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Page 108
... gave him the entrée , and where he gathered stores of intelligence for the newspapers whose corre- spondent he was , he seemed to sport with questions that troubled others . Nothing gave him so much delight as to worry Father Ritchie ...
... gave him the entrée , and where he gathered stores of intelligence for the newspapers whose corre- spondent he was , he seemed to sport with questions that troubled others . Nothing gave him so much delight as to worry Father Ritchie ...
Page 109
... gave the opposition large accessions , and made it exceedingly doubt- ful who would control the House . The Democrats had enjoyed a long and almost unbroken reign , and this uprising was the first signal of its close . As Clerk of the ...
... gave the opposition large accessions , and made it exceedingly doubt- ful who would control the House . The Democrats had enjoyed a long and almost unbroken reign , and this uprising was the first signal of its close . As Clerk of the ...
Page 111
... gave this secret assurance reluctantly , and of course without my knowledge ; and he kept it faithfully . “ There is a destiny that shapes our ends , " and that which I believed at the time an act of unspeakable perfidy , proved to be a ...
... gave this secret assurance reluctantly , and of course without my knowledge ; and he kept it faithfully . “ There is a destiny that shapes our ends , " and that which I believed at the time an act of unspeakable perfidy , proved to be a ...
Page 120
... gave us a Republican Representative in Will- iam E. Lehman , in the first Pennsylvania district . It gave us a Republican in the Montgomery district , and it left but four Administration Congressmen from Pennsylvania . It swept New ...
... gave us a Republican Representative in Will- iam E. Lehman , in the first Pennsylvania district . It gave us a Republican in the Montgomery district , and it left but four Administration Congressmen from Pennsylvania . It swept New ...
Page 131
... gave the sympathy of others to the Catholics . A fervid speaker and nervous writer , he was conspicuous on the open platform , the Congressional forum , and in the public press . Some of his speeches in the House were models of popular ...
... gave the sympathy of others to the Catholics . A fervid speaker and nervous writer , he was conspicuous on the open platform , the Congressional forum , and in the public press . Some of his speeches in the House were models of popular ...
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