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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... man wanted to be a lawyer , regardless of his literacy or natural aptitude . Many a good farm - hand was spoiled through dallying with law - books . Love of Horses 84 21 Despite this almost universal urge 20 Meet General Grant.
... man wanted to be a lawyer , regardless of his literacy or natural aptitude . Many a good farm - hand was spoiled through dallying with law - books . Love of Horses 84 21 Despite this almost universal urge 20 Meet General Grant.
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... hand which a lawyer needs ; not only that , he was without the desire to acquire it . He had no talent for abstract ... hands , one by one . The pony's mane had been cut off , and its bare back was probably greased . Without saddle or ...
... hand which a lawyer needs ; not only that , he was without the desire to acquire it . He had no talent for abstract ... hands , one by one . The pony's mane had been cut off , and its bare back was probably greased . Without saddle or ...
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... hand on the reins . Then an idea occurred to him . He had heard that blind horses are not likely to run away , so he took out his handkerchief and tied it across the horse's eyes . Thus blind- folded , the unbroken horse became a slow ...
... hand on the reins . Then an idea occurred to him . He had heard that blind horses are not likely to run away , so he took out his handkerchief and tied it across the horse's eyes . Thus blind- folded , the unbroken horse became a slow ...
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... hands had the long , tapering fingers of a woman . In the army before the Mexican War he was called the " Little Beauty " by the officers of his regi- ment . His sense of physical modesty was most unusual - for a man and a soldier - and ...
... hands had the long , tapering fingers of a woman . In the army before the Mexican War he was called the " Little Beauty " by the officers of his regi- ment . His sense of physical modesty was most unusual - for a man and a soldier - and ...
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... hands , clad in his heavy coat and with a fur cap pulled down over his ears . The keen wind plays with the girls ... hand , Grant's thinking ran outward , not in- ward , and he thought always in terms of material force . Whenever he ...
... hands , clad in his heavy coat and with a fur cap pulled down over his ears . The keen wind plays with the girls ... hand , Grant's thinking ran outward , not in- ward , and he thought always in terms of material force . Whenever he ...
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