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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... took the place of a non - existent theater . Country people went to a trial as to a picnic , taking their dinners with them . The sayings of foxy lawyers were passed from mouth to ear around the countryside , and a lawyer was esteemed ...
... took the place of a non - existent theater . Country people went to a trial as to a picnic , taking their dinners with them . The sayings of foxy lawyers were passed from mouth to ear around the countryside , and a lawyer was esteemed ...
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... took out his handkerchief and tied it across the horse's eyes . Thus blind- folded , the unbroken horse became a slow - paced Dobbin and was driven home by the lad with great decorum . These incidents may seem trivial , but they are ...
... took out his handkerchief and tied it across the horse's eyes . Thus blind- folded , the unbroken horse became a slow - paced Dobbin and was driven home by the lad with great decorum . These incidents may seem trivial , but they are ...
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... took small interest in his studies , that he seldom read over a lesson more than once , and that he spent his time largely in idleness or in poring over romances . He could not dance and had no desire to learn . It is declared as a ...
... took small interest in his studies , that he seldom read over a lesson more than once , and that he spent his time largely in idleness or in poring over romances . He could not dance and had no desire to learn . It is declared as a ...
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... took that paragraph out of his own head . There's a guide - book air about the far - famed Hudson- " its bosom studded with hundreds of snowy sails . " If a Man Graduates 47 Again , I look another 46 Meet General Grant.
... took that paragraph out of his own head . There's a guide - book air about the far - famed Hudson- " its bosom studded with hundreds of snowy sails . " If a Man Graduates 47 Again , I look another 46 Meet General Grant.
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... took part in it only because he was a graduate of West Point , and he considered it his duty , though a disagreeable one . In reflecting upon the various aspects of his character we encounter this strain of pacifism as it appears in ...
... took part in it only because he was a graduate of West Point , and he considered it his duty , though a disagreeable one . In reflecting upon the various aspects of his character we encounter this strain of pacifism as it appears in ...
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