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 |
Dentro del libro
Resultados 1-5 de 100
Página 25
... seen a face peeping out from one , either handsome or ugly . And isn't this a symptom of the earnestness of the times , just as straws show which way the wind blows ? I did not mean to write a political letter ; but there are times when ...
... seen a face peeping out from one , either handsome or ugly . And isn't this a symptom of the earnestness of the times , just as straws show which way the wind blows ? I did not mean to write a political letter ; but there are times when ...
Página 29
... seen on the floor of the House , and also in close consultation with many leading members of Congress , as well as doorkeepers , messengers , pages , and all others who are supposed to be wise and serious when talked to in regard to a ...
... seen on the floor of the House , and also in close consultation with many leading members of Congress , as well as doorkeepers , messengers , pages , and all others who are supposed to be wise and serious when talked to in regard to a ...
Página 32
... seen the Hon . William B. Allison , member of Con- gress from Dubuque , whom Lucien Gilbert Calhoun , of the New York Tribune " dubbed " the handsomest man in Congress . Who would dare to be so audacious as to op- pose the light current ...
... seen the Hon . William B. Allison , member of Con- gress from Dubuque , whom Lucien Gilbert Calhoun , of the New York Tribune " dubbed " the handsomest man in Congress . Who would dare to be so audacious as to op- pose the light current ...
Página 47
... seen before . His lavender gloves might have been stolen from some Turkish harem , so delicate were they in size ; but more likely anything else were more likely than that . In form and feature he bears some resemblence to the immortal ...
... seen before . His lavender gloves might have been stolen from some Turkish harem , so delicate were they in size ; but more likely anything else were more likely than that . In form and feature he bears some resemblence to the immortal ...
Página 60
... seen nowhere out- side of Correggio's Madonnas . In the other , you have eyes belonging to Benjamin Butler . The description ends . There is nothing on earth out of which to manu- facture comparison . In the exclusive crowd which filled ...
... seen nowhere out- side of Correggio's Madonnas . In the other , you have eyes belonging to Benjamin Butler . The description ends . There is nothing on earth out of which to manu- facture comparison . In the exclusive crowd which filled ...
Contenido
72 | |
79 | |
85 | |
91 | |
100 | |
112 | |
121 | |
130 | |
136 | |
143 | |
157 | |
164 | |
173 | |
181 | |
188 | |
199 | |
208 | |
214 | |
302 | |
309 | |
315 | |
325 | |
336 | |
343 | |
349 | |
357 | |
364 | |
376 | |
382 | |
388 | |
396 | |
403 | |
412 | |
419 | |
430 | |
441 | |
Otras ediciones - Ver todas
The Olivia Letters: Being Some History of Washington City for Forty Years as ... Emily Edson Briggs Vista previa limitada - 2019 |
The Olivia Letters: Being Some History of Washington City for Forty Years as ... Emily Edson Briggs Vista previa limitada - 2022 |
Términos y frases comunes
American Andrew Johnson Andy Johnson audience beauty Butler Cabinet called capital Capitol Carl Schurz carriage Charles Sumner citizen colored Congress Congressmen court dainty daughter Dent dinner door dress elegant exquisite eyes face fashionable floor gallery gathered grace Grace Greenwood Grant guests hair hand handsome head honor Hooker hour human Johnson Judge KATE CHASE SPRAGUE kind lace lady land late look Madame Mary Clemmer Ames mind minister Miss Anthony mother nation never newspapers OLIVIA Olympia Brown person Phoebe Couzins picture present President President's proved Queen reception Republic Republican satin Schuyler Colfax seat Secretary seemed seen Senator side silk sixteenth amendment social society Speaker Sprague stand Stanton stood Susan taste Thaddeus Stevens tion to-day Vinnie Ream voice vote Washington whilst White House wife women Woodhull word writer York young
Pasajes populares
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...