Anecdotes of Public Men, Volume 2Harper, 1881 - Statesmen |
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... heard him speak of his relations to public men at home and abroad , and I can see him in my mind's eye , with his careful dress and studied manners , and almost hear his slow and measured accents . He wrote much , and was a pleasant ...
... heard him speak of his relations to public men at home and abroad , and I can see him in my mind's eye , with his careful dress and studied manners , and almost hear his slow and measured accents . He wrote much , and was a pleasant ...
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... heard of the treason of Major André , and of his great excitement over St. Clair's de- feat by the Indians in 1791 ; also , the opening of Congress in Philadelphia , in 1794 or 1795 , by Washington , as Mr. Rush saw it when he was a boy ...
... heard of the treason of Major André , and of his great excitement over St. Clair's de- feat by the Indians in 1791 ; also , the opening of Congress in Philadelphia , in 1794 or 1795 , by Washington , as Mr. Rush saw it when he was a boy ...
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... heard among the troops , and he was denounced in the Assembly as a Pretender , the cause being that he had just been elected a member of that body by three provinces and by the city of Paris . On the 13th his cousin , the present Prince ...
... heard among the troops , and he was denounced in the Assembly as a Pretender , the cause being that he had just been elected a member of that body by three provinces and by the city of Paris . On the 13th his cousin , the present Prince ...
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... heard of him till the rebellion called out his sympathies . Of his literary offspring it is useless to speak ; his History is his monument . It is a consummate work , and , though sharply criticised , be- cause of its positive tone and ...
... heard of him till the rebellion called out his sympathies . Of his literary offspring it is useless to speak ; his History is his monument . It is a consummate work , and , though sharply criticised , be- cause of its positive tone and ...
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... heard that George Washington appointed Andrew Jackson to the office of United States District Attorney in the year 1791 ? And yet this fact is stated by the accurate Dr. Cartwright in his Jackson oration , at Natchez , 12th of July ...
... heard that George Washington appointed Andrew Jackson to the office of United States District Attorney in the year 1791 ? And yet this fact is stated by the accurate Dr. Cartwright in his Jackson oration , at Natchez , 12th of July ...
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