Anecdotes of Public Men, Volume 1Harper, 1873 - Statesmen |
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Page 33
... hours before . As I count over their names , I find that not a few have since been entered on the books of death ... hour , There never yet was human power Which could evade , if unforgiven , The patient watch and vigil long Of him ...
... hours before . As I count over their names , I find that not a few have since been entered on the books of death ... hour , There never yet was human power Which could evade , if unforgiven , The patient watch and vigil long Of him ...
Page 38
... hours , her master , a man living at Georgetown , D. C. , would be sure to sell her to strangers . The case was a terrible one . Sam was a fine fellow , and his distress was grievous . I sat down and wrote out the facts , headed the ...
... hours , her master , a man living at Georgetown , D. C. , would be sure to sell her to strangers . The case was a terrible one . Sam was a fine fellow , and his distress was grievous . I sat down and wrote out the facts , headed the ...
Page 55
... hours were filled with sympathy with the Democratic party . 66 It is difficult , and often disreputable , to divine the motives of men who change religions or politics . Yet it is interesting to know how they excuse themselves ...
... hours were filled with sympathy with the Democratic party . 66 It is difficult , and often disreputable , to divine the motives of men who change religions or politics . Yet it is interesting to know how they excuse themselves ...
Page 60
... hour of danger - this eventful hour of the age - this hour which is all in all to us and to millions besides , those op- pressed millions of other lands who are ruled by irresponsible power , and who , as they lie upon the earth ...
... hour of danger - this eventful hour of the age - this hour which is all in all to us and to millions besides , those op- pressed millions of other lands who are ruled by irresponsible power , and who , as they lie upon the earth ...
Page 70
... hours in its vicinity ; the afternoon and night find them in their distant homes , or in the more convenient clubs and hotels that have risen like so many palaces along and near the magnificent ave- nues stretching toward the Central ...
... hours in its vicinity ; the afternoon and night find them in their distant homes , or in the more convenient clubs and hotels that have risen like so many palaces along and near the magnificent ave- nues stretching toward the Central ...
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