Modern Eloquence, Volume 2Thomas Brackett Reed, Rossiter Johnson, Justin McCarthy, Albert Ellery Bergh J.D. Morris, 1900 |
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Page 458
... York- town and the surrender . But what would that occasion have amounted to , either in the fact of it or in the celebra- tion of it , if the English had not been there ? [ Laughter . ] You may remember the composure of the hero that ...
... York- town and the surrender . But what would that occasion have amounted to , either in the fact of it or in the celebra- tion of it , if the English had not been there ? [ Laughter . ] You may remember the composure of the hero that ...
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... York City , December 30 , 1893. This was the first time that Mr. Jefferson , the newly - elected President , spoke to his fellow - players in his official capacity . ] FELLOW - PLAYERS : -Founders ' Night should be of joy , unshaded by ...
... York City , December 30 , 1893. This was the first time that Mr. Jefferson , the newly - elected President , spoke to his fellow - players in his official capacity . ] FELLOW - PLAYERS : -Founders ' Night should be of joy , unshaded by ...
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... York is the child of Nieuw Amsterdam - and how the child has outgrown the parent ! I believe it to be true , sir , that New York to - day bears more traces of the less than fifty years of Dutch government than of the more than one ...
... York is the child of Nieuw Amsterdam - and how the child has outgrown the parent ! I believe it to be true , sir , that New York to - day bears more traces of the less than fifty years of Dutch government than of the more than one ...
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