Abraham Lincoln and His Presidency, Volume 1R. Clarke Company, 1904 |
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Page 39
... matters of current interest among the old settlers when I first knew him . " While there are different versions of the story as ultimately expanded and embellished , it is agreed that Ann had a lover named McNamar , to whom she was ...
... matters of current interest among the old settlers when I first knew him . " While there are different versions of the story as ultimately expanded and embellished , it is agreed that Ann had a lover named McNamar , to whom she was ...
Page 41
... matter , the " book " was nothing more than a number of manuscript pages , discussing in a rationalistic way some of the commonly received theo- logical opinions or dogmas as " incarnation , ” “ atone- ment , " or the like very probably ...
... matter , the " book " was nothing more than a number of manuscript pages , discussing in a rationalistic way some of the commonly received theo- logical opinions or dogmas as " incarnation , ” “ atone- ment , " or the like very probably ...
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... matter how inclement the weather , eight or ten choice spirits assembled , without distinction of party . It was a sort of social club without organization . They came there because they were sure to find Lincoln . His habit was to ...
... matter how inclement the weather , eight or ten choice spirits assembled , without distinction of party . It was a sort of social club without organization . They came there because they were sure to find Lincoln . His habit was to ...
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... matter in his intimate correspondence with Mr. Speed reveals little more than that both these bachelors like so many others ( Thomas Carlyle , for one ) had a morbid dread or misgiving on coming directly in face of the matrimonial altar ...
... matter in his intimate correspondence with Mr. Speed reveals little more than that both these bachelors like so many others ( Thomas Carlyle , for one ) had a morbid dread or misgiving on coming directly in face of the matrimonial altar ...
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... matter of as great regret to me as it possibly could to you . " Shields had not come so far , by such conveyance and thoroughfares as the country then afforded , with- out being very much in earnest . His letter was in terms that left ...
... matter of as great regret to me as it possibly could to you . " Shields had not come so far , by such conveyance and thoroughfares as the country then afforded , with- out being very much in earnest . His letter was in terms that left ...
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