Anecdotes of Public Men, Volume 1Harper, 1873 - Statesmen |
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Page 28
... forget ; " no , it is best ; I am doomed . You will live to write of me and to keep my memory green ; and now good - by forever . " On the 7th of September , the very day of the election , I predicted the duel which took place on the ...
... forget ; " no , it is best ; I am doomed . You will live to write of me and to keep my memory green ; and now good - by forever . " On the 7th of September , the very day of the election , I predicted the duel which took place on the ...
Page 41
... forget that few men similarly placed would have been proof against such blandish- ments . Let this be said of him . He was never prominent in the small persecutions of the Democrats who refused to indorse If the course of the ...
... forget that few men similarly placed would have been proof against such blandish- ments . Let this be said of him . He was never prominent in the small persecutions of the Democrats who refused to indorse If the course of the ...
Page 43
... forget the scene . Baker was a Senator and a soldier . He alternated between his seat in the Capitol and his tent in the field . He came in at the eastern door ( while Breck- inridge was speaking ) in his blue coat and fatigue cap ...
... forget the scene . Baker was a Senator and a soldier . He alternated between his seat in the Capitol and his tent in the field . He came in at the eastern door ( while Breck- inridge was speaking ) in his blue coat and fatigue cap ...
Page 50
... forget that sweet and odor- ous 13th of May , 1846. Nowhere , as it seems to me , is there an atmosphere like Washington in May and June . Nature seems to revel in the supreme luxury of her own charms . That spot , without snow in ...
... forget that sweet and odor- ous 13th of May , 1846. Nowhere , as it seems to me , is there an atmosphere like Washington in May and June . Nature seems to revel in the supreme luxury of her own charms . That spot , without snow in ...
Page 51
... forget the following colloquy : MR . DOUGLAS . " Mr. Chairman , I believe I have now said all that I intended for the purpose of showing that the Rio del Norte was the western boundary of the republic of Texas . How far I have succeeded ...
... forget the following colloquy : MR . DOUGLAS . " Mr. Chairman , I believe I have now said all that I intended for the purpose of showing that the Rio del Norte was the western boundary of the republic of Texas . How far I have succeeded ...
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