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With all his emotion he was a domineering person , and a slave to duty . He had rules , and lived up to them ... dry , ascetic rules . The first of them was never to indulge in whisky , beer , wine or any other alcoholic beverage .
With all his emotion he was a domineering person , and a slave to duty . He had rules , and lived up to them ... dry , ascetic rules . The first of them was never to indulge in whisky , beer , wine or any other alcoholic beverage .
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He is a pleasant , popular person , with a desire to oblige everyone - particularly his handsome wife . Mrs. BelknapWife of the Secretary of War . Very fashionable , and socially ambitious . Wears expensive French clothes , drives about ...
He is a pleasant , popular person , with a desire to oblige everyone - particularly his handsome wife . Mrs. BelknapWife of the Secretary of War . Very fashionable , and socially ambitious . Wears expensive French clothes , drives about ...
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Badeau , who was an obstreperous , spread - eagle sort of person , considered the Prince of Wales dinner a ghastly failure . He attended it in company with the Grants . When they arrived they passed first into a large ante - chamber ...
Badeau , who was an obstreperous , spread - eagle sort of person , considered the Prince of Wales dinner a ghastly failure . He attended it in company with the Grants . When they arrived they passed first into a large ante - chamber ...
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Contents
CHAPTER | 11 |
OBSESSIONS AND FANTASIES | 25 |
THE UNWILLING SOLDIER | 38 |
Copyright | |
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| Title | Meet General Grant |
| Author | William E. Woodward |
| Publisher | Liveright Publishing Corporation, 1946 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | 30 Oct 2006 |
| ISBN | 1404749136, 9781404749139 |
| Length | 524 pages |
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