Abraham Lincoln: A Biography, by Benjamin P. Thomas |
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Page 130
... turned both offices down . Apprehending that he had no future in politics , Lincoln did not repine . He began at once to make himself a better lawyer and a more enlightened man , and the decision made the years of his political ...
... turned both offices down . Apprehending that he had no future in politics , Lincoln did not repine . He began at once to make himself a better lawyer and a more enlightened man , and the decision made the years of his political ...
Page 324
... turned on him with the aid of reinforcements from Harpers Ferry , Jackson might be destroyed . On May 27 Lincoln discovered that Frémont was at Moore- field , far north of Harrisonburg , where he had been ordered to go . Shields's ...
... turned on him with the aid of reinforcements from Harpers Ferry , Jackson might be destroyed . On May 27 Lincoln discovered that Frémont was at Moore- field , far north of Harrisonburg , where he had been ordered to go . Shields's ...
Page 462
... turned from the hospitals with no definite directions where to go . Is this true ? Are men turned from the hospitals without knowing where to go ? " An " influence peddler , " who gave his name as Captain Parker , claimed to know Judge ...
... turned from the hospitals with no definite directions where to go . Is this true ? Are men turned from the hospitals without knowing where to go ? " An " influence peddler , " who gave his name as Captain Parker , claimed to know Judge ...
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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