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Page 67
... seemed to fill the room , and the first bottle was soon dispatched , when General Cameron , with his own peculiar manner , insisted on another , upon which Mr. Muhlenberg gayly remarked , " You shall have it , although it costs a great ...
... seemed to fill the room , and the first bottle was soon dispatched , when General Cameron , with his own peculiar manner , insisted on another , upon which Mr. Muhlenberg gayly remarked , " You shall have it , although it costs a great ...
Page 70
... the despot of the dinner - table . had a way of assuming the command that made him resistless , and he had the bearing , the voice , and the domination that DINNER - TABLE WITS . 71 seemed to give equity 70 ANECDOTES OF PUBLIC MEN .
... the despot of the dinner - table . had a way of assuming the command that made him resistless , and he had the bearing , the voice , and the domination that DINNER - TABLE WITS . 71 seemed to give equity 70 ANECDOTES OF PUBLIC MEN .
Page 71
John Wien Forney. DINNER - TABLE WITS . 71 seemed to give equity to the title of " Prince , " bestowed by his enemies and adopted by his friends . James T. Brady's massive head , with its coronal of curls , his graceful form , electric ...
John Wien Forney. DINNER - TABLE WITS . 71 seemed to give equity to the title of " Prince , " bestowed by his enemies and adopted by his friends . James T. Brady's massive head , with its coronal of curls , his graceful form , electric ...
Page 77
... seemed to be pre- pared to make every body happy . He needed no solicitation to display his varied stores of humor and of information : sketches of foreign travel ; photographs of Southern manners , alike of the master and the slave ...
... seemed to be pre- pared to make every body happy . He needed no solicitation to display his varied stores of humor and of information : sketches of foreign travel ; photographs of Southern manners , alike of the master and the slave ...
Page 80
... seemed more saddening to me than to feel that I had probably left the old house forever , and yet , whenever bus- iness calls me back to the National Capital , I return to these ancient rooms as a son goes back to home and fireside ...
... seemed more saddening to me than to feel that I had probably left the old house forever , and yet , whenever bus- iness calls me back to the National Capital , I return to these ancient rooms as a son goes back to home and fireside ...
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