Anecdotes of Public Men, Volume 2Harper, 1881 - Statesmen |
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Page 14
... recapitulatory remarks and closing reflections are uttered in a style of uncommon brill- iancy and richness , and constitute altogether a rare specimen of eloquence and fine writing ; " what Professor Édouard 14 ANECDOTES OF PUBLIC MEN .
... recapitulatory remarks and closing reflections are uttered in a style of uncommon brill- iancy and richness , and constitute altogether a rare specimen of eloquence and fine writing ; " what Professor Édouard 14 ANECDOTES OF PUBLIC MEN .
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John Wien Forney. of eloquence and fine writing ; " what Professor Édouard René Laboulaye wrote in the Journal des Debats in October , 1853 : " It is curious to follow the public life of such a man , and that is easy to do in the two ...
John Wien Forney. of eloquence and fine writing ; " what Professor Édouard René Laboulaye wrote in the Journal des Debats in October , 1853 : " It is curious to follow the public life of such a man , and that is easy to do in the two ...
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... write the names and place them in a sealed en- velope to be opened after the inauguration . " I take the bet , " was the quiet answer of Mr. Buchanan ; and the Captain wrote the list and handed it to his friend John R. Thomson , who suc ...
... write the names and place them in a sealed en- velope to be opened after the inauguration . " I take the bet , " was the quiet answer of Mr. Buchanan ; and the Captain wrote the list and handed it to his friend John R. Thomson , who suc ...
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... writer who paid such a tribute as the follow- ing , taken from his History , to the Puritans of New England should forget all past associations when the chivalry attacked the Republic : " Historians have loved to eulogize the manners ...
... writer who paid such a tribute as the follow- ing , taken from his History , to the Puritans of New England should forget all past associations when the chivalry attacked the Republic : " Historians have loved to eulogize the manners ...
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... write to a schoolboy friend , ' Dear Richard , a doubloon is my constant gain every day , and sometimes six pistoles ... Writing of Bancroft as a Democrat , I am reminded 38 ANECDOTES OF PUBLIC MEN .
... write to a schoolboy friend , ' Dear Richard , a doubloon is my constant gain every day , and sometimes six pistoles ... Writing of Bancroft as a Democrat , I am reminded 38 ANECDOTES OF PUBLIC MEN .
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