Anecdotes of Public Men, Volumen2Harper & Brothers, 1881 - 444 páginas |
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... Jackson . His relations with Mr. Adams were most intimate , and affected his whole career . In 1831 he became an anti - Mason , and in 1834 wrote a pow- erful report against the Bank of the United States , and ever afterwards co ...
... Jackson . His relations with Mr. Adams were most intimate , and affected his whole career . In 1831 he became an anti - Mason , and in 1834 wrote a pow- erful report against the Bank of the United States , and ever afterwards co ...
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... Jackson's cause with much activity , and began his labors for internal improvements in New Jersey , which only closed with his death . In 1838 he resumed active service in the navy , and soon distinguished himself by his knowledge of ...
... Jackson's cause with much activity , and began his labors for internal improvements in New Jersey , which only closed with his death . In 1838 he resumed active service in the navy , and soon distinguished himself by his knowledge of ...
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... Jackson , hated Van Buren ; was a loud Harrison man in 1840 , and one of the Tyler guard in 1841-44 . He ar- dently supported Polk against Clay , and hence , perhaps , his tribute to the Democratic leaders around him . When the des ...
... Jackson , hated Van Buren ; was a loud Harrison man in 1840 , and one of the Tyler guard in 1841-44 . He ar- dently supported Polk against Clay , and hence , perhaps , his tribute to the Democratic leaders around him . When the des ...
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... Jackson's story of the man who made his fortune by minding his own business . I never tried it again ; and therefore admired Com- modore Stockton's persistency in trying to force the casket of which most of them had the key . At last he ...
... Jackson's story of the man who made his fortune by minding his own business . I never tried it again ; and therefore admired Com- modore Stockton's persistency in trying to force the casket of which most of them had the key . At last he ...
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... Jackson , and was a few days over three months President when his idol passed away . The best brains of the Democracy were summoned to the illustra- tion of Jackson's character . Vice - President Dallas , Governor Francis R. Shunk , Rev ...
... Jackson , and was a few days over three months President when his idol passed away . The best brains of the Democracy were summoned to the illustra- tion of Jackson's character . Vice - President Dallas , Governor Francis R. Shunk , Rev ...
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Página 128 - When the mariner has been tossed for many days in thick weather, and on an unknown sea, he naturally avails himself of the first pause in the storm, the earliest glance of the sun, to take his latitude, and ascertain how far the elements have driven him from his true course.
Página 21 - But in a larger sense we cannot dedicate, we cannot consecrate, we cannot hallow this ground. The brave men, living and dead, who struggled here, have consecrated it far above our power to add or detract. The world will little note, nor long remember, what we say here, but it can never forget what they did here.
Página 162 - When I remember all The friends so linked together, I've seen around me fall Like leaves in wintry weather; I feel like one Who treads alone Some banquet-hall deserted, Whose lights are fled, Whose garlands dead, And all but he departed...
Página 135 - Rome, in the height of her glory, is not to be compared ; a power which has dotted over the surface of the whole globe with her possessions and military posts, whose morning drum-beat, following the sun, and keeping company with the hours, circles the earth with one continuous and unbroken strain of the martial airs of England.
Página 175 - There is no terror, Cassius, in your threats; For I am arm'd so strong in honesty, That they pass by me as the idle wind Which I respect not.
Página 317 - Entreat me not to leave thee, or to return from following after thee : for whither thou goest, I will go ; and where thou lodgest I will lodge : thy people shall be my people, and thy God my God: " Where thou diest, will I die, and there will I be buried; the Lord do so to me, and more also, if aught but death part thee and me.
Página 381 - I KNEW, by the smoke that so gracefully curled Above the green elms, that a cottage was near, And I said, " If there's peace to be found in the world, A heart that was humble might hope for it here...
Página 213 - This was the noblest Roman of them all; All the conspirators save only he Did that they did in envy of great Caesar; He only, in a general honest thought, And common good to all, made one of them. His life was gentle, and the elements So mix'd in him that Nature might stand up And say to all the world, 'This was a man!
Página 350 - ... to vary the name; for I feared lest it should be looked on as a vanity in me, and not as a respect in the King, as it truly was, to my father, whom he often mentions with praise.