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... remember . I knew a man once who made his fortune by attending to his own business . Tell the lady I will see her presently . " The man who became President in 1856 was fond of saying that this remark of Andrew Jackson humiliated him ...
... remember . I knew a man once who made his fortune by attending to his own business . Tell the lady I will see her presently . " The man who became President in 1856 was fond of saying that this remark of Andrew Jackson humiliated him ...
Page 74
... remember being pres- ent at a dinner given at the National Hotel by Commodore Stockton , of New Jersey , a few days before the inauguration of President Polk , in February of 1845. Among the guests were General William O. Butler , of ...
... remember being pres- ent at a dinner given at the National Hotel by Commodore Stockton , of New Jersey , a few days before the inauguration of President Polk , in February of 1845. Among the guests were General William O. Butler , of ...
Page 122
... remember that the very men here denounced are once more engaged in an attempt to seize the government of the Union : " The blasphemous doctrine of the divine right of kings was discarded by England in the Revolution of 1688. The British ...
... remember that the very men here denounced are once more engaged in an attempt to seize the government of the Union : " The blasphemous doctrine of the divine right of kings was discarded by England in the Revolution of 1688. The British ...
Page 142
... remember ) to denounce corrup- tion and the spoils very sweepingly , is now actually maintaining that the Whigs will not and can not go upon principle any longer and adhere to conservatism , because they are tired of waiting for office ...
... remember ) to denounce corrup- tion and the spoils very sweepingly , is now actually maintaining that the Whigs will not and can not go upon principle any longer and adhere to conservatism , because they are tired of waiting for office ...
Page 149
... remember any great poet that ever illustrated the higher fields of humanity that did not dignify the use of wine , from old Homer down ? ' He did not . I asked , ' Do you know any great philosopher that did not use it for the exaltation ...
... remember any great poet that ever illustrated the higher fields of humanity that did not dignify the use of wine , from old Homer down ? ' He did not . I asked , ' Do you know any great philosopher that did not use it for the exaltation ...
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