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... night occurring weekly , during the regular season , was always a trying one to the President . Whenever sympathy was expressed for him , however , he would turn it off playfully , asserting that the tug at his hand was much easier to ...
... night occurring weekly , during the regular season , was always a trying one to the President . Whenever sympathy was expressed for him , however , he would turn it off playfully , asserting that the tug at his hand was much easier to ...
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... night , February 10th , was an excit- ing one at the White House , the stables belonging to the mansion being burned to the ground . The loss most severely felt was of the two ponies , one of which had belonged to Willie Lincoln , the ...
... night , February 10th , was an excit- ing one at the White House , the stables belonging to the mansion being burned to the ground . The loss most severely felt was of the two ponies , one of which had belonged to Willie Lincoln , the ...
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... night in a most inhospitable re- gion . A terrific thunder - storm came up , to add to his trouble . He floundered along until his horse at length gave out . The lightning afforded him the only clew to his way , but the peals of thunder ...
... night in a most inhospitable re- gion . A terrific thunder - storm came up , to add to his trouble . He floundered along until his horse at length gave out . The lightning afforded him the only clew to his way , but the peals of thunder ...
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... night . Buchanan sat in his arm - chair in a corner of the room , white as a sheet , with the stump of a cigar in his mouth . The despatches were laid before us ; and so much vio- 54 SIX MONTHS AT THE WHITE HOUSE . XVII. ...
... night . Buchanan sat in his arm - chair in a corner of the room , white as a sheet , with the stump of a cigar in his mouth . The despatches were laid before us ; and so much vio- 54 SIX MONTHS AT THE WHITE HOUSE . XVII. ...
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... night , attended by a mounted escort ; but if he returned to town for a while after dark , he rode in unguarded , and often alone , in his open carriage . On more than one occasion the writer has gone through the streets of Washington ...
... night , attended by a mounted escort ; but if he returned to town for a while after dark , he rode in unguarded , and often alone , in his open carriage . On more than one occasion the writer has gone through the streets of Washington ...
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