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 41
... effects in the prescribed order . " There is a time for soiled clothes , and a time for religion . Rule 189 declares that " cadets shall prepare their clothes for the laundress before seven o'clock on the mornings of Sun- day and ...
... effects in the prescribed order . " There is a time for soiled clothes , and a time for religion . Rule 189 declares that " cadets shall prepare their clothes for the laundress before seven o'clock on the mornings of Sun- day and ...
Page 44
... effects than fatigue . He was precocious , but his precociousness was physical , and not mental . It implied the molding of a young body to man - like attitudes and a boy's muscle to a man's work . The effect was to create an outward ...
... effects than fatigue . He was precocious , but his precociousness was physical , and not mental . It implied the molding of a young body to man - like attitudes and a boy's muscle to a man's work . The effect was to create an outward ...
Page 56
... effect of a miniature village planned by a child of generous mind . On the wide parade ground the drilling companies shrank , in the eye , to toy soldiers on a carpet of green velvet . Far away , beyond the surf of white fences , rose ...
... effect of a miniature village planned by a child of generous mind . On the wide parade ground the drilling companies shrank , in the eye , to toy soldiers on a carpet of green velvet . Far away , beyond the surf of white fences , rose ...
Page 85
... effect , the regimental drudge . He went through his exasperating duties with the cool pa- tience that characterized him fifteen years later in the Civil War , but he was not insensitive to the annoyances of his posi- tion . " I am not ...
... effect , the regimental drudge . He went through his exasperating duties with the cool pa- tience that characterized him fifteen years later in the Civil War , but he was not insensitive to the annoyances of his posi- tion . " I am not ...
Page 92
... effect . " There is only a handful of them , while we are millions . " Scott's army was not crushed by weight of numbers because the people of the country were virtually serfs who hated the ruling classes even more than they disliked ...
... effect . " There is only a handful of them , while we are millions . " Scott's army was not crushed by weight of numbers because the people of the country were virtually serfs who hated the ruling classes even more than they disliked ...
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