Anecdotes of Public Men, Volume 2Harper, 1881 - Statesmen |
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... reply to this action , Louis Napoleon wrote a letter from Lon- don , in which he said he would prefer to remain in exile rather than be made the subject of disorder and anarchy . At this moment M. Jules Favre violently denounced him for ...
... reply to this action , Louis Napoleon wrote a letter from Lon- don , in which he said he would prefer to remain in exile rather than be made the subject of disorder and anarchy . At this moment M. Jules Favre violently denounced him for ...
Page 64
... reply to these questions , a thousand times put to me , is this - that , having accomplished the com- plete overthrow of the men who , under the cloak of the Democ- racy , have attempted to destroy the Democratic party , the in ...
... reply to these questions , a thousand times put to me , is this - that , having accomplished the com- plete overthrow of the men who , under the cloak of the Democ- racy , have attempted to destroy the Democratic party , the in ...
Page 79
... reply which carried the two - third rule and crushed Martin Van Buren . In 1839 , when he was forty - four , a partial friend drew his character as follows : " His way of life has therefore flowed on like an even and unruffled stream ...
... reply which carried the two - third rule and crushed Martin Van Buren . In 1839 , when he was forty - four , a partial friend drew his character as follows : " His way of life has therefore flowed on like an even and unruffled stream ...
Page 93
... reply , " nobody is indispensable . Madame Janauschek is my equal ; and , besides , she is younger , and so handsome ! " XII . REVEALING PRIVATE LETTERS . - H . J. RAYMOND , HORACE GREELEY , AND W. H. SEWARD . " I HAVE not shown , in a ...
... reply , " nobody is indispensable . Madame Janauschek is my equal ; and , besides , she is younger , and so handsome ! " XII . REVEALING PRIVATE LETTERS . - H . J. RAYMOND , HORACE GREELEY , AND W. H. SEWARD . " I HAVE not shown , in a ...
Page 107
... reply to my remark at seeing her in such a position , ' Oh , that is all right , ' she said ; ' this is our vacation . Father owns several of these hacks , and when he is busy I help him . We have a large college here , founded by a ...
... reply to my remark at seeing her in such a position , ' Oh , that is all right , ' she said ; ' this is our vacation . Father owns several of these hacks , and when he is busy I help him . We have a large college here , founded by a ...
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