Meet General GrantGarden Publishing Company, 1931 - 524 pages |
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Page 135
... head of Brooks ' broken cane , lying on the floor . " Mr. Brooks , don't you want this piece of your cane ? " he said . Brooks took the gold head out of the boy's hand , put it in his pocket , and walked away silently . An effort to ...
... head of Brooks ' broken cane , lying on the floor . " Mr. Brooks , don't you want this piece of your cane ? " he said . Brooks took the gold head out of the boy's hand , put it in his pocket , and walked away silently . An effort to ...
Page 256
... head , you'll knock out Grant's brains . " Grant was never very popular with the soldiers of his army . They hardly ever saw him . He remained aloof and silent , and whenever he did appear he looked like a dusty farmer wearing an ...
... head , you'll knock out Grant's brains . " Grant was never very popular with the soldiers of his army . They hardly ever saw him . He remained aloof and silent , and whenever he did appear he looked like a dusty farmer wearing an ...
Page 463
... head of the nation down . Next to my own country , there is none I love so much as England . Some of the newspapers at home invented a story to the effect that the Prince of Wales had been rude to me . It was a pure invention . I cannot ...
... head of the nation down . Next to my own country , there is none I love so much as England . Some of the newspapers at home invented a story to the effect that the Prince of Wales had been rude to me . It was a pure invention . I cannot ...
Contents
MEN AND HORSES | 11 |
OBSESSIONS AND FANTASIES | 25 |
THE UNWILLING SOLDIER | 38 |
Copyright | |
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