Our first century: being a popular descriptive portraiture of the one hundred great and memorable events of perpetual interest in the history of our country, political, military, mechanical, social, scientific and commercial: embracing also delineations of all the great historic characters celebrated in the annals of the republic; men of heroism, statesmanship, genius, oratory, adventure and philanthropy . pposite side of the house. The scene which followed beggars de-scription. , groans, cheers, yells,screams, all sorts of noises, in the midst ofwhich Mr. Macready still maintained hisp
Our first century: being a popular descriptive portraiture of the one hundred great and memorable events of perpetual interest in the history of our country, political, military, mechanical, social, scientific and commercial: embracing also delineations of all the great historic characters celebrated in the annals of the republic; men of heroism, statesmanship, genius, oratory, adventure and philanthropy . pposite side of the house. The scene which followed beggars de-scription. , groans, cheers, yells,screams, all sorts of noises, in the midst ofwhich Mr. Macready still maintained hisposition in the center of the stage. Off/ off/ shouted one party. Goon! ^0 071. screamed the other. approached the lights. He wasgreeted by roars of ironical laughter, andreiterated hisses and groans. A bannerwas at this moment exhibited in front of 510 OUR FIRST CENTURY.—1776-1876. the amphitheater, bearing on its side, Noapologies—it is too late! and on theother, You have ever proved yourselfa liar ! The appearance of this bannerwas tlie signal for a perfect tornado ofu]iroarious applause, lauglitcr, dicers, andgroans, in the midst of which an old shoeand a cent piece were hurled at , who ])icked up the copper coin,and, with a kingly air. put it in his bosom,bowing, at the same time, with mockhumility, to the quarter of the galleryfrom which the visitation had
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