Appleton's Cyclopædia of American Biography: Grinnell-LockwoodJames Grant Wilson, John Fiske D. Appleton, 1887 |
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... entered a New York counting - house in 1818 , and , after several voyages as supercargo , became in 1825 a member of the firm of Fish and Grinnell . In 1839 - '41 he was a representative in congress , having been elected as a Whig . He ...
... entered a New York counting - house in 1818 , and , after several voyages as supercargo , became in 1825 a member of the firm of Fish and Grinnell . In 1839 - '41 he was a representative in congress , having been elected as a Whig . He ...
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... entered the novitiate of the Redemptorist order in 1857 , and was ordained priest in 1863. After attending wounded soldiers in the hospitals about Annapolis , and preaching to the negroes , he was assigned to missionary duty in various ...
... entered the novitiate of the Redemptorist order in 1857 , and was ordained priest in 1863. After attending wounded soldiers in the hospitals about Annapolis , and preaching to the negroes , he was assigned to missionary duty in various ...
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... entered the league formed against them by the other caciques , and was seized and im- prisoned , but after some time set at liberty . In 1498 he entered into a conspiracy with Francisco Roldán , the chief judge , against the adelantado ...
... entered the league formed against them by the other caciques , and was seized and im- prisoned , but after some time set at liberty . In 1498 he entered into a conspiracy with Francisco Roldán , the chief judge , against the adelantado ...
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... entered the congregation of the Oblate Fathers . He soon gained the highest rank in the order , was sent to Canada on a special mission in 1844 , and shortly afterward appointed superior and perpetual visitor of the Oblates of Canada ...
... entered the congregation of the Oblate Fathers . He soon gained the highest rank in the order , was sent to Canada on a special mission in 1844 , and shortly afterward appointed superior and perpetual visitor of the Oblates of Canada ...
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... entered their counting - room . He enlisted in the army as a private in 1862 , rose to the rank of 1st lieutenant , and served through the war . He re - entered the employ of the Harpers in 1865 , and remained there till 1872 , when he ...
... entered their counting - room . He enlisted in the army as a private in 1862 , rose to the rank of 1st lieutenant , and served through the war . He re - entered the employ of the Harpers in 1865 , and remained there till 1872 , when he ...
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Page 242 - I much fear that the spirit which you have aided to infuse into the army, of criticising their commander and withholding confidence from him, will now turn upon you, I shall assist you as far as I can to put it down. Neither you nor Napoleon, if he were alive again, could get any good out of an army while such a spirit prevails in it. And now beware of rashness; beware of rashness, but with energy and sleepless vigilance go forward and give us victories.
Page 136 - No other great power would under similar circumstances fail to assert a rightful control over a work so closely and vitally affecting its interest and welfare.
Page 242 - I believe you to be a brave and a skilful soldier, which, of course, I like. I also believe you do not mix politics with your profession, in which you are right. You have confidence in yourself, which is a valuable, if not an indispensable quality. You are ambitious, which, within reasonable bounds, does good rather than harm. But I think that during Gen.
Page 242 - I think it best for you to know that there are some things in regard to which I am not quite satisfied with you. I believe you to be a brave and skilful soldier, which of course I like. I also believe you do not mix politics with your profession, in which you are right. You have confidence in yourself, which is a valuable if not an indispensable quality. You are ambitious, which, within reasonable bounds, does good rather than...
Page 121 - ... aspect is concerned, with its flat, unvaried surface, covered chiefly with wooden houses, few or none of which pretend to architectural beauty; its irregularity, which is neither picturesque nor quaint, but only tame ; its long and lazy street, lounging wearisomely through the whole extent of the peninsula, with Gallows Hill and New Guinea at one end, and a view of the alms-house at the other...
Page 270 - made a chevalier of the Legion of honor by the French government in 1884. Gen. Howard has contributed various articles to magazines, his latest being an account of the Atlanta campaign in the "Century...
Page 168 - An Accurate and Interesting Account of the Hardships and Sufferings of that Band of Heroes who traversed the Wilderness in the Campaign against Quebec in 1775.
Page 165 - who annuls or disallows laws of so salutary a nature, from being the father of his people, degenerates into a tyrant, and forfeits all right to obedience.
Page 72 - Hancock stands the most conspicuous figure of all the general officers who did not exercise a separate command. He commanded a corps longer than any other one, and his name was never mentioned as having committed in battle a blunder for which he was responsible.
Page 30 - Look up and not down; look forward and not back ; look out and not in ; lend a hand.