Portrait of an American: Charles G. DawesHolt, 1953 - 344 pages Full-length, sympathetic biography of the American lawyer and banker. |
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Page 146
... thought consoles me for having failed to take up the business of impresario for a life's work . " In 1911 Dawes entered the musical world also as a composer . He wrote his " Melody in A Major " at one sitting , with no thought of ...
... thought consoles me for having failed to take up the business of impresario for a life's work . " In 1911 Dawes entered the musical world also as a composer . He wrote his " Melody in A Major " at one sitting , with no thought of ...
Page 184
... thought , had accomplished everything he had come to France to do . " For the first time since I have been over here , I did not antici- pate an emergency , but thought his mind might be on the victory , " Dawes said in a letter to his ...
... thought , had accomplished everything he had come to France to do . " For the first time since I have been over here , I did not antici- pate an emergency , but thought his mind might be on the victory , " Dawes said in a letter to his ...
Page 334
... thought of a 10 or 20 per cent dis- count in the money cost . The Army had improved my faculty of expression . But the ' Hell and Maria ' phrase which leaped into the headlines was not something I learned in the Army . The public got an ...
... thought of a 10 or 20 per cent dis- count in the money cost . The Army had improved my faculty of expression . But the ' Hell and Maria ' phrase which leaped into the headlines was not something I learned in the Army . The public got an ...
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