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With all his emotion he was a domineering 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 .
With all his emotion he was a domineering 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 .
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He is a pleasant , popular person , with a desire to oblige everyone - particularly his handsome wife . Mrs. BelknapWife of the Secretary of War . Very fashionable , and socially ambitious . Wears expensive French clothes , drives about ...
He is a pleasant , popular person , with a desire to oblige everyone - particularly his handsome wife . Mrs. BelknapWife of the Secretary of War . Very fashionable , and socially ambitious . Wears expensive French clothes , drives about ...
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She assured Jesse that the Household consisted of persons of some consequence .. the ladies- and gentlemen - in - waiting . ... A well - bred person , evidently , as the temptation to throw something at his head must have ...
She assured Jesse that the Household consisted of persons of some consequence .. the ladies- and gentlemen - in - waiting . ... A well - bred person , evidently , as the temptation to throw something at his head must have ...
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Contents
CHAPTER | 11 |
OBSESSIONS AND FANTASIES | 25 |
THE UNWILLING SOLDIER | 38 |
Copyright | |
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Bibliographic information
| Title | Meet General Grant A Star book |
| Author | William E. Woodward |
| Publisher | Garden Publishing Company, 1931 |
| Original from | the University of Virginia |
| Digitized | 22 Jan 2010 |
| Length | 524 pages |
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