Around the World with General Grant: A Narrative of the Visit of General U.S. Grant, Ex-president of the United States, to Various Countries in Europe, Asia, and Africa, in 1877, 1878, 1879. To which are Added Certain Conversations with General Grant on Questions Connected with American Politics and History, Part 1American News Company, 1879 - 256 pages |
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... better than I did . " ( Cries of " No. " ) " I do not , therefore , regard myself as entitled to all the praise . " I believe that my friend Sherman could have taken my place as a soldier as well as I could , and the same will apply to ...
... better than I did . " ( Cries of " No. " ) " I do not , therefore , regard myself as entitled to all the praise . " I believe that my friend Sherman could have taken my place as a soldier as well as I could , and the same will apply to ...
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... better insight into the true reason of General Grant's distaste for talking while in office than could be otherwise expressed in a whole chapter . The fact was that in his official capacity he had always to be " on guard , " as few ever ...
... better insight into the true reason of General Grant's distaste for talking while in office than could be otherwise expressed in a whole chapter . The fact was that in his official capacity he had always to be " on guard , " as few ever ...
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... better than he had for sixteen years , from the fact that he had no letters to read , and no telegraphic dispatches to attend to . " Indeed , this sense of freedom from the strain of such unre- mitting devotion to severe application was ...
... better than he had for sixteen years , from the fact that he had no letters to read , and no telegraphic dispatches to attend to . " Indeed , this sense of freedom from the strain of such unre- mitting devotion to severe application was ...
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... better description of the General's speech , and of the impression it made upon those present , than by quot- ing the account from the pen of George W. Smalley , the dis- tinguished correspondent of the New York Tribune , who was among ...
... better description of the General's speech , and of the impression it made upon those present , than by quot- ing the account from the pen of George W. Smalley , the dis- tinguished correspondent of the New York Tribune , who was among ...
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... better than that . Still later in the evening , during the exhibi- tion of fireworks , General Grant sat silent while his own portrait -a capital likeness - was drawn in lines of changing flame against the dark background of Beckenham ...
... better than that . Still later in the evening , during the exhibi- tion of fireworks , General Grant sat silent while his own portrait -a capital likeness - was drawn in lines of changing flame against the dark background of Beckenham ...
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