Reminiscences of Abraham Lincoln by Distinguished Men of His TimeAllen Thorndike Rice North American Publishing Company, 1889 - 668 pages |
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Page xxiv
... called for his sense of pity and cast a gloom over his official life . On these occasions he would relieve himself by com- paring trifles with great things and great things with trifles . No story was too trivial or even too coarse for ...
... called for his sense of pity and cast a gloom over his official life . On these occasions he would relieve himself by com- paring trifles with great things and great things with trifles . No story was too trivial or even too coarse for ...
Page xxix
... time -probably the dawn of 1880. I had called at Thurlow Weed's , to inquire after the health of that aged man , then fourscore , and to enjoy hearing him talk about the by - gone times in which he INTRODUCTION . xxix.
... time -probably the dawn of 1880. I had called at Thurlow Weed's , to inquire after the health of that aged man , then fourscore , and to enjoy hearing him talk about the by - gone times in which he INTRODUCTION . xxix.
Page xxxiii
... called . I told him the scheme to bring McClellan forward . approved of it , and agreed to see the General . shortly afterward told me he had seen him and secured his acquiescence ; ' for , ' he added , Mac is eager to do all he can do ...
... called . I told him the scheme to bring McClellan forward . approved of it , and agreed to see the General . shortly afterward told me he had seen him and secured his acquiescence ; ' for , ' he added , Mac is eager to do all he can do ...
Page xxxiv
... called on Mr. Barlow , who also had forgotten all about it . Returning to Mr. Weed's , I asked if he could find the letter received from General McClellan . in which he declined to preside at a war - meeting . He doubted if he had kept ...
... called on Mr. Barlow , who also had forgotten all about it . Returning to Mr. Weed's , I asked if he could find the letter received from General McClellan . in which he declined to preside at a war - meeting . He doubted if he had kept ...
Page lxii
... called commis- sioners is liable to be construed as a recognition of the authority which appointed them . Such inter- course would be none the less hurtful to us for being called unofficial , and it might be even more injurious ...
... called commis- sioners is liable to be construed as a recognition of the authority which appointed them . Such inter- course would be none the less hurtful to us for being called unofficial , and it might be even more injurious ...
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