Abraham Lincoln: The True Story of a Great Life. Showing the Inner Growth, Special Training, and Peculiar Fitness of the Man for His Work |
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Page 26
... called " Prairie Fork . " Abe knew there were other settlements off there somewhere , and other boys and girls ; but all of them had their own woodchucks to dig out , and none came near enough to help him with his . Even berry - picking ...
... called " Prairie Fork . " Abe knew there were other settlements off there somewhere , and other boys and girls ; but all of them had their own woodchucks to dig out , and none came near enough to help him with his . Even berry - picking ...
Page 29
... called upon to leave his home for a while . He was the only man in the settlement who knew how to saw logs into rough planks and make them up into coffins , and there was need of a coffin every now and then . Thomas and Betsy Sparrow ...
... called upon to leave his home for a while . He was the only man in the settlement who knew how to saw logs into rough planks and make them up into coffins , and there was need of a coffin every now and then . Thomas and Betsy Sparrow ...
Page 34
... But the latter was never called Nancy any more . Although now there were three of the same name in the united family , Sally she remained to the day of her death . CHAPTER V. A GENUINE START . Growth — Schooling — 34 ABRAHAM LINCOLN .
... But the latter was never called Nancy any more . Although now there were three of the same name in the united family , Sally she remained to the day of her death . CHAPTER V. A GENUINE START . Growth — Schooling — 34 ABRAHAM LINCOLN .
Page 49
... called into more frequent activity as time went on . His love of fun and his peculiar capacity for making it ren- dered him a welcome visitor throughout the scattered settle- ment . He was liked by all women old and young for his kind ...
... called into more frequent activity as time went on . His love of fun and his peculiar capacity for making it ren- dered him a welcome visitor throughout the scattered settle- ment . He was liked by all women old and young for his kind ...
Page 74
... called for nerve and skill as well as strength , for there were places where the swollen current car- ried the boat across prairie , two or three miles away from the regular channel , and all knowledge of the latter was of no account ...
... called for nerve and skill as well as strength , for there were places where the swollen current car- ried the boat across prairie , two or three miles away from the regular channel , and all knowledge of the latter was of no account ...
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