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Page 41
... manners , attractive appear- ance , and rare talent for public affairs , exactly the elements they needed in their concealed designs against the country . If they were successful in arousing his ambition and finally mak- ing him one of ...
... manners , attractive appear- ance , and rare talent for public affairs , exactly the elements they needed in their concealed designs against the country . If they were successful in arousing his ambition and finally mak- ing him one of ...
Page 67
... manners of Mr. Muhlenberg , and with the foreign graces imported into good old Berks by his brilliant and self ... manner , insisted on another , upon which Mr. Muhlenberg gayly remarked , " You shall have it , although it costs a great ...
... manners of Mr. Muhlenberg , and with the foreign graces imported into good old Berks by his brilliant and self ... manner , insisted on another , upon which Mr. Muhlenberg gayly remarked , " You shall have it , although it costs a great ...
Page 68
... manners , he would have been the most formidable enemy of Buchanan's Presidential aspira- tions . As it was , his successor , Governor Shunk , soon got into collision with Buchanan , not because he deserved that fate , but because of ...
... manners , he would have been the most formidable enemy of Buchanan's Presidential aspira- tions . As it was , his successor , Governor Shunk , soon got into collision with Buchanan , not because he deserved that fate , but because of ...
Page 73
... manners of that highly respectable conclave . The first thing is the utter abandon of the Senators . They have no audiences to look down upon and listen to them . They have no gentlemen with the lightning pen to telegraph them to ...
... manners of that highly respectable conclave . The first thing is the utter abandon of the Senators . They have no audiences to look down upon and listen to them . They have no gentlemen with the lightning pen to telegraph them to ...
Page 74
... manner in which he preserved and kept from public view the fact of his nomination as Secretary of State under President Polk , twenty - nine years ago , is a good illustration . He was re- garded as the probable successor of Daniel ...
... manner in which he preserved and kept from public view the fact of his nomination as Secretary of State under President Polk , twenty - nine years ago , is a good illustration . He was re- garded as the probable successor of Daniel ...
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