 | Chicago Historical Society - Chicago (Ill.) - 1910 - 540 pages
...that his acceptance of the mission would depend on the health of his wife, which was precarious. At i O'Clock I opened my doors for the reception of company....business, several of whom called. At the usual hour (11 O'Clock AM) the Cabinet assembled. Mr. Buchanan is still absent in Pennsylvania and Mr. Clifford,... | |
 | Eugene Irving McCormac - Biography & Autobiography - 1922 - 774 pages
...occupy a very high position, I am the hardest working man in this country. A few weeks later he wrote : This afternoon I took a ride on horseback. It is the...many months past that I have had no time to take such exercise.18 18 Learned, op. cit., 124. " Ibid., 120. "Polk, Diary, II, 360, 456. 'A year and a half... | |
 | Paul F. Boller - Amusements - 2007 - 444 pages
...time off on his own. "This afternoon I took a ride on horseback," he once wrote, almost in triumph. "It is the first time I have mounted a horse for over...many months past that I have had no time to take such exercises." Once, his wife remonstrated, "You work too hard." His response was to hand her a newspaper... | |
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This afternoon I took a ride on horseback. It is the first time I have mounted a horse for over six months. I have an excellent saddle-horse, and have been much in the habit of taking exercise on horseback all my life, but have been so incessantly engaged... 