Anecdotes of Public Men, Volume 2Harper, 1881 - Statesmen |
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Page 43
... hand of death upon him , ' May my enemies , ' he cried , ' find peace ; may the liberties of my coun- try endure forever ! ' " History does not describe the man that equalled him in firmness of nerve . Not danger , not an army in battle ...
... hand of death upon him , ' May my enemies , ' he cried , ' find peace ; may the liberties of my coun- try endure forever ! ' " History does not describe the man that equalled him in firmness of nerve . Not danger , not an army in battle ...
Page 57
... hands . Borne one by one out of this capital , during more than four years of civil war , as the sym- bols of the nation and the commonwealth under which the battalions of Massachusetts departed to the fields , they come back again ...
... hands . Borne one by one out of this capital , during more than four years of civil war , as the sym- bols of the nation and the commonwealth under which the battalions of Massachusetts departed to the fields , they come back again ...
Page 67
... hands to defeat the measure . both branches in two consecutive days . final passage in the Senate , after having passed the House , the Senate was thrilled with a despatch , read from the clerk's desk , announcing that treason had ...
... hands to defeat the measure . both branches in two consecutive days . final passage in the Senate , after having passed the House , the Senate was thrilled with a despatch , read from the clerk's desk , announcing that treason had ...
Page 69
... hands , they were tried for high- treason and convicted . The impassioned " tribune " Meagher was " sentenced to be hanged , drawn , and quartered , and his re- mains placed at the disposal of her Majesty the Queen THOMAS FRANCIS ...
... hands , they were tried for high- treason and convicted . The impassioned " tribune " Meagher was " sentenced to be hanged , drawn , and quartered , and his re- mains placed at the disposal of her Majesty the Queen THOMAS FRANCIS ...
Page 79
... hands of the impetuous little Senator , Robert J. Walker , of Mississippi , who sat near taking notes for that reply which carried the two - third rule and crushed Martin Van Buren . In 1839 , when he was forty - four , a partial friend ...
... hands of the impetuous little Senator , Robert J. Walker , of Mississippi , who sat near taking notes for that reply which carried the two - third rule and crushed Martin Van Buren . In 1839 , when he was forty - four , a partial friend ...
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