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As to both periods , he readily gave such facts as my inquiries invited or
suggested ; introduced me to friends with whom he had been on intimate terms
for more than twenty years ; and put me in the way of exploring newspaper files
and ...
As to both periods , he readily gave such facts as my inquiries invited or
suggested ; introduced me to friends with whom he had been on intimate terms
for more than twenty years ; and put me in the way of exploring newspaper files
and ...
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Though living where education was slighted , she early learned to read — a
slender fact on which weighty events were to depend . For a year or two the
wedded pair lived in Elizabethtown , where their first child , Sarah , was born , in
1807 .
Though living where education was slighted , she early learned to read — a
slender fact on which weighty events were to depend . For a year or two the
wedded pair lived in Elizabethtown , where their first child , Sarah , was born , in
1807 .
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In spite of this fact ( or in ignorance of it ) a Boston biographer has scornfully
affirmed that “ whatever poetic fitness there might be in such a motive , the
suggestion is entirely gratuitous and without the slightest foundation . ” † One of
the ...
In spite of this fact ( or in ignorance of it ) a Boston biographer has scornfully
affirmed that “ whatever poetic fitness there might be in such a motive , the
suggestion is entirely gratuitous and without the slightest foundation . ” † One of
the ...
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These were in fact the once familiar lines of an older date , beginning : “ Time ,
what an empty vapor ' tis ; And days , how swift they are ; Swift as an Indian arrow
fies , Or like a shooting star . ” Mr . Herndon says positively that certain lines , of ...
These were in fact the once familiar lines of an older date , beginning : “ Time ,
what an empty vapor ' tis ; And days , how swift they are ; Swift as an Indian arrow
fies , Or like a shooting star . ” Mr . Herndon says positively that certain lines , of ...
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The book is a compound of fiction and fact , even the author ' s claim ( on his title
page ) to have been “ formerly rector of Mt . Vernon ” being disputed by Bishop
Meade . Imaginary conversations abound in its pages ; unheroic realities are ...
The book is a compound of fiction and fact , even the author ' s claim ( on his title
page ) to have been “ formerly rector of Mt . Vernon ” being disputed by Bishop
Meade . Imaginary conversations abound in its pages ; unheroic realities are ...
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| Title | Abraham Lincoln and His Presidency, Volume 1 Abraham Lincoln and His Presidency, Joseph Hartwell Barrett |
| Author | Joseph Hartwell Barrett |
| Publisher | Robert Clarke Company, 1904 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | 19 Sep 2008 |
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