Anecdotes of Public Men, Volume 2Harper, 1881 - Statesmen |
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Page 70
... Judge Em- met , nephew of the Irish patriot . Besides , his country was in travail , and his comrades - in - arms still in exile . And on the 10th of June , in declining a public reception most graciously tendered by the corporation ...
... Judge Em- met , nephew of the Irish patriot . Besides , his country was in travail , and his comrades - in - arms still in exile . And on the 10th of June , in declining a public reception most graciously tendered by the corporation ...
Page 109
... Judge of the Court of Common Pleas , etc .; a statesman of whom the author of “ The Hundred Boston Orators " said , " He was never rivalled by any politician of his native State , excepting only his noble kinsman [ James Otis ] and the ...
... Judge of the Court of Common Pleas , etc .; a statesman of whom the author of “ The Hundred Boston Orators " said , " He was never rivalled by any politician of his native State , excepting only his noble kinsman [ James Otis ] and the ...
Page 110
... judge of the Common Pleas of his county , and then prize judge ; wrote a plan for the organization of the militia ; was colonel , adjutant - general , and quartermaster - general under Washington ; present at the bat- tles of Brandywine ...
... judge of the Common Pleas of his county , and then prize judge ; wrote a plan for the organization of the militia ; was colonel , adjutant - general , and quartermaster - general under Washington ; present at the bat- tles of Brandywine ...
Page 116
... judge by two standards - the average and the com- parison ; and by these I tell you , before this gentleman , that he is an honor to our city , State , and country ; and , when he is gone , those who are left to speak to their children ...
... judge by two standards - the average and the com- parison ; and by these I tell you , before this gentleman , that he is an honor to our city , State , and country ; and , when he is gone , those who are left to speak to their children ...
Page 125
... judge of measures by their re- sults , what lessons do these facts read us upon the policy of the Government ? What inferences do they not authorize upon the general question of kindness or unkindness ? What con- victions do they ...
... judge of measures by their re- sults , what lessons do these facts read us upon the policy of the Government ? What inferences do they not authorize upon the general question of kindness or unkindness ? What con- victions do they ...
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