Abraham Lincoln: A Biography, by Benjamin P. Thomas |
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... looked in his calico shirt and old straw hat without a band , and with six inches of blue yarn sock revealed between his thick - soled brogans and the bottoms of his pantaloons , which , besides being much too short for him , hung from ...
... looked in his calico shirt and old straw hat without a band , and with six inches of blue yarn sock revealed between his thick - soled brogans and the bottoms of his pantaloons , which , besides being much too short for him , hung from ...
Page 268
... looked to America as the proving - ground of democ- racy . Inspired by the example of that Revolution , European peoples had also striven for self - government , but despotism and autocracy had been too well entrenched . The privileged ...
... looked to America as the proving - ground of democ- racy . Inspired by the example of that Revolution , European peoples had also striven for self - government , but despotism and autocracy had been too well entrenched . The privileged ...
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... looked joyful , but so tired . He promised to make a speech the following night . He had developed a great fondness for the rebel war song Dixie . The Union had now rightfully captured it , he said , and he asked the band to play it ...
... looked joyful , but so tired . He promised to make a speech the following night . He had developed a great fondness for the rebel war song Dixie . The Union had now rightfully captured it , he said , and he asked the band to play it ...
Contents
The Short and Simple Annals of the Poor | 3 |
Young Man on His Own | 23 |
His Love Affairs | 44 |
Copyright | |
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