Anecdotes of Public Men, Volume 2Harper, 1881 - Statesmen |
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Page 103
... seen much of society and of men . In his youth a soldier and a lady's man , he had read a great deal , and remembered what he read . Born in Virginia , his grand- father was a Scotchman of the clan Buccleugh , who fled across the ...
... seen much of society and of men . In his youth a soldier and a lady's man , he had read a great deal , and remembered what he read . Born in Virginia , his grand- father was a Scotchman of the clan Buccleugh , who fled across the ...
Page 106
... seen a great people and a great State ; a people without paupers and a State without debt ; a people getting rich on a rocky soil ; a State with free schools and free turnpikes ; a State of colleges and churches ; a State where the poor ...
... seen a great people and a great State ; a people without paupers and a State without debt ; a people getting rich on a rocky soil ; a State with free schools and free turnpikes ; a State of colleges and churches ; a State where the poor ...
Page 111
... seen in many characters - of modern times , and in none more conspicuously than in George S. Boutwell , present Senator in Congress . He is a genuine Massachusetts man , and his struggle upwards is a type of the high position won by his ...
... seen in many characters - of modern times , and in none more conspicuously than in George S. Boutwell , present Senator in Congress . He is a genuine Massachusetts man , and his struggle upwards is a type of the high position won by his ...
Page 119
... seen him preside over fes- tivities of art , science , and politics , of railroad officers and of clergymen , and it was difficult to decide which most to admire― his brilliant repartees , his introduction of the several speakers MORTON ...
... seen him preside over fes- tivities of art , science , and politics , of railroad officers and of clergymen , and it was difficult to decide which most to admire― his brilliant repartees , his introduction of the several speakers MORTON ...
Page 161
... seen much , and have not been unobservant . I have seen great changes take place in this Government , and but one memorial remains of the period when I was first acquainted with GEN . SAM . HOUSTON . 161.
... seen much , and have not been unobservant . I have seen great changes take place in this Government , and but one memorial remains of the period when I was first acquainted with GEN . SAM . HOUSTON . 161.
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