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... - view with Dr. Vinton - A Devoted Father- His Deep Sorrow - Defence of his Stories - His Wit- His Mag- nanimity Art of Putting Things - Several Illustrations ― • 311 - What a Writer Says- His Religious Character - Trust 18 CONTENTS .
... - view with Dr. Vinton - A Devoted Father- His Deep Sorrow - Defence of his Stories - His Wit- His Mag- nanimity Art of Putting Things - Several Illustrations ― • 311 - What a Writer Says- His Religious Character - Trust 18 CONTENTS .
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... thing pos- sible in that barren country . Parents accepted the proposition because there was nothing better ; and here the hero of this volume began to be a schoolboy , accompanying his sister Sarah daily to Riney's cabin . " Abe " made ...
... thing pos- sible in that barren country . Parents accepted the proposition because there was nothing better ; and here the hero of this volume began to be a schoolboy , accompanying his sister Sarah daily to Riney's cabin . " Abe " made ...
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... thing possible to prevent such an event . The slaveholders of Kentucky were especially exercised about it , because another free State so near would be an additional invitation to their slaves to find an asylum there . The subject was ...
... thing possible to prevent such an event . The slaveholders of Kentucky were especially exercised about it , because another free State so near would be an additional invitation to their slaves to find an asylum there . The subject was ...
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... things of like value followed in due time . The religious advantages of that day and region were smaller , if possible , than the educational . There was no worship , nor place of worship , within many miles . " Parson Elkins " embraced ...
... things of like value followed in due time . The religious advantages of that day and region were smaller , if possible , than the educational . There was no worship , nor place of worship , within many miles . " Parson Elkins " embraced ...
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... thing ? " The criticisms were based on falsehoods , and were therefore unjust and cruel ; hence his apt quotation from the Bible . It has been said by one of Abraham Lincoln's biog- raphers , that his father had no interest in his educa ...
... thing ? " The criticisms were based on falsehoods , and were therefore unjust and cruel ; hence his apt quotation from the Bible . It has been said by one of Abraham Lincoln's biog- raphers , that his father had no interest in his educa ...
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