Healy, G. P. A. (George Peter Alexander), 1813-1894 · Chicago : A.C. McClurg and Company · leaf 176
amprouder of my cows and sheep than ofmy best speeches ? I confessed my want of knowledge onthe subject, but I willingly accompaniedhim around the grounds, and admired thesuperb creatures, saying they would dovery well in a picture. I fear that thatwas not the sort of appreciation he ex-pected, and… … HENRY CLAY. American States in en. 149 a long sitting he spoke of his old rival,and, knowing that I had just painted thedying mans portrait, he said, — You, who have lived so long abroad,far from our political contests and quar-rels, ought to be an impartial judge.Jackson, during his lifetime, was…
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