Anecdotes of Public Men, Volume 2Harper, 1881 - Statesmen |
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Page 68
... England ; or Alexander James Dallas , born on the island of Jamaica ; or Albert Gallatin , born in Geneva , Switzerland ; and their mili- tary associates and successors , the Frenchman Lafayette , the Poles Kosciusko and Pulaski , and ...
... England ; or Alexander James Dallas , born on the island of Jamaica ; or Albert Gallatin , born in Geneva , Switzerland ; and their mili- tary associates and successors , the Frenchman Lafayette , the Poles Kosciusko and Pulaski , and ...
Page 69
... England prepared to resist them . The sequel was a repetition of the days of the volunteers of 1788 , when Grattan and Charlemont were the leaders , and of the rev- olution of 1798 , when Wolfe Tone , Emmet , Fitzgerald , and Ham- ilton ...
... England prepared to resist them . The sequel was a repetition of the days of the volunteers of 1788 , when Grattan and Charlemont were the leaders , and of the rev- olution of 1798 , when Wolfe Tone , Emmet , Fitzgerald , and Ham- ilton ...
Page 72
... England ! Ireland is now a thor- oughly conquered country ! England has won her crowning victory ! The war of centuries is at a close ! The arches of Strongbow have failed ; the ironsides of Cromwell have failed ; the spies and yeomen ...
... England ! Ireland is now a thor- oughly conquered country ! England has won her crowning victory ! The war of centuries is at a close ! The arches of Strongbow have failed ; the ironsides of Cromwell have failed ; the spies and yeomen ...
Page 74
... England with her colonies the oppor- tunity . With the magnitude of both his genius was commens- urate . He was equal to his friends - as he himself said of his great rival Harry Flood - and was more than equal to his foes . When he ...
... England with her colonies the oppor- tunity . With the magnitude of both his genius was commens- urate . He was equal to his friends - as he himself said of his great rival Harry Flood - and was more than equal to his foes . When he ...
Page 78
... England parentage , and both called after Benjamin Franklin , the print- er . I knew the elder , though not so well as his younger name- sake , the present aggressive political leader in Massachu- setts . They were very dissimilar men ...
... England parentage , and both called after Benjamin Franklin , the print- er . I knew the elder , though not so well as his younger name- sake , the present aggressive political leader in Massachu- setts . They were very dissimilar men ...
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