Anecdotes of Public Men, Volume 2Harper, 1881 - Statesmen |
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Page 15
... passing through his hands gather such a halo of luminous illustrations that their likeness seems transformed , and we entertain doubts of their identity ; " what Henry T. Tuckerman wrote : " If Webster is the Michael An- gelo of ...
... passing through his hands gather such a halo of luminous illustrations that their likeness seems transformed , and we entertain doubts of their identity ; " what Henry T. Tuckerman wrote : " If Webster is the Michael An- gelo of ...
Page 23
... day , as we see it in the light of passing events . There are many yet living in Philadelphia who remember the great meeting in Independence Square in 1848 , when Louis Philippe , " the Citizen King , " was driven RICHARD RUSH . 23.
... day , as we see it in the light of passing events . There are many yet living in Philadelphia who remember the great meeting in Independence Square in 1848 , when Louis Philippe , " the Citizen King , " was driven RICHARD RUSH . 23.
Page 33
... passed , he seemed resolved to try their mettle . He had tried to discover who were to be in the new Cabinet , but all his efforts were parried . He fenced skilfully , but they avoided his thrusts , amidst shouts of laughter . Not one ...
... passed , he seemed resolved to try their mettle . He had tried to discover who were to be in the new Cabinet , but all his efforts were parried . He fenced skilfully , but they avoided his thrusts , amidst shouts of laughter . Not one ...
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... passed away . The best brains of the Democracy were summoned to the illustra- tion of Jackson's character . Vice - President Dallas , Governor Francis R. Shunk , Rev. G. W. Bethune , Ellis Lewis , Hendrick B. Wright , Wilson McCandless ...
... passed away . The best brains of the Democracy were summoned to the illustra- tion of Jackson's character . Vice - President Dallas , Governor Francis R. Shunk , Rev. G. W. Bethune , Ellis Lewis , Hendrick B. Wright , Wilson McCandless ...
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... passed into universal circulation and mem- ory . His career was a real romance of real life . His father died when he was quite young , and his mother removed with her family , at the close of the last century , to the banks of the ...
... passed into universal circulation and mem- ory . His career was a real romance of real life . His father died when he was quite young , and his mother removed with her family , at the close of the last century , to the banks of the ...
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