now , through its sparkling eyes , under the broad sombrero that shades without hiding his eloquent face . And so , when I sit down to write about Morton McMichael , of Philadelphia , I think of one who has achieved enduring ...
Page 116
... look upon his like again . ' 999 Dying in his seventy - fourth year , in Philadelphia , January 6 , 1879 , he never held any office that was not connected with that municipality , or conferred by the people or their agents . He has been ...
... look upon his like again . ' 999 Dying in his seventy - fourth year , in Philadelphia , January 6 , 1879 , he never held any office that was not connected with that municipality , or conferred by the people or their agents . He has been ...
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