Anecdotes of Public Men, Volume 1Harper, 1873 - Statesmen |
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Page 81
... visited Boston , and called upon Mr. Choate and offered him- self as one of his students . Struck by the earnestness and frankness of the appeal , the great lawyer took him into his con- fidence , and soon realized that he could be made ...
... visited Boston , and called upon Mr. Choate and offered him- self as one of his students . Struck by the earnestness and frankness of the appeal , the great lawyer took him into his con- fidence , and soon realized that he could be made ...
Page 86
... visits to him , as Secretary of the Senate and editor of The Chronicle , than to take with me men who would tell original stories in an original way ; for I felt that if I could lighten his cares and brighten his gloom I would be ...
... visits to him , as Secretary of the Senate and editor of The Chronicle , than to take with me men who would tell original stories in an original way ; for I felt that if I could lighten his cares and brighten his gloom I would be ...
Page 91
... visited by some Union man or woman . " Such graves as these are pilgrim shrines , Shrines to no code or creed confined ; The Delphian vales , the Palestines- The Meccas of the mind . " The fervor with which Decoration day is venerated ...
... visited by some Union man or woman . " Such graves as these are pilgrim shrines , Shrines to no code or creed confined ; The Delphian vales , the Palestines- The Meccas of the mind . " The fervor with which Decoration day is venerated ...
Page 97
... visited as a youth , regale you with incidents of Philadelphia in the olden time , and fill your memory with anecdotes of the good and great men whose confidence he shared . Few persons know that Thomas Sully , the eminent portrait ...
... visited as a youth , regale you with incidents of Philadelphia in the olden time , and fill your memory with anecdotes of the good and great men whose confidence he shared . Few persons know that Thomas Sully , the eminent portrait ...
Page 113
... visited the camps of the great contending powers in the Crimea , and was for a time the guest of the Hon . Carroll Spence , American Minister at Constantinople . He reached there from Sebastopol penniless , and without suitable clothing ...
... visited the camps of the great contending powers in the Crimea , and was for a time the guest of the Hon . Carroll Spence , American Minister at Constantinople . He reached there from Sebastopol penniless , and without suitable clothing ...
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