Why We Love LincolnOuting Publishing Company, 1909 - 168 pages |
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... night to his bed of leaves in the loft by a ladder of wooden pins driven into the logs . " " Not only were the means of life hard to get , but it was a malarial country , and in 1818 the small group of pioneers who came to dwell at ...
... night to his bed of leaves in the loft by a ladder of wooden pins driven into the logs . " " Not only were the means of life hard to get , but it was a malarial country , and in 1818 the small group of pioneers who came to dwell at ...
Page 124
... night waned and the laughter died down , he called the members of his Cabinet aside and , with haggard face and a voice of deep emotion , he told them the news from General Scott . That night Lincoln did not close his eyes . The next ...
... night waned and the laughter died down , he called the members of his Cabinet aside and , with haggard face and a voice of deep emotion , he told them the news from General Scott . That night Lincoln did not close his eyes . The next ...
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... nights by his son's deathbed , standing stricken beside the little coffin , and then , for the first time , turning to ... night , reading doggerel verses from the newspapers , cracking jokes or reciting from Shakespeare ! Imagine him ...
... nights by his son's deathbed , standing stricken beside the little coffin , and then , for the first time , turning to ... night , reading doggerel verses from the newspapers , cracking jokes or reciting from Shakespeare ! Imagine him ...
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