Ten Years in Washington: Life and Scenes in the National Capital, as a Woman Sees ThemA. D. Worthington & Company, 1873 - 587 من الصفحات |
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... GROUND OF JOHN WILKES BOOTH , Being part of the Vertebrae penetrated [ A ] by the bullet of Boston Corbett . Etrange freak of fate that the remains of Booth should find a resting - place under the same roof , and but a few feet from the ...
... GROUND OF JOHN WILKES BOOTH , Being part of the Vertebrae penetrated [ A ] by the bullet of Boston Corbett . Etrange freak of fate that the remains of Booth should find a resting - place under the same roof , and but a few feet from the ...
الصفحة ix
... Grounds - Statue of Washington Criticised - Pe- culiar Position for the “ Father of his Country " -Horace Greenough's Defence of the Statue - Picturesque Scenery Around the Capitol - The City and Suburbs - The Public Reservation - The ...
... Grounds - Statue of Washington Criticised - Pe- culiar Position for the “ Father of his Country " -Horace Greenough's Defence of the Statue - Picturesque Scenery Around the Capitol - The City and Suburbs - The Public Reservation - The ...
الصفحة xii
... ground - A Very Handsome Woman - Retiring from Active Life - A Lady's Heroi - in- My Home , the But lo - field " -- A Man Who Kept to His Post -- A Lifo in the Savago Wil- derness - A Life's Devotion - The Colonel's Brave Wife - The ...
... ground - A Very Handsome Woman - Retiring from Active Life - A Lady's Heroi - in- My Home , the But lo - field " -- A Man Who Kept to His Post -- A Lifo in the Savago Wil- derness - A Life's Devotion - The Colonel's Brave Wife - The ...
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... grounds most likely to be approved for the site of the federal grounds and buildings . " The French genius " proceeded , " and behold the result , the city of " magnificent distances , " and from the begin- ning of magnificent ...
... grounds most likely to be approved for the site of the federal grounds and buildings . " The French genius " proceeded , " and behold the result , the city of " magnificent distances , " and from the begin- ning of magnificent ...
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... ground , commanding the most extensive prospects , and the better susceptible of such improvements as the various interests of the several objects may require . II . Lines or avenues of direct communication have been de- vised to ...
... ground , commanding the most extensive prospects , and the better susceptible of such improvements as the various interests of the several objects may require . II . Lines or avenues of direct communication have been de- vised to ...
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مقاطع مشهورة
الصفحة 110 - Over thy decent shoulders drawn : Come, but keep thy wonted state, With even step, and musing gait, And looks commercing with the skies, Thy rapt soul sitting in thine eyes...
الصفحة 533 - I bequeath the whole of my property to the United States of America, to found at Washington, under the name of the Smithsonian Institution, an establishment for the increase and diffusion of knowledge among men.
الصفحة 25 - to exercise exclusive legislation in all cases whatsoever, over such district (not exceeding ten miles square) as may, by cession of particular States and the acceptance of Congress, become the seat of government of the United States...
الصفحة 184 - The house is upon a grand and superb scale, requiring about thirty servants to attend and keep the apartments in proper order, and perform the ordinary business of the house and stables ; an establishment very well proportioned to the President's salary.
الصفحة 183 - Give therefore thy servant an understanding heart to judge thy people, that I may discern between good and bad: for who is able to judge this thy so great a people ? And the speech pleased the Lord, that Solomon had asked this thing.
الصفحة 87 - ... it then known, that on this day the Union of the United States of America stands firm, that their Constitution still exists unimpaired, and with all its original usefulness and glory ; growing every day stronger and stronger in the affections of the great body of the American people, and attracting more and more the admiration of the world.
الصفحة 197 - I have pressed as many Cabinet papers into trunks as to fill one carriage ; our private property must be sacrificed, as it is impossible to procure wagons for its transportation. I am determined not to go myself until I see Mr. Madison safe, so that he can accompany me, as I hear of much hostility towards him.
الصفحة 197 - Since sunrise I have been turning my spy-glass in every direction and watching with unwearied anxiety, hoping to discover the approach of my dear husband and his friends ; but, alas ! I can descry only groups of military wandering in all directions, as if there was a lack of arms, or of spirits, to fight for their own firesides ! "Three o'clock.
الصفحة 276 - LORD ; and shall make him of quick understanding in the fear of the LORD: and he shall not judge after the sight of his eyes, neither reprove after the hearing of his ears...
الصفحة 64 - ... dividends are made, be laid out in purchasing stock in the bank of Columbia, or some other bank, at the discretion of my executors, or by the treasurer of the United States for the time being, under the direction of Congress, provided that honorable body should patronize the measure...