Anecdotes of Public Men, Volume 2Harper, 1881 - Statesmen |
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Page 14
... nature could be desired than his own account of the numerous repetitions of his great Washington discourse . As we read that diary , and then turn to the discourse itself , and study the long roll of his other works , we shall feel the ...
... nature could be desired than his own account of the numerous repetitions of his great Washington discourse . As we read that diary , and then turn to the discourse itself , and study the long roll of his other works , we shall feel the ...
Page 16
... nature in all her varied forms ; and to every conceiva- ble object entering into the pleasures , sufferings , and necessi- ties of our common kind . But the rebellion made a great change in Mr. Everett . After all his efforts for peace ...
... nature in all her varied forms ; and to every conceiva- ble object entering into the pleasures , sufferings , and necessi- ties of our common kind . But the rebellion made a great change in Mr. Everett . After all his efforts for peace ...
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... natural and industrial products , while the wonder - working arm of the engineer has levelled the moun- tain - walls which separate the East and the West , compelling your own Alleghanies , my Maryland and Pennsylvania friends , to open ...
... natural and industrial products , while the wonder - working arm of the engineer has levelled the moun- tain - walls which separate the East and the West , compelling your own Alleghanies , my Maryland and Pennsylvania friends , to open ...
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... natural fruits of copious reading and severe study . It is sig- nificant how men of his stamp caught the inspiration of the war , no matter what their previous politics ; and it was natural and logical that a writer who paid such a ...
... natural fruits of copious reading and severe study . It is sig- nificant how men of his stamp caught the inspiration of the war , no matter what their previous politics ; and it was natural and logical that a writer who paid such a ...
Page 38
... nature , and some- times ' spending the best of the day in admiring the trees and richness of the land ; ' among skin - clad savages with scalps and rattles , or uncouth emigrants ' that would never speak Eng- lish ; ' rarely sleeping ...
... nature , and some- times ' spending the best of the day in admiring the trees and richness of the land ; ' among skin - clad savages with scalps and rattles , or uncouth emigrants ' that would never speak Eng- lish ; ' rarely sleeping ...
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