Anecdotes of Public Men, Volume 2Harper, 1881 - Statesmen |
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... scenes , the same kindly spirit to the living and the dead . Written in the turmoil of great excitement at Washington , while I was in a high official position , and in Philadelphia after I had voluntarily resigned all office , and in a ...
... scenes , the same kindly spirit to the living and the dead . Written in the turmoil of great excitement at Washington , while I was in a high official position , and in Philadelphia after I had voluntarily resigned all office , and in a ...
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... scene , with all its incidents , would remain deep and vivid in my 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 ...
... scene , with all its incidents , would remain deep and vivid in my 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 ...
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... never to be for- gotten . As they fell from Mr. Everett's lips , he looked like a prophet of old , and every heart palpitated Amen . But the f great scene of all was when Abraham Lincoln rose , 20 ANECDOTES OF PUBLIC MEN .
... never to be for- gotten . As they fell from Mr. Everett's lips , he looked like a prophet of old , and every heart palpitated Amen . But the f great scene of all was when Abraham Lincoln rose , 20 ANECDOTES OF PUBLIC MEN .
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John Wien Forney. great scene of all was when Abraham Lincoln rose , and , in his plain , unpretending way , spoke that marvellous epic , which will live as long as language , and will be spoken in every country , under every sky , by ...
John Wien Forney. great scene of all was when Abraham Lincoln rose , and , in his plain , unpretending way , spoke that marvellous epic , which will live as long as language , and will be spoken in every country , under every sky , by ...
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... scenes , Rich- ard Rush was American Minister at Paris , and wrote the graph- ic chapters to which I have referred . He was intimate with the family of the amiable French King , Louis Philippe , and met almost daily Guizot , Thiers ...
... scenes , Rich- ard Rush was American Minister at Paris , and wrote the graph- ic chapters to which I have referred . He was intimate with the family of the amiable French King , Louis Philippe , and met almost daily Guizot , Thiers ...
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