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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... thousand miles along the frontier of the United States , and during the last three or four years I can truthfully say that nothing impressed me more , or gave me more lively satisfac- tion , than the interchange of friendship and good ...
... thousand miles along the frontier of the United States , and during the last three or four years I can truthfully say that nothing impressed me more , or gave me more lively satisfac- tion , than the interchange of friendship and good ...
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... through the multitude , which numbered as many as ten thousand , assembled there to see him . On Friday after- noon , July 13th , the General and his party drove to Homburg - les- Bains , where he was met by a committee of.
... through the multitude , which numbered as many as ten thousand , assembled there to see him . On Friday after- noon , July 13th , the General and his party drove to Homburg - les- Bains , where he was met by a committee of.
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... thousand five hundred and eighty English square miles - not more than three per cent of the total area of France ; in population about one million six hundred thousand souls , or nearly five per cent . of the total population . You will ...
... thousand five hundred and eighty English square miles - not more than three per cent of the total area of France ; in population about one million six hundred thousand souls , or nearly five per cent . of the total population . You will ...
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... thousands swarmed out of its gates . At least two thirds of the inhabitants have gone , and Metz looks as if smitten ... thousand left from his depot alone . They have swept over the country to Nancy , Luneville , Commercy , Lyons - some ...
... thousands swarmed out of its gates . At least two thirds of the inhabitants have gone , and Metz looks as if smitten ... thousand left from his depot alone . They have swept over the country to Nancy , Luneville , Commercy , Lyons - some ...
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... thousand people , and perhaps more ( for you can never tell , they pack families so closely in these queer , quaint old houses ) . The town seems so dead - so dead ! The only life we see is in the swiftly run- ning stream of water which ...
... thousand people , and perhaps more ( for you can never tell , they pack families so closely in these queer , quaint old houses ) . The town seems so dead - so dead ! The only life we see is in the swiftly run- ning stream of water which ...
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