Modern Eloquence, Volume 10Thomas Brackett Reed G.L. Shuman & Company, 1901 |
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Page 97
... Once ! " - The day before Grant attacked Fort Donelson , the troops had had a march of twenty miles , part of it during a bitter cold night . Grant called a council of war , to consider whether they should attack the fort at once , or ...
... Once ! " - The day before Grant attacked Fort Donelson , the troops had had a march of twenty miles , part of it during a bitter cold night . Grant called a council of war , to consider whether they should attack the fort at once , or ...
Page 199
... Once , when the question was put in my hearing , " What is the cutest man in creation ? " the answer came glibly from one standing by , " a Yorkshire Scotchman of Jewish extraction , with a Yankee education . " If I might improve on ...
... Once , when the question was put in my hearing , " What is the cutest man in creation ? " the answer came glibly from one standing by , " a Yorkshire Scotchman of Jewish extraction , with a Yankee education . " If I might improve on ...
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... once a week . But on appeal to the higher court , the verdict was invariably reversed by the good nature of the old general . Once , however , Jimmy was guilty of some flagrant offence and was summoned before the highest tribunal at once ...
... once a week . But on appeal to the higher court , the verdict was invariably reversed by the good nature of the old general . Once , however , Jimmy was guilty of some flagrant offence and was summoned before the highest tribunal at once ...
Contents
STATESMEN AND POLITICIANS | 27 |
BENCH AND BAR | 41 |
DOCTOR AND PATIENT | 61 |
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