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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Page 22
... became a slow - paced Dobbin and was driven home by the lad with great decorum . These incidents may seem trivial , but they are indicative of a character which is not disturbed by physical encounters , and in which self - reliance and ...
... became a slow - paced Dobbin and was driven home by the lad with great decorum . These incidents may seem trivial , but they are indicative of a character which is not disturbed by physical encounters , and in which self - reliance and ...
Page 23
... became a mystery . . . and boys do not like other boys who have inscrutable ways . Now and then he was the victim of a practical joke , and the people of Georgetown circulated exaggerated stories of his dullness . The village wits ...
... became a mystery . . . and boys do not like other boys who have inscrutable ways . Now and then he was the victim of a practical joke , and the people of Georgetown circulated exaggerated stories of his dullness . The village wits ...
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... became expert executioners of birds and rabbits . Ulysses , with his horror of game - hunting , must have seemed somewhat ridiculous to that community of shotgun experts . His aversion to shooting animals lasted all his life . He never ...
... became expert executioners of birds and rabbits . Ulysses , with his horror of game - hunting , must have seemed somewhat ridiculous to that community of shotgun experts . His aversion to shooting animals lasted all his life . He never ...
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... became small ones in the distillation of his mental processes - small in the sense that he instinctively di- vested them of extraneous and unnecessary complications . His ideas , such as they were , fell on their objective as a hammer ...
... became small ones in the distillation of his mental processes - small in the sense that he instinctively di- vested them of extraneous and unnecessary complications . His ideas , such as they were , fell on their objective as a hammer ...
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... became famous generals , though some of them are famous only because of their defeats . Grant was not on intimate terms of friendship with any of these young men , nor was he a prominent figure in cadet life . Even Longstreet , who in ...
... became famous generals , though some of them are famous only because of their defeats . Grant was not on intimate terms of friendship with any of these young men , nor was he a prominent figure in cadet life . Even Longstreet , who in ...
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