Autobiography of Seventy Years, Том 1C. Scribner's sons, 1903 |
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... honor of Daniel Webster , that famous college gave the highest honor in its power to a Negro , amid the applause of the brilliant assembly . And there was no applause more earnest or hearty than that of the successor of Taney , the ...
... honor of Daniel Webster , that famous college gave the highest honor in its power to a Negro , amid the applause of the brilliant assembly . And there was no applause more earnest or hearty than that of the successor of Taney , the ...
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... honor be- longed to her . The Secretary told General Washington , the next day , what she said . The General answered that it was his privilege to give his arm to the handsomest woman in the room . Whether the reply was communicated to ...
... honor be- longed to her . The Secretary told General Washington , the next day , what she said . The General answered that it was his privilege to give his arm to the handsomest woman in the room . Whether the reply was communicated to ...
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... honor in my life , to use the language of others , and not my own . From many tributes to my father's character , from persons more impartial than I can be , I have selected two or three . I cannot quote at length Ralph Waldo Emerson's ...
... honor in my life , to use the language of others , and not my own . From many tributes to my father's character , from persons more impartial than I can be , I have selected two or three . I cannot quote at length Ralph Waldo Emerson's ...
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... honor at the right hand of the president , and I remember the sono- rous voice of Josiah Quincy , the Secretary . I was staying at the house of Mr. Evarts , and remember your father's dining there , and discussing the deportment and ...
... honor at the right hand of the president , and I remember the sono- rous voice of Josiah Quincy , the Secretary . I was staying at the house of Mr. Evarts , and remember your father's dining there , and discussing the deportment and ...
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... Honor came and sat down beside him . He was a man in whom so rare a spirit of justice visibly dwelt , that , if one had met him in a cabin or in a court , he must still seem a public man answering as sovereign state to sovereign state ...
... Honor came and sat down beside him . He was a man in whom so rare a spirit of justice visibly dwelt , that , if one had met him in a cabin or in a court , he must still seem a public man answering as sovereign state to sovereign state ...
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Сторінка 143 - What though the field be lost? All is not lost; the unconquerable will, And study of revenge, immortal hate, And courage never to submit or yield: And what is else not to be overcome?
Сторінка 64 - twould boldly trip, And print those roses on my lip. But all its chief delight was still On roses thus itself to fill, And its pure virgin limbs to fold In whitest sheets of lilies cold : Had it lived long, it would have been Lilies without, roses within.
Сторінка 155 - Sink or swim, live or die, survive or perish, I give my hand, and my heart, to this vote.
Сторінка 307 - My own public life has been a very brief and insignificant one, extending little beyond the duration of a single term of Senatorial office; but in that brief period I have seen five judges of a high court of the United States driven from office by threats of impeachment for corruption or maladministration. I have heard...
Сторінка 13 - Resolved, that each branch ought to possess the right of originating acts; that the national legislature ought to be empowered to enjoy the legislative rights vested in Congress by the Confederation, and moreover to legislate in all cases to which the separate states are incompetent or in which the harmony of the United States may be interrupted by the exercise of individual legislation...
Сторінка 13 - Congress by the confederation ; and, moreover, to legislate in all cases in which the separate States are incompetent, or in which the harmony of the United States may be interrupted by the exercise of individual legislation...
Сторінка 71 - In damp fields known to bird and fox, But he would come in the very hour It opened in its virgin bower, As if a sunbeam showed the place, And tell its long-descended race.
Сторінка 394 - And when asked what State he hails from, Our sole reply shall be, He hails from Appomattox, And its famous apple tree.
Сторінка 341 - I would, therefore, defer to him as much as is consistent with your own responsibilities. The first object to be attained is to get a firm position on the spit of land on which Fort Fisher is built, from which you can operate against that fort. You want to look to the practicability of receiving your supplies, and to defending yourself against superior forces sent against you by any of the avenues left open to the enemy. If such a position can be obtained, the siege of Fort Fisher will not be abandoned...
Сторінка 340 - Butler from the command of the Department of Virginia and North Carolina. I do this with reluctance, but the good of the service requires it. In my absence General Butler necessarily commands, and there is a lack of confidence felt in his military ability, making him an unsafe commander for a large army. His administration of the affairs of his department is also objectionable.