Meet General GrantAmerikansk historie, USA's historie, amerikansk biografi om General Ulysses S. Grant, 1822-1889, som først havde en militær karriere, bl.a. i Mexican War, og blev en berømt general i Nordstatshæren, Union Army, under den Amerikanske Borgerkrig, 1861-1865, og senere endte som amerikansk president. Beskriver hans liv, levnedsløb og militære og politiske karriere. Udkom i 1928. |
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... appeared , in her working apron , her countenance without smile or elation . " Well , Ulysses , " she said , " you've become a great man , haven't you ? " With that remark she returned to her household duties . Out of these reservations ...
... appeared , in her working apron , her countenance without smile or elation . " Well , Ulysses , " she said , " you've become a great man , haven't you ? " With that remark she returned to her household duties . Out of these reservations ...
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... appeared on his back every day , and he wore gold - rimmed eye - glasses . Ulysses was a slender boy , small for his age , but possessed of astonishing physical strength . He was fairly good - looking , with his well - shaped body , his ...
... appeared on his back every day , and he wore gold - rimmed eye - glasses . Ulysses was a slender boy , small for his age , but possessed of astonishing physical strength . He was fairly good - looking , with his well - shaped body , his ...
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... appearance seemed to invite physical correction . A fresh bundle of switches was brought in every morning , and by the close of the day the switches were usually worn out . These beatings do not appear to have caused any rancor in the ...
... appearance seemed to invite physical correction . A fresh bundle of switches was brought in every morning , and by the close of the day the switches were usually worn out . These beatings do not appear to have caused any rancor in the ...
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... appeared , at in- tervals of three or four years , Samuel Simpson , Clara Rachel , Virginia Paine , Orvil Lynch and Mary Frances . They all grew up to maturity , living lives that were without the salt of vice or the sweetening of ...
... appeared , at in- tervals of three or four years , Samuel Simpson , Clara Rachel , Virginia Paine , Orvil Lynch and Mary Frances . They all grew up to maturity , living lives that were without the salt of vice or the sweetening of ...
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... to readjust his mental focus with fumbling and effort . His cosmos was composed of streams of physical energy which appeared on the blank wall of perception in the form of com- prehensible human events . When anything happened he real- ...
... to readjust his mental focus with fumbling and effort . His cosmos was composed of streams of physical energy which appeared on the blank wall of perception in the form of com- prehensible human events . When anything happened he real- ...
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