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... evade , if unforgiven , The patient watch and vigil long Of him who treasures up a wrong . " But , like many an unfortunate in a similar situation , the whole me out . stanza escaped my memory , and I B 2 "MAZEPPA" QUOTATION. ...
... evade , if unforgiven , The patient watch and vigil long Of him who treasures up a wrong . " But , like many an unfortunate in a similar situation , the whole me out . stanza escaped my memory , and I B 2 "MAZEPPA" QUOTATION. ...
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John Wien Forney. me out . stanza escaped my memory , and I could only refer to it . James S. Jackson , of Kentucky , one of the bravest and best men I ever knew , stood at my side , and I asked him , sotto voce , to help " Remember it ...
John Wien Forney. me out . stanza escaped my memory , and I could only refer to it . James S. Jackson , of Kentucky , one of the bravest and best men I ever knew , stood at my side , and I asked him , sotto voce , to help " Remember it ...
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... memories . But no two men , perhaps , so entirely different in character , ever threw off more sponta- neous jokes . Mr. Stevens rarely told a story . He was strong in repartee , in retort , in quiet interrogatory . He must have been ...
... memories . But no two men , perhaps , so entirely different in character , ever threw off more sponta- neous jokes . Mr. Stevens rarely told a story . He was strong in repartee , in retort , in quiet interrogatory . He must have been ...
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... memory were in- exhaustible . He never failed for an illustration . He liked the short farce better than the five - act tragedy . He would shout PRESIDENT LINCOLN . 39 with laughter over a French , 38 ANECDOTES OF PUBLIC MEN .
... memory were in- exhaustible . He never failed for an illustration . He liked the short farce better than the five - act tragedy . He would shout PRESIDENT LINCOLN . 39 with laughter over a French , 38 ANECDOTES OF PUBLIC MEN .
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... memory by reviving what would only give unneces- sary pain . His two inaugurations were accompanied by apprehensions of his assassination , and the second was followed in a little more than a month by his murder . At the inauguration of ...
... memory by reviving what would only give unneces- sary pain . His two inaugurations were accompanied by apprehensions of his assassination , and the second was followed in a little more than a month by his murder . At the inauguration of ...
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