Abraham Lincoln and His Presidency, Volume 1R. Clarke Company, 1904 |
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... 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 legislative journals in the ...
... 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 legislative journals in the ...
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... 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 , it is ...
... 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 , it is ...
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... gave him , for the first time , ( in reality , not in dream , ) a long outlook and excur- sion among far - off places and people . Of this voyage it is not known that he ever gave any detailed account beyond that of a single adventure ...
... gave him , for the first time , ( in reality , not in dream , ) a long outlook and excur- sion among far - off places and people . Of this voyage it is not known that he ever gave any detailed account beyond that of a single adventure ...
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... gave some time to observation . Could they have omitted to visit the famous battle - ground of 1815 ? The West was still proudly exulting in the glories of that field , in which the " hunters of Kentucky so honorably shared . Jackson ...
... gave some time to observation . Could they have omitted to visit the famous battle - ground of 1815 ? The West was still proudly exulting in the glories of that field , in which the " hunters of Kentucky so honorably shared . Jackson ...
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... gave Lincoln cordial welcome to his fireside . Farther away on the same river road was the farm of Bennett Abell , whose wife was a well - educated Kentuckian and among Lincoln's most esteemed acquaintances here . * Later of Tallula ...
... gave Lincoln cordial welcome to his fireside . Farther away on the same river road was the farm of Bennett Abell , whose wife was a well - educated Kentuckian and among Lincoln's most esteemed acquaintances here . * Later of Tallula ...
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