Anecdotes of Public Men, Volume 2Harper, 1881 - Statesmen |
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Page 17
... stand ; and as it was first given to the breeze within the limits of our beloved State , so may the last spot where it shall cease to float in honor and triumph be the soil of our own Massachusetts . " Then came other invocations and ...
... stand ; and as it was first given to the breeze within the limits of our beloved State , so may the last spot where it shall cease to float in honor and triumph be the soil of our own Massachusetts . " Then came other invocations and ...
Page 29
... standing armies in Italy , by secret societies against the ambitions of the Czar in Russia , by attempts to kill the King of Spain , and the growing republican strength in France and Switzerland . All these signs are in the direction of ...
... standing armies in Italy , by secret societies against the ambitions of the Czar in Russia , by attempts to kill the King of Spain , and the growing republican strength in France and Switzerland . All these signs are in the direction of ...
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... stand he took in favor of law induced Washing- ton to give him the preference over the older lawyers of the dis- trict , history is silent . At length , having made a fortune , he re- tired to a farm ten miles from Nashville , abandoned ...
... stand he took in favor of law induced Washing- ton to give him the preference over the older lawyers of the dis- trict , history is silent . At length , having made a fortune , he re- tired to a farm ten miles from Nashville , abandoned ...
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... stand for them in the Congress of the United States - that avenue to glory — that home of eloquence -the citadel of popular power ; and , with one consent , they united in selecting the foremost man among their lawgivers— Andrew Jackson ...
... stand for them in the Congress of the United States - that avenue to glory — that home of eloquence -the citadel of popular power ; and , with one consent , they united in selecting the foremost man among their lawgivers— Andrew Jackson ...
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... stand against the dissatisfied politicians of that State . Happily for the Gov- ernment , he was on the right side when the Baltimore mob rose against the Union troops as they passed through that city , April 19 , 1861. Had he faltered ...
... stand against the dissatisfied politicians of that State . Happily for the Gov- ernment , he was on the right side when the Baltimore mob rose against the Union troops as they passed through that city , April 19 , 1861. Had he faltered ...
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