"Harrison" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... Harrison was a prominent member of the Illinois delegation. He soon took high rank as an orator, and never failed to command the attention of the House. Few speeches delivered during that session of Congress were so generally published, ...
— Something of Men I Have Known - With Some Papers of a General Nature, Political, Historical, and Retrospective • Adlai E. Stevenson
... "Buckner," there were the "Bragg" and two more hospitals, the names of which I have forgotten, one presided over by two gentle ladies,—Mrs. Harrison and Mrs. ——, of Florida,—whose devotion and self-sacrifice, as well as their lovely Christian character and perfect manners, made them well-beloved by everybody at the post. Mrs. Harrison was a zealous Episcopalian. Through her influence and ...
— Memories - A Record of Personal Experience and Adventure During Four Years of War • Fannie A. (Mrs.) Beers
... Production of George Bristow's opera "Rip van Winkle" at Niblo's Garden, New York City, by the Pyne and Harrison ...
— Annals of Music in America - A Chronological Record of Significant Musical Events • Henry Charles Lahee
... disinterestedness seem to be contradicted in the correspondence of Harrison and Van Buren. In his note of May 27, 1829 (No. 13), Harrison speaks of monarchical plots, expressing his belief that Bolvar is behind them, founding his assertions only on the opposition of Bolvar to foreign princes. He is very free ...
— Simon Bolivar, the Liberator • Guillermo A. Sherwell
... transaction, a man named Harrison, who belonged to the church of which Grant was a member, met him, when this little ...
— Lessons in Life, For All Who Will Read Them • T. S. Arthur
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