Something of Men I Have Known: With Some Papers of a General Nature, Political, Historical, and Retrospective |
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... reaching in its consequences to pass unchallenged . That the returning - board of Louisiana will find no imitators in our ... reached the final act in this great drama , and the record here made will pass into history . Time , the great ...
... reaching in its consequences to pass unchallenged . That the returning - board of Louisiana will find no imitators in our ... reached the final act in this great drama , and the record here made will pass into history . Time , the great ...
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... reached the spot where we were then standing , the Hon . Thaddeus Stevens came down the steps of the building mentioned , and , immediately after his cordial greeting to Mr. Blaine , was accosted by a negro preacher , who earnestly ...
... reached the spot where we were then standing , the Hon . Thaddeus Stevens came down the steps of the building mentioned , and , immediately after his cordial greeting to Mr. Blaine , was accosted by a negro preacher , who earnestly ...
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... reached the Presidency . The forty - fourth Congress was the last of which the Hon . William A. Wheeler of New York was a member . elected Vice - president in 1876 , and the duties of that office have rarely been discharged by an abler ...
... reached the Presidency . The forty - fourth Congress was the last of which the Hon . William A. Wheeler of New York was a member . elected Vice - president in 1876 , and the duties of that office have rarely been discharged by an abler ...
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... reached upon the roll - he moved to the front of the Speaker and , after brief explanation , asked unanimous consent to vote at once . Per- mission was of course granted , his name at once called , and his vote given . Grateful for the ...
... reached upon the roll - he moved to the front of the Speaker and , after brief explanation , asked unanimous consent to vote at once . Per- mission was of course granted , his name at once called , and his vote given . Grateful for the ...
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... reached back to the formation of the Government . In the old hall near by now the Valhalla of the nation - he had sat with John Quincy Adams and contemporaries whose names at once recall the Revolutionary period . After serving as Vice ...
... reached back to the formation of the Government . In the old hall near by now the Valhalla of the nation - he had sat with John Quincy Adams and contemporaries whose names at once recall the Revolutionary period . After serving as Vice ...
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