Anecdotes of Public Men, Volume 2Da Capo Press, 1970 - Statesmen |
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Page 218
... Southern wife . There is not a Southern town in which a Southern man does not glory in his Northern wife . How vain the effort to separate a people so reunited ? Amalgamated by law and love , by trade and temperature , by necessity and ...
... Southern wife . There is not a Southern town in which a Southern man does not glory in his Northern wife . How vain the effort to separate a people so reunited ? Amalgamated by law and love , by trade and temperature , by necessity and ...
Page 291
... Southern fighting - men are nearly always quiet fellows . They were never heard of in the North before the war . Most of the Secession talkers in the Senate and House made poor soldiers . I do not want to specify ; but if you will run ...
... Southern fighting - men are nearly always quiet fellows . They were never heard of in the North before the war . Most of the Secession talkers in the Senate and House made poor soldiers . I do not want to specify ; but if you will run ...
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... Southern production , has been for long years regarded as an improvement upon all ; that it is used by many Southern gentlemen ; and that , to this day , the Arkansas ' toothpick ' is regarded as an important part of the domes- tic ...
... Southern production , has been for long years regarded as an improvement upon all ; that it is used by many Southern gentlemen ; and that , to this day , the Arkansas ' toothpick ' is regarded as an important part of the domes- tic ...
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