Anecdotes of Public Men, Volume 2Harper, 1881 - Statesmen |
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Page 35
... American labor — a statement which led to a somewhat angry controversy between the two Senators and their adherents . I can easily remember how the accusation " ten - cent Jimmy , " repeated by GEORGE BANCROFT . 35 V. ...
... American labor — a statement which led to a somewhat angry controversy between the two Senators and their adherents . I can easily remember how the accusation " ten - cent Jimmy , " repeated by GEORGE BANCROFT . 35 V. ...
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... American Congress ; and he had served but a single term when the State of Tennessee made him one of its representatives in the American Senate , where he sat under the auspices of Jefferson . " People of the District of Columbia , I ...
... American Congress ; and he had served but a single term when the State of Tennessee made him one of its representatives in the American Senate , where he sat under the auspices of Jefferson . " People of the District of Columbia , I ...
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... American people . His fervid thoughts , frankly uttered , still spread the flame of patriotism through the American breast ; his counsels were still listened to with reverence ; and , almost alone among statesmen , he , in his ...
... American people . His fervid thoughts , frankly uttered , still spread the flame of patriotism through the American breast ; his counsels were still listened to with reverence ; and , almost alone among statesmen , he , in his ...
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... American Minister at the Prussian Court in July of 1867 . Paran Stevens , of Boston , the founder of the Revere House in that city and the Fifth Avenue Hotel , New York , then living in splendor at the French capital as one of the American ...
... American Minister at the Prussian Court in July of 1867 . Paran Stevens , of Boston , the founder of the Revere House in that city and the Fifth Avenue Hotel , New York , then living in splendor at the French capital as one of the American ...
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... American would not rather sacrifice his life in defending his flag than be struck down by a remorseless tyranny which grew strong and great because that flag was not defended ? We are told that war is inevitable , whatever may be done ...
... American would not rather sacrifice his life in defending his flag than be struck down by a remorseless tyranny which grew strong and great because that flag was not defended ? We are told that war is inevitable , whatever may be done ...
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