 | Henry Mills Alden, Frederick Lewis Allen, Lee Foster Hartman, Thomas Bucklin Wells - 1865 - 838 pages
...put upon paper here, as nearly as possible in his own words : "It was just after my election in 1860, when the news had been coming in thick and fast all...chamber. Opposite where I lay was a bureau, with a swingiiiR-^'laJs upon it" — (and here he got up and placed furniture to illustrate the position)... | |
 | Alexander Del Mar - 1865 - 902 pages
...Provided this policy discards expediency and stands fast to " It was just after my election in 1860, when the news had been coming in thick and fast all day, and there had been a great ' Hurrah, boys ! ' BO that I was well tired out, and went home to rest, throwing myself down on a lounge in my chamber.... | |
 | Josiah Gilbert Holland - Biography & Autobiography - 1866 - 574 pages
...as possible in Mr. Lincoln's own words. "It was just after my election in 1SGO," said Mr. Lincoln, "when the news had been coming in thick and fast all...well tired out and went home to rest, throwing myself upon a lounge in my chamber. Opposite to where I lay was a bureau with a swinging glass upon it ; and... | |
 | Josiah Gilbert Holland - 1866 - 572 pages
...as possible in Mr. Lincoln's own words. "It was just after mf election in 1860," said Mr. Lincoln, "when the news had been coming in thick and fast all...well tired out and Went home to rest, throwing myself upon a lounge in my chamber. Opposite to where I lay was a bureau with a swinging glass upon it ; and... | |
 | Josiah Gilbert Holland - Biography & Autobiography - 1866 - 556 pages
...as possible in Mr. Lincoln's own words. "It was just after my election in 1860," said Mr. Lincoln, "when the news had been coming in thick and fast all day, and there had been a great 6 hurrah boys !' so that I was well tired out and went home to rest, throwing myself upon a lounge... | |
 | Laura Carter Holloway - Presidents - 1870 - 704 pages
...to recall the predictions of her childhood. Mr. Lincoln thus repeated it. " It was after my election when the news had been coming in thick and fast all...well tired out and went home to rest, throwing myself upon a lounge in my chamber. Opposite to where I lay, was a bureau with a swinging glass upon it ;... | |
 | Ward Hill Lamon, Chauncey Forward Black - 1872 - 604 pages
...around? " " It was just after my election in 1860," said Mr. Lincoln to his secretary, John Hay, " when the news had been coming in thick and fast all...tired out, and went home to rest, throwing myself upon a lounge in iny chamber. Opposite to where I lay was a bureau with a swinging glass upon it ;... | |
 | John Carroll Power - 1873 - 432 pages
...Major John Hay, in Harper's Magazine for July, 1865. He says: " It was just after my election in 1860, when the news had been coming in thick and fast all...tired out, and went home to rest, throwing myself upon a lounge in my chamber. Opposite where I lay was a bureau with a swinging glass upon it, and looking... | |
 | Laura Carter Holloway - Presidents - 1881 - 800 pages
...recall the predictions of her childhood. Mr. Lincoln thus repeated it. " It was after my election, when the news had been coming in thick and fast all...well tired out and went home to rest, throwing myself upon a lounge in my chamber. Opposite to where I lay was a bureau with a swinging glass upon it; and... | |
 | Francis Wharton, Moreton Stillé - Insanity - 1882 - 832 pages
...was just after my election in I860," so he is reported to have said to his secretary, Mr. John Hay, " when the news had been coming in thick and fast all...tired out, and went home to rest, throwing myself on a lounge in my chamber. Opposite to where I lay was a bureau, with a swinging-glass upon it ; and,... | |
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