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The last visit was not long protracted. One after another they shook hands and got down into their canoe; when Hoka turned his back immediately upon the ship, so that we saw his face no more. Taipi, on the other hand, remained standing and facing us with gracious valedictory gestures; and when Captain Otis dipped the ensign, the whole party saluted with their hats.
The Taft Commission was sent out, to 'aid' General MacArthur, as the Schurman Commission had 'aided' General Otis." Blount.
They were both so charming, and they loved each other so much, that every one was delighted at the match, except the old Marchioness of Dumbleton, who had tried to catch the Duke for one of her seven unmarried daughters, and had given no less than three expensive dinner-parties for that purpose, and, strange to say, Mr. Otis himself. Mr.
The result was that the next afternoon Rodney was summoned to the office. "Sit down Ropes," said the superintendent. "For what store did you work before you came into our house?" "Otis Goodnow's." "Under what circumstances did you leave?" "I was accused of theft." "You did not mention this matter when you applied for a situation here." "No, sir.
I can think of only one actor on the American stage to-day whose reading of both prose and verse is always faultless. I mean Mr. Otis Skinner, who secured his early training playing minor parts with actors of the "old school."
WILLIAM McKINLEY. ADJUTANT-GENERAL'S OFFICE, Washington, January 1, 1899 4.30 p.m. General OTIS, Manila: The President considers it of first importance that a conflict brought on by you be avoided at this time, if possible.
These assertions of ignorance were not troublesome, but Otis P. Lord, of Salem, rose and after many personal compliments said "I call upon the member from Groton to give his authority for the suggestion he makes in regard to the purpose of this bill." At that moment my mind reverted to the controversy between Adams and the Federalists. In 1825 or 1826 Mr.
A few days after this, "the Aliens and Foreigners" gave a presentation of Sheridan's "School for Scandal." In the midst of the performance the sheriff and a posse made a rush upon the stage and bagged all the offenders. When their trial came on, the next day, the "varlots and vagroms" had secured high legal talent to defend them, one of which counsel was Harrison Gray Otis.
Otis was extremely fond of the young Duke personally, but, theoretically, he objected to titles, and, to use his own words, "was not without apprehension lest, amid the enervating influences of a pleasure-loving aristocracy, the true principles of Republican simplicity should be forgotten." His objections, however, were completely overruled, and I believe that when he walked up the aisle of St.
In the debate on the Boston Port Bill in Parliament, April 15th, 1774, Colonel Barre referred to the ruffianly attack made on Mr. Otis, and his treatment of the injury, in a manner that reflects honor on both of the orators. "Is this the return you make them?" inquired the British statesman. "When a commissioner of the customs, aided by a number of ruffians, assaulted the celebrated Mr.
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