Anecdotes of Public Men, Volume 1Harper, 1873 - Statesmen |
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Page 55
... followed this record he would have been among the dictators of the Republican party . As I study men like Mr. Reed , and notice that Hon . Isaac E. Hiester , the Whig son of a Federal father , in the county of Lancaster , Pennsylvania ...
... followed this record he would have been among the dictators of the Republican party . As I study men like Mr. Reed , and notice that Hon . Isaac E. Hiester , the Whig son of a Federal father , in the county of Lancaster , Pennsylvania ...
Page 78
... followed silently . " They laid her in the narrow house , They sung the funeral stave ; And when the fun'ral train dispersed , He lingered by that grave . * The rabble boys that used to jeer Whene'er they saw poor Ned , Now stood and ...
... followed silently . " They laid her in the narrow house , They sung the funeral stave ; And when the fun'ral train dispersed , He lingered by that grave . * The rabble boys that used to jeer Whene'er they saw poor Ned , Now stood and ...
Page 79
... followed to the grave by her witless child — if this grand picture could have been presented from the stage , it would have been even greater than his Lear or his Richelieu . I had Jefferson more than once as a visitor , and Davenport ...
... followed to the grave by her witless child — if this grand picture could have been presented from the stage , it would have been even greater than his Lear or his Richelieu . I had Jefferson more than once as a visitor , and Davenport ...
Page 115
... followed by a course of popular lectures , spoken in all the leading cities North , West , and South , and printed for circulation , and running through six editions . She was also the author , in company with Robert Dale Owen , of ...
... followed by a course of popular lectures , spoken in all the leading cities North , West , and South , and printed for circulation , and running through six editions . She was also the author , in company with Robert Dale Owen , of ...
Page 120
... followed by his manly resignation of an office which he could no longer hold , thrilled the people of the whole country , and , in the election which en- sued , aided to demolish the Democracy in nearly all the free States . It ...
... followed by his manly resignation of an office which he could no longer hold , thrilled the people of the whole country , and , in the election which en- sued , aided to demolish the Democracy in nearly all the free States . It ...
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