Why We Love LincolnOuting Publishing Company, 1909 - 168 pages |
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Page 86
... voice in admiration and reverence of his noble qualities . Now the crooked mouth was set hard . He retired to his modest home in Springfield , Illinois . Nor could threats or persuasions induce him to address a word to the public during ...
... voice in admiration and reverence of his noble qualities . Now the crooked mouth was set hard . He retired to his modest home in Springfield , Illinois . Nor could threats or persuasions induce him to address a word to the public during ...
Page 124
... voice whipped up the mer- riment . But as the 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 ...
... voice whipped up the mer- riment . But as the 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 ...
Page 152
... voice , pausing now and then to join the chuckling of his hearers . Stanton alone sat with thunder in his eyes and a frown on his brow . The tendency of the President to relieve a strain on the nerves , or clear the mind by a good laugh ...
... voice , pausing now and then to join the chuckling of his hearers . Stanton alone sat with thunder in his eyes and a frown on his brow . The tendency of the President to relieve a strain on the nerves , or clear the mind by a good laugh ...
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