Autobiography of Seventy Years, Том 1C. Scribner's sons, 1903 |
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... never kept a diary , except for a few and brief periods . So for what I have to say , I must trust to my memory . I have no doubt that after these volumes are published , there will come up in my mind matter enough to make a dozen ...
... never kept a diary , except for a few and brief periods . So for what I have to say , I must trust to my memory . I have no doubt that after these volumes are published , there will come up in my mind matter enough to make a dozen ...
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... never been afraid to trust the people and they have never been afraid to with- stand the people . They knew well the great secret of all statesmanship , that he that withstands the people on fit occa- sions is commonly the man who ...
... never been afraid to trust the people and they have never been afraid to with- stand the people . They knew well the great secret of all statesmanship , that he that withstands the people on fit occa- sions is commonly the man who ...
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... never have occurred to her that they did not meet as equals . And if the Queen were a woman of sense , and knew her , it would never occur to the Queen . The poorest people in the town , the paupers in the poorhouse , thought of her as ...
... never have occurred to her that they did not meet as equals . And if the Queen were a woman of sense , and knew her , it would never occur to the Queen . The poorest people in the town , the paupers in the poorhouse , thought of her as ...
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... never been told at length . There is an excellent memoir of him in Sander- son's " Lives of the Signers , " written by Jeremiah Evarts , with the assistance of the late Governor and Senator Roger S. Baldwin of Connecticut . But when ...
... never been told at length . There is an excellent memoir of him in Sander- son's " Lives of the Signers , " written by Jeremiah Evarts , with the assistance of the late Governor and Senator Roger S. Baldwin of Connecticut . But when ...
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... never said a foolish thing in his life . " Theodore Sedgwick said : " He was a man of the selectest wisdom . His influence was such that no measure , or part of a measure which he advocated , ever failed to pass . " Fisher Ames said ...
... never said a foolish thing in his life . " Theodore Sedgwick said : " He was a man of the selectest wisdom . His influence was such that no measure , or part of a measure which he advocated , ever failed to pass . " Fisher Ames said ...
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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...
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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.