Anecdotes of Public Men, Volume 2Harper, 1881 - Statesmen |
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... poor , and that , in desperation , he had broken into a corn - crib and supplied the family with Believing , from the lad's manner , that he was worthy of corn . being reclaimed , he called on a neighbor and had I * ANECDOTES OF PUBLIC ...
... poor , and that , in desperation , he had broken into a corn - crib and supplied the family with Believing , from the lad's manner , that he was worthy of corn . being reclaimed , he called on a neighbor and had I * ANECDOTES OF PUBLIC ...
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... poor , until we come down to what deserves to be called the crowning act of his life - the address at the con- secration of the National Cemetery at Gettysburg , on the 19th of November , 1863. This was the last time I ever saw Edward ...
... poor , until we come down to what deserves to be called the crowning act of his life - the address at the con- secration of the National Cemetery at Gettysburg , on the 19th of November , 1863. This was the last time I ever saw Edward ...
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... poor frame . The brightest event of Irish history is the great event of that great man's life . If it is the brightest , let us refer it to his genius , his spirit , his ambition . His love of country was intense . ' He never would be ...
... poor frame . The brightest event of Irish history is the great event of that great man's life . If it is the brightest , let us refer it to his genius , his spirit , his ambition . His love of country was intense . ' He never would be ...
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... poor outcast child ? We shall see by - and - by . Yet , as if he hadn't enough on his own account to trouble him , look how lovingly he shares the sorrows of the poor French doctor who had just lost his wife and was nurs- ing a little ...
... poor outcast child ? We shall see by - and - by . Yet , as if he hadn't enough on his own account to trouble him , look how lovingly he shares the sorrows of the poor French doctor who had just lost his wife and was nurs- ing a little ...
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... poor chaplet of flowers over his grave . His faults lie gently on him . For he had faults , as all of us have . But he had virtues too , in whose light his errors were unseen and forgotten . In his youth he loved the land of his birth ...
... poor chaplet of flowers over his grave . His faults lie gently on him . For he had faults , as all of us have . But he had virtues too , in whose light his errors were unseen and forgotten . In his youth he loved the land of his birth ...
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