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... hour or so over his morning cup of tea . After that he usually took up any official documents that required his personal attention and he was up and shaved and bathed and carefully dressed by his valet shortly after 9. He ate what most ...
... hour or so over his morning cup of tea . After that he usually took up any official documents that required his personal attention and he was up and shaved and bathed and carefully dressed by his valet shortly after 9. He ate what most ...
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... hour after hour , altogether thrilling . He went to school for a brief period at Professor McMullen's Academy , near Madison Square , but his health permitted him no regular schooling , and tutors and governesses gave him an uneven ...
... hour after hour , altogether thrilling . He went to school for a brief period at Professor McMullen's Academy , near Madison Square , but his health permitted him no regular schooling , and tutors and governesses gave him an uneven ...
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... hours later his wife died . He finished his term in the Assembly , did what he could to nominate the man of his choice at the Republican Convention in Chicago , failed , and hid himself , disheartened , on the ranch he had pur- chased ...
... hours later his wife died . He finished his term in the Assembly , did what he could to nominate the man of his choice at the Republican Convention in Chicago , failed , and hid himself , disheartened , on the ranch he had pur- chased ...
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... hours was deadly ill . He pleaded with his son Kermit , who was with him , and with the other members of his party to leave him behind and push on , in order that the whole expedition might not suffer the catastrophe which was always ...
... hours was deadly ill . He pleaded with his son Kermit , who was with him , and with the other members of his party to leave him behind and push on , in order that the whole expedition might not suffer the catastrophe which was always ...
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... hours later , quietly in his sleep , with no other word , the man of many battles and much tumult slipped out of the company of living men . He was buried on a hillside in Oyster Bay ; but with new potency his spirit cried to the hearts ...
... hours later , quietly in his sleep , with no other word , the man of many battles and much tumult slipped out of the company of living men . He was buried on a hillside in Oyster Bay ; but with new potency his spirit cried to the hearts ...
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