 | Law - 1900 - 322 pages
...afternoon to Mrs. Lincoln, "We have had a hard time, wife, together since we came to Washington, but now the war is over, and with God's blessing we may hope for four years of happiness, and then we will go back to Illinois, and pass the remainder of our lives in peace." On... | |
 | Mrs. John A. Logan - Executive departments - 1901 - 808 pages
...drive, the afternoon before his assassination, in the course of their conversation, " Mary," he said, " we have had a hard time of it since we came to Washington,...hope for four years of peace and happiness, and then go back to Illinois to pass the rest of our lives in quiet." It was the 14th of April, 1865, and that... | |
 | 1904 - 1068 pages
...the pathetic account of their last drive together, in the course of which Mr. Lincoln said: "Mary, we have had a hard time of it since we came to Washington...but the war is over, and with God's blessing we may look for four years of peace and happiness, and then we will go back to Illinois and pass the rest... | |
 | Myrta Lockett Avary - Reconstruction - 1906 - 524 pages
...into my hands to reunite my country." He went for a long, quiet drive with his wife. " Mary," he said, "we have had a hard time of it since we came to Washington...we may hope for four years of peace and happiness. Then we will go back to Illinois and pass the rest of our days in quiet." He longed for quiet. The... | |
 | Abraham Lincoln - Devotional calendars - 1907 - 410 pages
...the liquor traffic. (To his wife, while out driving alone in the afternoon of his last day.) Mary, we have had a hard time of it since we came to Washington, but l consider this day that the war is over. We must both be more cheerful in the future; between the... | |
 | Francis Trevelyan Miller, Edward Bailey Eaton - Presidents - 1910 - 188 pages
...spring day. As the carriage rumbled along the blossom-laden lanes, he turned to her and said: "Mary, we have had a hard time of it since we came to Washington, but the war is over, and with God's permission we may hope for four years of happiness and peace, and then we will go back to Illinois... | |
 | Emma Lilian Dana - United States - 1915 - 234 pages
...hills and the scent of lilacs in the air — happiness filled his heart. "Mary," he said to his wife, "we have had a hard time of it, since we came to Washington....we may hope for four years of peace and happiness here in Washington ; and then we will go back to Illinois and pass the rest of our lives in quiet."... | |
 | John Wesley Hill - Biography & Autobiography - 1920 - 460 pages
...meaning of at such a time. They planned far into the future. "Mary," he said, "we have had a hard time in Washington; but the war is over and with God's blessing...happiness, and then we will go back to Illinois." 1 1 Arnold's Life of Lincoln, p. 429. They were going home. To go home is the best thing any one can... | |
 | John Wesley Hill - 1920 - 460 pages
...meaning of at such a time. They planned far into the future. "Mary," he said, "we have had a hard time in Washington; but the war is over and with God's blessing...of peace and happiness, and then we will go back to Illinois."1 1 Arnold's Life of Lincoln, p. 429. They were going home. To go home is the best thing... | |
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we have had a hard time of it, since we came to Washington. But the war is over, and with God's blessing we may hope for four years of peace and happiness here in Washington ; and then we will go back to Illinois and pass the rest of our lives in quiet. 
