Anecdotes of Public Men, Volume 1Harper, 1873 - Statesmen |
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Page 34
... Nature had been prodigal of her gifts to Jackson . To a face of singular , almost feminine beauty , was added the graceful form of an athlete and the manners of a Chesterfield . He took the right side in a commu- nity tainted with wrong ...
... Nature had been prodigal of her gifts to Jackson . To a face of singular , almost feminine beauty , was added the graceful form of an athlete and the manners of a Chesterfield . He took the right side in a commu- nity tainted with wrong ...
Page 40
... nature . Take his campaign against the Nullifiers of the South in 1850 , when he ran as an independent candi- date for governor of Georgia , and was elected over Charles J. McDonald , the leader of the Calhounites . At the close of his ...
... nature . Take his campaign against the Nullifiers of the South in 1850 , when he ran as an independent candi- date for governor of Georgia , and was elected over Charles J. McDonald , the leader of the Calhounites . At the close of his ...
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... Nature seems to revel in the supreme luxury of her own charms . That spot , without snow in winter , prolonging its equal reign far into the summer , and resuming its neutral sway early in September , seems to have been chosen as the ...
... Nature seems to revel in the supreme luxury of her own charms . That spot , without snow in winter , prolonging its equal reign far into the summer , and resuming its neutral sway early in September , seems to have been chosen as the ...
Page 59
... nature can enjoy or human government secure - who , so situated , could make it or could see it the sport of violent , selfish , or parricidal passions ? Who of us , without putting forth every faculty of soul and body to prevent it ...
... nature can enjoy or human government secure - who , so situated , could make it or could see it the sport of violent , selfish , or parricidal passions ? Who of us , without putting forth every faculty of soul and body to prevent it ...
Page 61
... nature involuntarily shrank , and he is said to have cried out . with impassioned exclamations : ' Oh , it is a bitter , bitter thing to die , and how bitter , too , to know that I have but one life which I can give to my country ...
... nature involuntarily shrank , and he is said to have cried out . with impassioned exclamations : ' Oh , it is a bitter , bitter thing to die , and how bitter , too , to know that I have but one life which I can give to my country ...
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