Anecdotes of Public Men, Volume 1Harper, 1873 - Statesmen |
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Page 39
... character , and to know the peculiarities of every leading man in Congress and the country , and would play off many an innocent joke upon them . to repeat what has been so often described . sacred confidence around many of those scenes ...
... character , and to know the peculiarities of every leading man in Congress and the country , and would play off many an innocent joke upon them . to repeat what has been so often described . sacred confidence around many of those scenes ...
Page 41
... character to be neglected by the able ultras of the South . They saw in his winning manners , attractive appear- ance , and rare talent for public affairs , exactly the elements they needed in their concealed designs against the country ...
... character to be neglected by the able ultras of the South . They saw in his winning manners , attractive appear- ance , and rare talent for public affairs , exactly the elements they needed in their concealed designs against the country ...
Page 68
... a few weeks since , and found him as genial and as full of incident as he was when I first met , under his storied roof , the leading characters of the DINNER - TABLE WITS . 69 period - between 1846 68 ANECDOTES OF PULLIC MLN .
... a few weeks since , and found him as genial and as full of incident as he was when I first met , under his storied roof , the leading characters of the DINNER - TABLE WITS . 69 period - between 1846 68 ANECDOTES OF PULLIC MLN .
Page 72
... character to universal criticism . The executive session of the Senate is in many respects like the confidential meetings of the Odd Fellows , the Knights of Pythias , and the Masons , without partaking of any of the pe- culiar traits ...
... character to universal criticism . The executive session of the Senate is in many respects like the confidential meetings of the Odd Fellows , the Knights of Pythias , and the Masons , without partaking of any of the pe- culiar traits ...
Page 86
... character by himself , incomparable and unique . He was among the saddest of humanity , and yet his sense of the ridiculous was so keen that it bore him up from difficulties that would have broken down almost any other man . That he ...
... character by himself , incomparable and unique . He was among the saddest of humanity , and yet his sense of the ridiculous was so keen that it bore him up from difficulties that would have broken down almost any other man . That he ...
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