Anecdotes of Public Men, Volume 1Harper, 1873 - Statesmen |
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... hands of the pro- slavery Democrat leader , David S. Terry , who was living at the last accounts in the State of ... hand her over to the rebellion were baffled by the up- rising that followed his sacrifice . The Broderick Democrats ...
... hands of the pro- slavery Democrat leader , David S. Terry , who was living at the last accounts in the State of ... hand her over to the rebellion were baffled by the up- rising that followed his sacrifice . The Broderick Democrats ...
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... hand reporting was in its infancy . His utterance was so rapid , his retorts so quick , his humor so eccentric , that it would have required a rare adept to follow him . He was the favorite of every social circle - was sought after for ...
... hand reporting was in its infancy . His utterance was so rapid , his retorts so quick , his humor so eccentric , that it would have required a rare adept to follow him . He was the favorite of every social circle - was sought after for ...
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... hands ; " and how wonderful it is that I should have just found what you had lost ! " Shortly after I was elected Clerk of the House , in 1860 , a lady friend , since deceased , called my attention to THADDEUS STEVENS. ...
... hands ; " and how wonderful it is that I should have just found what you had lost ! " Shortly after I was elected Clerk of the House , in 1860 , a lady friend , since deceased , called my attention to THADDEUS STEVENS. ...
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... hand in it myself . " Mr. Lincoln was a humorist of another school . He delighted in parables and stories . His treasures of memory were in- exhaustible . He never failed for an illustration . He liked the short farce better than the ...
... hand in it myself . " Mr. Lincoln was a humorist of another school . He delighted in parables and stories . His treasures of memory were in- exhaustible . He never failed for an illustration . He liked the short farce better than the ...
Page 43
... hand . He paused and listened to the " polished trea- son , " as he afterward called it , of the Senator from Kentucky , and , when he sat down , he replied with a fervor never to be forgotten . One or two of his passages deserve to be ...
... hand . He paused and listened to the " polished trea- son , " as he afterward called it , of the Senator from Kentucky , and , when he sat down , he replied with a fervor never to be forgotten . One or two of his passages deserve to be ...
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