Life of Andrew Hull Foote: Rear-admiral United States NavyHarper & Brothers, 1874 - 411 páginas |
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... successful political life , he rarely was known to make a speech , although , whenever he did speak , it was to the point . His success was owing to his stanchness and sagacity of character . He was a man of positive opinions , often ...
... successful political life , he rarely was known to make a speech , although , whenever he did speak , it was to the point . His success was owing to his stanchness and sagacity of character . He was a man of positive opinions , often ...
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... successful prank , which , by all principles of boy - law , it was incumbent upon Andrew to return with interest . He armed himself with a no less effect- ual and no more destructive missile than a rotten apple , and , standing behind a ...
... successful prank , which , by all principles of boy - law , it was incumbent upon Andrew to return with interest . He armed himself with a no less effect- ual and no more destructive missile than a rotten apple , and , standing behind a ...
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... successful robberies on the Spanish - American cities as to win almost the honors of legitimate heroes . The original buccaneers , however , who had some show of legaliza- * William A. Browne , of Cheshire , Connecticut . + Hildreth's ...
... successful robberies on the Spanish - American cities as to win almost the honors of legitimate heroes . The original buccaneers , however , who had some show of legaliza- * William A. Browne , of Cheshire , Connecticut . + Hildreth's ...
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... success and adversity , in life and death , we shall find that , by divine aid , he carried out the resolution made in his youth that " he would act for God . " It should be said here , so that it need not be misunderstood . by the ...
... success and adversity , in life and death , we shall find that , by divine aid , he carried out the resolution made in his youth that " he would act for God . " It should be said here , so that it need not be misunderstood . by the ...
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... successful . The Naval Asylum , in fact , made him a thorough temperance man . He said once in Phila- delphia to his brother John : " I made up my mind that rs a naval officer I could not be a temperance man . I met with persons of all ...
... successful . The Naval Asylum , in fact , made him a thorough temperance man . He said once in Phila- delphia to his brother John : " I made up my mind that rs a naval officer I could not be a temperance man . I met with persons of all ...
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