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" I have said he, often and often in the course of the Session, and the vicissitudes of my hopes and fears as to its issue, looked at that behind the President without being able to tell whether it was rising or setting: But now at length I have the happiness... "
Life of Washington, v.3-4 - Page 438
by Washington Irving - 1881
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History of the United States of America Under the Constitution, Volume 1

James Schouler - United States - 1880 - 560 pages
...course of this session, and in the vicissitudes of my hopes and fears as to the issue, looked at that behind the president without being able to tell whether it was rising or setting. But now I have the happiness to know that it is a rising and not a setting sun." SECTION III. A MORE...
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American Progress: Or, The Great Events of the Greatest Century, Including ...

Richard Miller Devens - Industries - 1883 - 756 pages
...have often and often, in the course of the session, and in the vicissitudes of my hopes and fears as to its issue, looked at that sun behind the president,...without being able to tell whether it was rising or sinking; at length I have the happiness to know it is a rising and not a setting sun." The convention,...
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Prose Writings of William Cullen Bryant: Travels, addresses, and comments

William Cullen Bryant - American literature - 1884 - 464 pages
...the course of the session and the vicissitudes of my hopes and fears as to its issue, looked at that behind the President without being able to tell whether it was rising or setting ; but now, at this hour, we have the happiness to know that it is a rising, not a setting sun.'"—ED....
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The Life and Works of William Cullen Bryant, Volume 6

William Cullen Bryant - 1884 - 440 pages
...the course of the session and the vicissitudes of my hopes and fears as to its issue, looked at that behind the President without being able to tell whether it was rising or setting ; but now, at this hour, we have the happiness to know that it is a rising, not a setting sun.' " —...
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The Magazine of American History with Notes and Queries, Volume 13

John Austin Stevens, Benjamin Franklin DeCosta, Henry Phelps Johnston, Martha Joanna Lamb, Nathan Gillett Pond - United States - 1885 - 678 pages
...often," he continued, "in the course of the session, and the vicissitudes of my hopes and fears as to its issue, looked at that sun behind the President...being able to tell whether it was rising or setting; but now I have the happiness to know that it is the rising sun." Mr. Bancroft says : " The members...
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Essays and Addresses

George Morgan Browne - American essays - 1886 - 212 pages
...the course of the session and the vicissitudes of my hopes and fears as to its issue, looked at that behind the President, without being able to tell whether it was rising or setting ; but now, at length, I have the happiness to know that it is a rising and not a setting sun.' " Thus...
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The Old South Leaflets: Annual ser

United States - 1886 - 190 pages
...the course of the session, and the vicissitudes of my hopes and fears as to its issue, looked at that behind the President without being able to tell whether it was rising or setting ; but now, at length, I have the happiness to know that it is a rising, and not a setting, sun. "Madison...
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Half-hours with American History: Independent America

Charles Morris - United States - 1887 - 560 pages
...the course of the session, and the vicissitudes of my hopes and fears as to its issue, looked at that behind the President, without being able to tell whether it was rising or setting ; but now, at length, I have the happiness to know that it is a rising and not a setting sun." The...
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James Madison, James Monroe and John Quincy Adams

William Osborn Stoddard - 1887 - 364 pages
...course of the session and in the vicissitudes of my hopes and fears as to the issue, looked at that behind the president without being able to tell whether it was rising or setting. But now at length I have the happiness to know that it is a rising and not a setting sun." CHAPTER...
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Annals of Philadelphia, and Pennsylvania, in the Olden Time: Being ..., Volume 3

John Fanning Watson - Pennsylvania - 1887 - 554 pages
...the course of the session and the vicissitudes of my hopes and fears as to its issue, looked at that behind the president without being able to tell whether it was rising or setting ; but now at length I have the happiness to know that it is a rising not a setting sun.'" The chair...
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