Abraham Lincoln and His Presidency, Volume 1R. Clarke Company, 1904 |
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... course , gave instruc- tion in " manners " - more rudimentary than the les- sons of Chesterfield . Whether due to this training or not , young Abraham , while lacking in personal graces , was politely deferential when speaking to a lady ...
... course , gave instruc- tion in " manners " - more rudimentary than the les- sons of Chesterfield . Whether due to this training or not , young Abraham , while lacking in personal graces , was politely deferential when speaking to a lady ...
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... course . The scene of this adventure was to have a more lasting relation to his life . Here Offutt saw what seemed an inviting opportunity for business , in which young Lincoln , to whom he took a great liking , would be serviceable on ...
... course . The scene of this adventure was to have a more lasting relation to his life . Here Offutt saw what seemed an inviting opportunity for business , in which young Lincoln , to whom he took a great liking , would be serviceable on ...
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... course a formidable Vandalia interest opposed to change . But after a severe and protracted contest — the battle at one time seeming to all the Springfield party except Lincoln to have been irretrievably lost — the act for removal to ...
... course a formidable Vandalia interest opposed to change . But after a severe and protracted contest — the battle at one time seeming to all the Springfield party except Lincoln to have been irretrievably lost — the act for removal to ...
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... course expected to reply to whatever he thought needed such attention in the speeches of the other side . He unhesitatingly grappled with the stoutest arguments of the Democratic champions ; but a little by - play of less gravity ...
... course expected to reply to whatever he thought needed such attention in the speeches of the other side . He unhesitatingly grappled with the stoutest arguments of the Democratic champions ; but a little by - play of less gravity ...
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... course , happened in the present case . Happily , it was anything but serious in its outcome ; and the same may be said of its immediate origin . Lincoln's adversary was a man afterward distinguished on the battlefield ; a man of real ...
... course , happened in the present case . Happily , it was anything but serious in its outcome ; and the same may be said of its immediate origin . Lincoln's adversary was a man afterward distinguished on the battlefield ; a man of real ...
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