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...fe on the Mississippi. In My Mark Twain, Howells pens a literary memoir that includes such fascinating scenes as their meetings with former president Ulysses Grant who was then writing the classic autobiography that Twain would underwrite in the largest publishing deal until that time. But it is also notable for its affectionate descriptions of his friend's family life dur...

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...PERSONAL MEMOIRS OF U. S. GRANT by U. S. Grant A Penn State Electronic Classics Series Publication P... ...nn State Electronic Classics Series Publication Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant by U. S. Grant is a publication of the Pennsylvania State Univer- sit... ... file as an electronic transmission, in any way. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant by U. S. Grant, the Pennsylvania State University, Electronic Classic... ...Pennsylvania State University is an equal opportunity university. 3 U. S. Grant PERSONAL MEMOIRS OF U. S. GRANT by U. S. Grant PREFACE “MAN PROPOSES ... ...e time. I have used my best efforts, with the aid of my eldest son, F . D. Grant, assisted by his brothers, to verify from the records every statement... ...rris, then United States Senator from Ohio. When he read it he said to me, Ulysses, I believe you are going to receive the appoint- ment.” “What appoi...

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...Among the national leaders whose names will always hold an honorable place in American history is Ulysses S. Grant, the simple-hearted man and capable soldier, to whose patriotism, courage, persistence, and skill was so largely due the successful termination of the war between the States, the contest which assured the fou...

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...other in Latin. It became the standard in Europe. Today, we take for granted its spaces between words, punctuation marks, CAPITAL letters, and ... ...n had matured into a ruler ready to unite and lead the empire forward. By granting family members considerable independence in the governance of oth... ...d enough of these problems to convince wealthy moneylender Johann Fust to grant him a large loan and join him in a partnership to produce a Bible. ... ...and run through the drying process. ―In an emergency situation,‖ Hart grants, ―one person could operate a press to a functional degree, but in t... ...Challenging the practice, Luther insisted, ―Forgiveness was God‘s alone to grant,‖ so indulgences could neither absolve buyers from all punishments n... ...25 even though his publishing house—after its initial success with Gen. Ulysses S. Grant‘s memoirs—was losing money. Forced into bankruptcy, Twain...

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...h other in Latin. It became the standard in Europe. Today, we take for granted its spaces between words, punctuation marks, CAPITAL letters, and ... ...n had matured into a ruler ready to unite and lead the empire forward. By granting family members considerable independence in the governance of oth... ...d enough of these problems to convince wealthy moneylender Johann Fust to grant him a large loan and join him in a partnership to produce a Bible. ... ...f and run through the drying process. ―In an emergency situation,‖ Hart grants, ―one person could operate a press to a functional degree, but in t... ...Challenging the practice, Luther insisted, ―Forgiveness was God‘s alone to grant,‖ so indulgences could neither absolve buyers from all punishments n... ...25 even though his publishing house—after its initial success with Gen. Ulysses S. Grant‘s memoirs—was losing money. Forced into bankruptcy, Twain...

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... evening friends arrived, wanting to plan his burial. Permission has been granted: we are to be permitted to claim his body. It is best to have the ... ...om the wide wall, wider river and broader mystery. I went over my plays...Ulysses...Cleopatra...Prospero... The wall, with its imperialism and legio... ...udith, a hundred and fifty pounds (shall I make it more?); in addition, I grant her my estate in Warr County—I like that place... To Joan—I leave ... ...dollars have disappeared from our national treasury. I learn that General Grant is seriously ill. I learn that the Confederate forces plan to invade... ... true Mary has relatives fighting for the Southern cause. So has Gen- eral Grant and other officers. Does this imply some form of subterfuge? I am we... ...s victory, I am begin- ning to see that war is a form of slavery. Generals Grant and Sherman, Generals Johnson and Lee confirm this. So, we, the peop...

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...etimes the spectres give an omen of approaching death, as in the story told by Grant: An officer of the English Navy was pacing the deck when his sist... ..., the Khan answered them, "Since you desire your reproach and shame, let it be granted you; go and do herein after your wont." The messenger returning... ...mperial lineage of Zingis-Khan, or of one family called Boriat, which had been granted this privilege for the great valor some member had shown upon a... ...Frith of Forth; a few Greeks, the sons, it may be, of the men who cruised with Ulysses, of the sailors who won the battle of Salamis. It was the gathe... ...corpses that were polluting the streets, they utilized the time which was thus granted in preparing for a secret removal of their Emperor to the main ... ... from London and Paris, and as they came they brought with them favorites, and grants dispossessing the original colonists, many of whom not obtaining...

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...d Type: self-governing until complete inde- pendence from the Netherlands is granted in 1996 Legal system: based on Dutch civil law system, with some ... ...7 Political parties and leaders: Brazilian Democratic Movement Party (PMDB), Ulysses Guimaraes, president; Liberal Front Party of President Sarney's g... ...ts France, Kenya, Re- union Budget: domestic revenues, $11 million; external grants, $29 million; current ex- penditures, $14 million; capital expendi... ...ery, transport equipment Budget: estimated in percent of GDP revenues 30.7%, grants 4.0%, expenditures 45.7% (1986) Monetary conversion rate: 176.14 D... ...apan, Middle East, US, Rwanda, Uganda Budget: as percent of GDP revenues and grants 24%; total expenditures and net lending - 28% (1985/86 est.) Exter... ...e minor trade with China Budget: as percent of GDP, revenues 22.7%, external grants 1.6%, current ex- penditures 23.7%; capital expenditures, 4.9% (19...

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...h Eucolpius who. under the ban of Piapus, wandered about ninch the same as Ulysses did. The Ceua Trimal- ohionis itself is an incident which occurred ... ...nging to any college or university or soientifio institution authorized to grant de- grees as is occupied as a residence by an officer of instruction,... ... were reappointed to their present positions. Three leaves of absence wore granted; to Prof. Hardy and Prof. Clelaud for the second semester next year... ...rcouib cup Satur- day afternoon follows; L. v P. Allen '08 (19 yards), 22; Grant '10 (IS yards), 20; Hnzon '08 (14 yards), 7; Geer '07 (IG yards), 6; ... ...H McCLELLAN JAMES BURCH MURRAY GERALD MYGATT CLARENCE B. OSTERHOUT VINCENT GRANT ROBERTS DAVID BURNET SCOTT WILLIAM ERNEST SLATTERY WILLIAM 13ESEXTER ... ...irst string over again. let Shoot 2d Shoot Total L. vP. Allen '08 22 20 42 Grant '10 20 17 37 Geer '07 21 10 37 Hormer00(10yd8) 10 1.5 o.-i Chapman '0... ...aradise." Sailing from Corfu, the islands of Vide, Ithaca and "The Ship of Ulysses," replete with the legend of Ulysses, were passed at close range. A...

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... occupations, idle imaginations, and unprofitable propositions. As if you grant follie what it desireth, it will no-whit be satisfied; so is wisdome... ...offeth at those Gramarians, who ploddingly labour to know the miseries of Ulysses, and are ignorant of their owne; mocketh those musitians that so a... ... in courtesie, to sue unto him for the deliverie of his prisoner, which he granted; the French Nobilitie never refusing Ladies any kindnesse. Seemeth... ...le and endure. So have we nothing to doe but with paine. I will willingly grant them that it is the worst accident of our being. For I am the man th... ...hath said, Apollo heare, Loth to be heard, Goddesse of theeves, said he, Grant me to cousen, and yet just appeare, My faults in night, my frauds in... ... let be. The Gods did grievously punish the unpious vowes of Oedipus by granting them unto him. His praier was, that his children might betweene t...

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...roops engaged in them will have to look to the detailed reports of their individual commanders for the full history of those deeds. (Summary by U. S. Grant)...

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...Ulysses S. Grant was the great hero (for the North) in the Civil War and the 18th President of the United States. This short biography is only 145 pages in a little pamphlet size. The author is famous for his stories of the O...

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...all who escaped death in battle or by ship wreck had got safely home except Ulysses, and he, though he was longing to return to his wife and country ... ... else who does as he did; but Aegisthus is neither here nor there; it is for Ulysses that my heart bleeds, when I think of his sufferings in that lone... ...eaven and earth asunder. This daughter of Atlas has got hold of poor unhappy Ulysses, and keeps trying by every kind of blandishment to make him forge... ... the smoke of his own chimneys. You, sir, take no heed of this, and yet when Ulysses was before Troy did he not propitiate you with many a burnt sacri... ...him?” And Jove said, “My child, what are you talking about? How can I forget Ulysses than whom there is no more capable man on earth, nor more liberal... ...seem to have given you lessons in bluster and tall talk ing; may Jove never grant you to be chief in Ithaca as your father was before you.” Telemachu... ... of public moment? I am sure he is an excellent person, and I hope Jove will grant him his heart’s desire.” T elemachus took this speech as of good om... ...ly to Neptune. “O thou,” she cried, “that encirclest the earth, vouchsafe to grant the prayers of thy servants that call upon thee. More especially we... ... some handsome return for the goodly hecatomb they are offering you. Lastly, grant T elemachus and myself a happy issue, in respect of the matter that...

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... host, Melesigenes rapidly became ac quainted with the legends respecting Ulysses, which after wards formed the subject of the Odyssey. The inhabita... ...in the Odyssey, whose name he has inserted in his poem as the companion of Ulysses, in return for the care taken of him when afflicted with blind nes... ...tinue to enter, every breast which cherishes the same sympathies. If it is granted to his immortal spirit, from another heaven than any of which he dr... ...HA CA CA CA CA CA The poem opens within forty eight days of the arrival of Ulysses in his dominions. He had now remained seven years in the Island of ... ...hians; in which she ad vises him to take a journey in quest of his father Ulysses, to Pylos and Sparta, where Nestor and Menelaus yet reigned; then, ... ...wars of ten long years survived; And ‘scaped the perils of the gulfy main. Ulysses, sole of all the victor train, An exile from his dear paternal coas... ...n the helpless orphan dread a foe. But come it will, the time when manhood grants More powerful advocates than vain complaints. Approach that hour! in... ...sh, and let thy glory shine On Nestor first, and Nestor’s royal line; Next grant the Pylian states their just desires, Pleased with their hecatomb’s a... ...labours of the day refrain, For them to form some exquisite repast? Heaven grant this festival may prove their last! Or, if they still must live, from...

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...sida. AGAMEMNON: the Grecian general. MENELAUS: his brother. ACHILLES, AJAX, ULYSSES, NESTOR, DIOMEDES , and PATROCLUS: Grecian princes. THERSITES: a ... ...The Grecian camp. Before Agamemnon’s tent. [Sennet. Enter AGAMEMNON, NESTOR, ULYSSES, MENELAUS, and others .] AGAMEMNON: Princes, What grief hath set... ...athize, And with an accent tuned in selfsame key Retorts to chiding fortune. ULYSSES: Agamemnon, Thou great commander, nerv... ...pirit. In whom the tempers and the minds of all Should be shut up, hear what Ulysses speaks. Besides the applause and approbation To which, [To AGAMEM... ...is experienced tongue, yet let it please both, Thou great, and wise, to hear Ulysses speak. AGAMEMNON: Speak, prince of Ithaca; and be’t of less expe... ... fineness of their souls By reason guide his execution. NESTOR: Let this be granted, and Achilles’ horse Makes many Thetis’ sons. [A tucket.] AGAMEMN... ...ssida, how often have I wished me thus! CRESSIDA: Wished, my lord! The gods grant,— O my lord! TROILUS: What should they grant? what makes this pret... ...hall not speak of your pretty encounters, press it to death: away! And Cupid grant all tongue tied maidens here Bed, chamber, Pandar to pro vide this...

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... MAJOR-GENERAL BURNSIDE, Knoxville, Tenn.: Have seen dispatch from General Grant about your loss at Rogersville. Per contra, about the same time, Aver... ...NCOLN. 23 The Writings of Abraham Lincoln: V ol Seven TELEGRAM TO GENERAL GRANT. WASHING- TON, November 25, 1863. 8.40 A.M. MAJOR-GENERAL U.S. GRANT... ...f the United States it is provided that the President “shall have power to grant reprieves and pardons for offenses against the United States, except ... ...ng rebellion, except as hereinafter excepted, that a full pardon is hereby granted to them and each of them, with restoration of all rights of propert... ...taken up under the homestead law, and the residue dis- posed of under laws granting lands for military bounties, for railroad and other purposes. It ... ... in the United States Army, approved February 29, 1864, Lieutenant-General Ulysses S. Grant, United States Army, is assigned to the command of the Arm...

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...Atreus,” he cried, “and all other Achæans, may the gods who dwell in Olympus grant you to sack the city of Priam, and to reach your homes in safety; b... ...r temple with garlands, or burned your thigh bones in fat of bulls or goats, grant my prayer, and let your arrows avenge these my tears upon the Danaa... ...e been made already. Give this girl, therefore, to the god, and if ever Jove grants us to sack the city of T roy we will requite you three and fourfol... ...change to my liking, or I will come and take your own, or that of Ajax or of Ulysses; and he to whomsoever I may come shall rue my coming. But of this... ...t be lord of all, king of all, and captain of all, and this shall hardly be. Granted that the gods have made him a great warrior, have they also given... ... He escorted Chryseis on board and sent moreover a hecatomb for the god. And Ulysses went as captain. These, then, went on board and sailed their ways... ...im, still furious at the loss of her that had been taken from him. Meanwhile Ulysses reached Chryse with the hecatomb. When they had come inside the h... ... shore and landed the hecatomb for Apollo; Chryseis also left the ship, and Ulysses led her to the altar to deliver her into the hands of her father.... ...lympus, and in a moment she was at the ships of the Achæans. There she found Ulysses, peer of Jove in counsel, standing alone. He had not as yet laid ...

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... host, Melesigenes rapidly became ac- quainted with the legends respecting Ulysses, which after- wards formed the subject of the Odyssey. The inhabita... ...in the Odyssey, whose name he has inserted in his poem as the companion of Ulysses, [Note: A more probable reason for this companionship, and for the ... ...s, viz.: the assumption of Mentor’s form by the guardian deity of the wise Ulysses, Minerva. The classical reader may com- pare Plutarch, Opp. t. ii. ... ...tinue to enter, every breast which cherishes the same sympathies. If it is granted to his immortal spirit, from another heaven than any of which he dr... ...- ing them. Of this sort is the main story of an epic poem, “The return of Ulysses, the settlement of the T rojans in Italy,” or the like. That of the... ...n omit them) destroys the unity of his actions for those of Archemorus. If Ulysses visit the shades, the Æneas of Virgil and Scipio of Silius are sent... ... of the wrong done to her son, by giving victory to the T rojans. Jupiter, granting her suit, incenses Juno: between 57 Pope whom the debate runs hig... ...s a king might ask; and let it be A treasure worthy her, and worthy me. Or grant me this, or with a monarch’s claim This hand shall seize some other c... ...r hosts, our chiefs, ourself obey? What king can bear a rival in his sway? Grant that the gods his matchless force have given; Has foul reproach a pri...

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...woman, The soldiers should have toss’d me on their pikes Before I would have granted to that act. But thou preferr’st thy life before thine honor: And... ...thy gentleman did lose his life. GLOUCESTER: Your highness shall do well to grant her suit; It were dishonor to deny it her. KING EDWARD IV : It wer... ...ESTER: [Aside to CLARENCE ] Yea, is it so? I see the lady hath a thing to grant, Before the king will grant her humble suit. CLARENCE: [Aside to ... ...y should lose their father’s lands. LADY GREY : Be pitiful, dread lord, and grant it then. KING EDWARD IV : Lords, give us leave: I’ll try this wid... ... death, my humble thanks, my prayers; That love which virtue begs and virtue grants. KING EDWARD IV : No, by my troth, I did not mean such love. LADY... ...he basilisk; I’ll play the orator as well as Nestor, Deceive more slily than Ulysses could, And, like a Sinon, take another Troy. I can add colors to ... ... the adventure very easy: Henry VI, Part III , Act IV , scene ii 61 That as Ulysses and stout Diomede With sleight and manhood stole to Rhesus’ tents...

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... eyes Soon to obtain, and long possess the prize: The powers gave ear, and granted half his prayer, The rest the windws dispersed in empty air. But no... ...el. 39 The Goddess with a discontented air Seems to reject him though she grants his prayer. A wondrous bag with both her hands she binds, Like that ... ...prayer. A wondrous bag with both her hands she binds, Like that where once Ulysses held the winds; There she collects the force of female lungs, Sighs...