Anecdotes of Public Men, Volume 2Harper, 1881 - Statesmen |
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Page 71
... hour , and shares the solitude in which they dwell . While they are in prison a shadow rests upon my spirit , and the thoughts that otherwise might be free throb heav- ily within me . It is painful for me to speak . I should feel happy ...
... hour , and shares the solitude in which they dwell . While they are in prison a shadow rests upon my spirit , and the thoughts that otherwise might be free throb heav- ily within me . It is painful for me to speak . I should feel happy ...
Page 75
... hour inspired with the republicanism of Wolfe Tone , his career and glory would have been complete . " Immediately succeeding this lecture , Meagher delivered an- other in the same hall , on Curran , of which the following is a specimen ...
... hour inspired with the republicanism of Wolfe Tone , his career and glory would have been complete . " Immediately succeeding this lecture , Meagher delivered an- other in the same hall , on Curran , of which the following is a specimen ...
Page 80
... hours a day to pay for his education , and left in debt . He was an early rebel against authority . He quarrelled with the Calvin- istic clergy on points of doctrine and on measures of discipline . He even carried his doubts to the ...
... hours a day to pay for his education , and left in debt . He was an early rebel against authority . He quarrelled with the Calvin- istic clergy on points of doctrine and on measures of discipline . He even carried his doubts to the ...
Page 81
... hours out of the twenty - four . Up to 1860 little was heard of the Massachusetts Butler save that he was an eccentric , original , daring advocate . His politics kept him in a perpetual minority . He belonged , as I have said , to the ...
... hours out of the twenty - four . Up to 1860 little was heard of the Massachusetts Butler save that he was an eccentric , original , daring advocate . His politics kept him in a perpetual minority . He belonged , as I have said , to the ...
Page 86
... hours I spent at the case and the press were made delightful by the reading of the day . We had comparatively few newspapers , and so we read them through and through . There was no Philadelphia Ledger , but we regaled ourselves . with ...
... hours I spent at the case and the press were made delightful by the reading of the day . We had comparatively few newspapers , and so we read them through and through . There was no Philadelphia Ledger , but we regaled ourselves . with ...
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