Anecdotes of Public Men, Volume 2Harper, 1881 - Statesmen |
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Page 17
... memory , only surpassed in intensity and endurance by the tragedy of the as- sassination of Abraham Lincoln . Mr. Lincoln was seated be- tween Edward Everett and William H. Seward , on the main stand , and around them were the other ...
... memory , only surpassed in intensity and endurance by the tragedy of the as- sassination of Abraham Lincoln . Mr. Lincoln was seated be- tween Edward Everett and William H. Seward , on the main stand , and around them were the other ...
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... memory like angelic music . Written under the spur of duty , almost without notice , it was spoken with a fervor only surpassed by the eager sympathy with which it was welcomed by all who read or heard it . It is the model of funeral ...
... memory like angelic music . Written under the spur of duty , almost without notice , it was spoken with a fervor only surpassed by the eager sympathy with which it was welcomed by all who read or heard it . It is the model of funeral ...
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... memories of many fields - sweet memories alike 3 * THE WAR GOVERNORS . 57 called audacity, and that quickness of retort which is ...
... memories of many fields - sweet memories alike 3 * THE WAR GOVERNORS . 57 called audacity, and that quickness of retort which is ...
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John Wien Forney. " Proud memories of many fields - sweet memories alike of valor and friendship , and memories of fraternal strife ; tender memories of our fallen brothers and sons whose dying eyes looked last upon their flaming folds ...
John Wien Forney. " Proud memories of many fields - sweet memories alike of valor and friendship , and memories of fraternal strife ; tender memories of our fallen brothers and sons whose dying eyes looked last upon their flaming folds ...
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... memory . He died of heart - disease , at Williamsport , Pennsylvania , September 27 , 1870 , aged sixty - three . Andrew G. Curtin's name was first mentioned as a candidate for Governor in 1854 , but he did not enter the field till 1860 ...
... memory . He died of heart - disease , at Williamsport , Pennsylvania , September 27 , 1870 , aged sixty - three . Andrew G. Curtin's name was first mentioned as a candidate for Governor in 1854 , but he did not enter the field till 1860 ...
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