Anecdotes of Public Men, Volume 2Harper, 1881 - Statesmen |
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... speaking , as those who enjoyed his society and heard his speeches during the war need not be reminded . But to the incident I intended to relate : When he became Judge of the Madison courts , he one day visited the county prison in the ...
... speaking , as those who enjoyed his society and heard his speeches during the war need not be reminded . But to the incident I intended to relate : When he became Judge of the Madison courts , he one day visited the county prison in the ...
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... speak of his relations to public men at home and abroad , and I can see him in my mind's eye , with his careful dress and studied manners , and almost hear his slow and measured accents . He wrote much , and was a pleasant talker . He ...
... speak of his relations to public men at home and abroad , and I can see him in my mind's eye , with his careful dress and studied manners , and almost hear his slow and measured accents . He wrote much , and was a pleasant talker . He ...
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... Re- public . " Louis Napoleon ascended the tribune , and said that he " did not come to speak against the amendment , but , in the name of the three hundred thousand electors who had chosen 26 ANECDOTES OF PUBLIC MEN .
... Re- public . " Louis Napoleon ascended the tribune , and said that he " did not come to speak against the amendment , but , in the name of the three hundred thousand electors who had chosen 26 ANECDOTES OF PUBLIC MEN .
Page 34
... , now living alternately at Newport and Wash- ington ; and as I have already reached my limit , I shall speak of him in my next . V. GEORGE BANCROFT , THE AMERICAN HISTORIAN . Two photographs 34 ANECDOTES OF PUBLIC MEN .
... , now living alternately at Newport and Wash- ington ; and as I have already reached my limit , I shall speak of him in my next . V. GEORGE BANCROFT , THE AMERICAN HISTORIAN . Two photographs 34 ANECDOTES OF PUBLIC MEN .
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... speak ; his History is his monument . It is a consummate work , and , though sharply criticised , be- cause of its positive tone and magnetic patriotism , has been approved by men of " wisest censure . " Edward Everett , W. H. Prescott ...
... speak ; his History is his monument . It is a consummate work , and , though sharply criticised , be- cause of its positive tone and magnetic patriotism , has been approved by men of " wisest censure . " Edward Everett , W. H. Prescott ...
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