Meet General GrantGarden Publishing Company, 1931 - 524 pages |
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Page 206
... person , and a slave to duty . He had rules , and lived up to them . . . dry , ascetic rules . The first of them was never to indulge in whisky , beer , wine or any other alcoholic beverage . He preached against the demon rum to all who ...
... person , and a slave to duty . He had rules , and lived up to them . . . dry , ascetic rules . The first of them was never to indulge in whisky , beer , wine or any other alcoholic beverage . He preached against the demon rum to all who ...
Page 423
... person , with a desire to oblige everyone - particularly his handsome wife . Mrs. Belknap Wife of the Secretary of War . Very fashionable , and socially ambitious . Wears expensive French clothes , drives about Washington in a splendid ...
... person , with a desire to oblige everyone - particularly his handsome wife . Mrs. Belknap Wife of the Secretary of War . Very fashionable , and socially ambitious . Wears expensive French clothes , drives about Washington in a splendid ...
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... persons of some consequence .. the ladies- and gentlemen - in - waiting . She belonged to the Household herself . Jesse ... person , evidently , as the temptation to throw something at his head must have been hard to resist . · The young ...
... persons of some consequence .. the ladies- and gentlemen - in - waiting . She belonged to the Household herself . Jesse ... person , evidently , as the temptation to throw something at his head must have been hard to resist . · The young ...
Contents
MEN AND HORSES | 11 |
OBSESSIONS AND FANTASIES | 25 |
THE UNWILLING SOLDIER | 38 |
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