Chronicles of the Builders of the Commonwealth: Historical Character Study, Tom 2History Company, 1892 Biographies of businessmen, miners, ranchers. industrialists, explorers, railroad men, shippers, lumber men, etc., with descriptions of their enterprises. It is a history of the development of the West. |
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... received . In other territories the two parties were pacified by mutual concessions , as in Colorado , where the press joined admirably in a conciliatory attitude , which won over the vacillating democrats . Notwithstanding the ...
... received . In other territories the two parties were pacified by mutual concessions , as in Colorado , where the press joined admirably in a conciliatory attitude , which won over the vacillating democrats . Notwithstanding the ...
Strona 30
... received from such parents , no less than to his own efforts , to the training , rather , which made him capable of such efforts , and gave them direction , Lorenzo Sawyer owes the exalted position which he has since attained . Reared ...
... received from such parents , no less than to his own efforts , to the training , rather , which made him capable of such efforts , and gave them direction , Lorenzo Sawyer owes the exalted position which he has since attained . Reared ...
Strona 31
... received while whetting a scythe . Rising before day in the freezing cold he tended the livestock , and worked in the barn until the hour of breakfast and school , returning toward nightfall to complete his task . At ten he could drive ...
... received while whetting a scythe . Rising before day in the freezing cold he tended the livestock , and worked in the barn until the hour of breakfast and school , returning toward nightfall to complete his task . At ten he could drive ...
Strona 34
... received , and soon his embarrassment wore away . As he proceeded he carried with him the sympathies of his hearers , for he possessed in no small degree the power of personal magnetism . When about two - thirds through the speech he ...
... received , and soon his embarrassment wore away . As he proceeded he carried with him the sympathies of his hearers , for he possessed in no small degree the power of personal magnetism . When about two - thirds through the speech he ...
Strona 39
... received an ounce of gold - dust . But for a man of Mr Sawyer's ability , there was no occasion to hide his head under a bushel , and soon we find him in partnership with the city recorder and police judge , Frank Washington ; then ...
... received an ounce of gold - dust . But for a man of Mr Sawyer's ability , there was no occasion to hide his head under a bushel , and soon we find him in partnership with the city recorder and police judge , Frank Washington ; then ...
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