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Page 19
At the Gentryville school in the winter of 1823 - 4 the teacher , in addition to the
usual course , gave instruction in “ manners ” — more rudimentary than the
lessons of Chesterfield . Whether due to this training or not , young Abraham ,
while ...
At the Gentryville school in the winter of 1823 - 4 the teacher , in addition to the
usual course , gave instruction in “ manners ” — more rudimentary than the
lessons of Chesterfield . Whether due to this training or not , young Abraham ,
while ...
Page 27
Offutt was delighted , bystanders applauded , and the re - loaded vessel resumed
its 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 ...
Offutt was delighted , bystanders applauded , and the re - loaded vessel resumed
its 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 ...
Page 47
There was of 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 ...
There was of 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 ...
Page 51
... gold spoons ” for the White House and other incongruities in oppressively hard
times — naturally found place among incidental diversions from the solid subject
. Lincoln , making the closing speech of the series , was of course expected ...
... gold spoons ” for the White House and other incongruities in oppressively hard
times — naturally found place among incidental diversions from the solid subject
. Lincoln , making the closing speech of the series , was of course expected ...
Page 73
Many an “ affair of honor " has been somehow evolved from a like relationship ;
and such a trouble , though not after the usual course , happened in the present
case . Happily , it was anything but serious in its outcome ; and the same may be
...
Many an “ affair of honor " has been somehow evolved from a like relationship ;
and such a trouble , though not after the usual course , happened in the present
case . Happily , it was anything but serious in its outcome ; and the same may be
...
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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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