Appletons' Cyclopaedia of American BiographyJames Grant Wilson, John Fiske D. Appleton, 1889 |
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... English secretary of the general council in 1886. secretary of the synodi- cal council of Swedish Augustana synod in 1886-27 , and a member of the board of home missions for Kansas in 1884-7 . He has been editor of " Ung- doms Vaennen ...
... English secretary of the general council in 1886. secretary of the synodi- cal council of Swedish Augustana synod in 1886-27 , and a member of the board of home missions for Kansas in 1884-7 . He has been editor of " Ung- doms Vaennen ...
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... English and English - German Pocket Dictionary " ( 1870 ) . His son , Rudolph | Leonhard , educator , b . in Ulm , Germany , 24 Nov. , 1831 , came to the United States in 1847 , and in 1860 - ' 1 was teacher of French and German in ...
... English and English - German Pocket Dictionary " ( 1870 ) . His son , Rudolph | Leonhard , educator , b . in Ulm , Germany , 24 Nov. , 1831 , came to the United States in 1847 , and in 1860 - ' 1 was teacher of French and German in ...
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... English leader to Quebec at the head of three hun- dred Canadians . He was made aide - de - camp on Carleton's staff , and several years later master of the waters and forests . Tarieu made frequent journeys to Europe , the expenses of ...
... English leader to Quebec at the head of three hun- dred Canadians . He was made aide - de - camp on Carleton's staff , and several years later master of the waters and forests . Tarieu made frequent journeys to Europe , the expenses of ...
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... English colonel's American friends was Israel Halleck , a loyalist , father of Fitz - Greene , who was for a time a member of his military family , and between whom and Tarleton there was an enduring friendship . liquors at bazaars ...
... English colonel's American friends was Israel Halleck , a loyalist , father of Fitz - Greene , who was for a time a member of his military family , and between whom and Tarleton there was an enduring friendship . liquors at bazaars ...
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... English and French fleets , and went to the scene of operations at Pei - ho . at Pei - ho . Shortly before an engagement his flag- ship grounded and was towed off by the English boats . This service was taken as an excuse for subsequent ...
... English and French fleets , and went to the scene of operations at Pei - ho . at Pei - ho . Shortly before an engagement his flag- ship grounded and was towed off by the English boats . This service was taken as an excuse for subsequent ...
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Seite 378 - Having now finished the work assigned me, I retire from the great theatre of action ; and, bidding an affectionate farewell to this august body, under whose orders I have so long acted, I here offer my commission, and take my leave of all the employments of public life.
Seite 378 - And let me conjure you in the name of our common country, as you value your own sacred honor, as you respect the rights of humanity, and as you regard the military and national character of America, to express your utmost horror and detestation of the man, who wishes, under any specious pretences, to overturn the liberties of our country, and who wickedly attempts to open the flood-gates of civil discord, and deluge our rising empire in blood.
Seite 375 - Your modesty equals your valor, and that surpasses the power of any language I possess.
Seite 30 - ... so far inferior, that they had no rights which the white man was bound to respect; M Howard and that the negro might justly and lawfully be reduced p.
Seite 376 - You may believe me, my dear Patsy, when I assure you, in the most solemn manner, that, so far from seeking this appointment, I have used every endeavor in my power to avoid it, not only from my unwillingness to part with you and the family, but from a consciousness of its being a trust too great for my capacity...
Seite 167 - For any man with half an eye, What stands before him may espy ; But optics sharp it needs, I ween, To see what is not to be seen.
Seite 379 - No people can be bound to acknowledge and adore the invisible hand which conducts the affairs of men more than the people of the United States. Every step by which they have advanced to the character of an independent nation seems to have been distinguished by some token of providential agency...
Seite 376 - As to pay, Sir, I beg leave to assure the Congress, that, as no pecuniary consideration could have tempted me to accept this arduous employment, at the expense of my domestic ease and happiness, I do not wish to make any profit from it. I will keep an exact account of my expenses. Those, I doubt not, they will discharge; and that is all I desire.
Seite 376 - Thucydides, and have studied and admired the master states of the world r— that for solidity of reasoning, force of sagacity, and wisdom of conclusion, under such a complication of difficult circumstances, no nation, or body of men, can stand in preference to the General Congress at Philadelphia.
Seite 293 - Europe at the end of the 17th and the beginning of the 18th centuries...