The Olivia Letters: Being Some History of Washington City for Forty Years as Told by the Letters of a Newspaper CorrespondentNeale Publishing Company, 1906 - 445 páginas |
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... HONORING THE PRINCE , LEVEE AT THE EXECUTIVE MANSION , OFFICIAL ETIQUETTE , 148 157 164 168 173 GENERAL PHIL SHERIDAN , MIDWINTER SOCIETY , PROFESSOR MELAH , 181 188 199 SOME SENATORIAL SCENES , 208 THE ROBESON TEA PARTY , DELEGATES ...
... HONORING THE PRINCE , LEVEE AT THE EXECUTIVE MANSION , OFFICIAL ETIQUETTE , 148 157 164 168 173 GENERAL PHIL SHERIDAN , MIDWINTER SOCIETY , PROFESSOR MELAH , 181 188 199 SOME SENATORIAL SCENES , 208 THE ROBESON TEA PARTY , DELEGATES ...
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... , .. 412 BEN HILL AND ROSCOE CONKLING , 419 PRESIDENT GARFIELD'S CABINET DAY , 424 A NEW YEAR RECEPTION , 430 AT THE TRIAL OF GUITEAU , 435 ARCTIC EXPEDITIONS , 44I A TRIBUTE TO ARCHITECTURE . HONOR PAID TO THE BUILDERS vi CONTENTS .
... , .. 412 BEN HILL AND ROSCOE CONKLING , 419 PRESIDENT GARFIELD'S CABINET DAY , 424 A NEW YEAR RECEPTION , 430 AT THE TRIAL OF GUITEAU , 435 ARCTIC EXPEDITIONS , 44I A TRIBUTE TO ARCHITECTURE . HONOR PAID TO THE BUILDERS vi CONTENTS .
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... HONOR PAID TO THE BUILDERS OF THE DOME OF THE NATIONAL , CAPITOL . WASHINGTON , January , 1866 . The time has come ... honors of the even- ing with the " Pleiades , " " Orion , " and the " Milky Way . " The Pharaoh who built the mighty ...
... HONOR PAID TO THE BUILDERS OF THE DOME OF THE NATIONAL , CAPITOL . WASHINGTON , January , 1866 . The time has come ... honors of the even- ing with the " Pleiades , " " Orion , " and the " Milky Way . " The Pharaoh who built the mighty ...
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... honor with their presence the national Capitol . How shall I describe these beautiful human butterflies in glaring hoops and gig - top bonnets , curls and perfumery ? If the eyes of the traveler ache to behold in a solid mass the ...
... honor with their presence the national Capitol . How shall I describe these beautiful human butterflies in glaring hoops and gig - top bonnets , curls and perfumery ? If the eyes of the traveler ache to behold in a solid mass the ...
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... honor of sending their husbands here . They bring the old - fashioned country ways of living and thinking . They refuse to lower the necks of their dresses and are perfectly willing somebody should eclipse them . They even sit with old ...
... honor of sending their husbands here . They bring the old - fashioned country ways of living and thinking . They refuse to lower the necks of their dresses and are perfectly willing somebody should eclipse them . They even sit with old ...
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Página 349 - OLD Mother Hubbard Went to the cupboard, To get her poor dog a bone: But when she got there The cupboard was bare, And so the poor dog had none.
Página 182 - At public ceremonies, to which the government invites the presence of foreign ministers and their families, a convenient seat or station will be provided for them, with any other strangers invited and the families of the national ministers, each taking place as they arrive, and without any precedence.
Página 237 - Constitution, expressly empowered to make all laws which shall be necessary and proper for carrying into execution all powers vested by the constitution in the government of the United States.
Página 237 - That this Constitution and the laws of the United States which shall be made in pursuance thereof, and all treaties made, or which shall be made, under the authority of the United States, shall be the supreme law of the land; and all judges in every State shall be bound thereby, anything in the Constitution and laws of any State to the contrary, notwithstanding.
Página 237 - The declaration that no State shall make or enforce any law which shall abridge the privileges or immunities of citizens of the United States, * " • nor deny to any person within its jurisdiction, the equal protection of the law,
Página 325 - This decision is legal, and may be considered final. Years ago the great and good Horace Mann said that she was not only the most gifted, but that she was "the most beautiful woman he had ever seen;" and his passion for her in youthful days was as pure as though she had been a disembodied spirit.
Página 182 - When brought together in society, all are perfectly equal, whether foreign or domestic, titled or untitled, in or out of office.
Página 182 - The families of foreign ministers, arriving at the seat of government, receive the first visit from those of the national ministers, as from all other residents.
Página 248 - Because we hold that an extension of suffrage would be adverse to the interests of the working-women of the country, with whom we heartily sympathize. " Because these changes must introduce a fruitful element of discord in the existing marriage relation, which would tend to the infinite detriment of children, and increase the already alarming prevalence of divorce throughout the land. "Because no general law, affecting the condition of all women, should be framed to meet exceptional discontent.
Página 184 - ... once a week, and on the Fourth of July, which is a National Holiday, and the First of January, he receives, as a special mark of respect, the Diplomatic Corps and the officers of the Army and the Navy in full uniform, himself always appearing without any uniform. He accepts no invitations to dinners, and makes no calls or visits of ceremony ; but is at liberty to visit without ceremony at his pleasure. State-dinners are given by him quite frequently, and persons invited commit a breach of etiquette...