Anecdotes of Public Men, Volume 1Harper, 1873 - Statesmen |
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... thousands as among the most brilliant in the records of human genius . As my sketches are not biographies in any sense , but rather glances at public men , I will not , therefore , follow these experi- ences in detail , but confine ...
... thousands as among the most brilliant in the records of human genius . As my sketches are not biographies in any sense , but rather glances at public men , I will not , therefore , follow these experi- ences in detail , but confine ...
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... thousand horse , to thank The Count for his uncourteous ride . They played me then a bitter prank , When , with the wild horse for my guide , They bound me to his foaming flank . At length I played them one as frank , For time at last ...
... thousand horse , to thank The Count for his uncourteous ride . They played me then a bitter prank , When , with the wild horse for my guide , They bound me to his foaming flank . At length I played them one as frank , For time at last ...
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... thousands voted for the " favorite son " because they believed the impassioned Georgian . Yet as the controversy deepened Governor Cobb yielded to the exactions of his section , and when the rebellion burst upon us he was one of the ...
... thousands voted for the " favorite son " because they believed the impassioned Georgian . Yet as the controversy deepened Governor Cobb yielded to the exactions of his section , and when the rebellion burst upon us he was one of the ...
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... thousand men ! What then ? We have them ; they are ours ; they are children of the country ; they belong to the whole country ; they are our sons — our kinsmen , and there are many of us who will give them all up before we will abate ...
... thousand men ! What then ? We have them ; they are ours ; they are children of the country ; they belong to the whole country ; they are our sons — our kinsmen , and there are many of us who will give them all up before we will abate ...
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... thousand men or twenty thousand , of one hundred million dollars or five hundred million ? In a year , in ten years at most , of peaceful progress we can restore them all . There will be some graves reeking with blood , wa- tered by the ...
... thousand men or twenty thousand , of one hundred million dollars or five hundred million ? In a year , in ten years at most , of peaceful progress we can restore them all . There will be some graves reeking with blood , wa- tered by the ...
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