Abraham Lincoln and His Presidency, Volume 1R. Clarke Company, 1904 |
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... thought to be dead . On reviving , he finished the interrupted word of command to the horse as though nothing had intervened a mental phenomenon which he made the subject of philosophical comment in later life . - During the first two ...
... thought to be dead . On reviving , he finished the interrupted word of command to the horse as though nothing had intervened a mental phenomenon which he made the subject of philosophical comment in later life . - During the first two ...
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... thought to have been a good match for Thomas Lincoln . His new wife added much to the comfort of his Indiana home , and she took great interest in the training and education of her stepson , Abraham . " Dennis Hanks , who had moved to ...
... thought to have been a good match for Thomas Lincoln . His new wife added much to the comfort of his Indiana home , and she took great interest in the training and education of her stepson , Abraham . " Dennis Hanks , who had moved to ...
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... thought of Patrick Henry at nearly the same age , as told by Wirt . " His manners , " wrote Jefferson , “ had something of coarseness in them ; his passion was music , dancing , and pleasantry . He excelled in the last , and it attached ...
... thought of Patrick Henry at nearly the same age , as told by Wirt . " His manners , " wrote Jefferson , “ had something of coarseness in them ; his passion was music , dancing , and pleasantry . He excelled in the last , and it attached ...
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... thought was Lincoln's first speech at that place , Mr. Speed said : At that time there were but two parties , Whig and Democrat . Lincoln was a Whig and the leading man upon the ticket . I was then fresh from Kentucky , and had heard ...
... thought was Lincoln's first speech at that place , Mr. Speed said : At that time there were but two parties , Whig and Democrat . Lincoln was a Whig and the leading man upon the ticket . I was then fresh from Kentucky , and had heard ...
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... thought the hap- piest spirit of all . In his tours , however , he passed many hours or sometimes a whole day alone . Jogging along on horseback through arduous ways , made still more tedious by mud or flood , he was absorbed in medi ...
... thought the hap- piest spirit of all . In his tours , however , he passed many hours or sometimes a whole day alone . Jogging along on horseback through arduous ways , made still more tedious by mud or flood , he was absorbed in medi ...
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