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... moved quickly towards Lovejoy , and with a gesture full of menace , exclaimed , in a voice of anger : “ The gentleman from Illinois shall not approach this side of the House , shaking his fists and talking in the way he has talked .
... moved quickly towards Lovejoy , and with a gesture full of menace , exclaimed , in a voice of anger : “ The gentleman from Illinois shall not approach this side of the House , shaking his fists and talking in the way he has talked .
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It was merely a little formal talk in a parlor ; nothing special was said . But Grant was going to a Peace Jubilee in Boston in June — this was in 1869 — and Corbin managed things so the President made the trip on the Fall River ...
It was merely a little formal talk in a parlor ; nothing special was said . But Grant was going to a Peace Jubilee in Boston in June — this was in 1869 — and Corbin managed things so the President made the trip on the Fall River ...
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After Grant had listened for several weeks to talk of this kind the Presidential air , when Bristow approached , was like a breeze from an iceberg . He saw that he was no longer wanted in the cabinet , so he handed in his resignation ...
After Grant had listened for several weeks to talk of this kind the Presidential air , when Bristow approached , was like a breeze from an iceberg . He saw that he was no longer wanted in the cabinet , so he handed in his resignation ...
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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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