Abraham Lincoln, Volume 1Houghton, Mifflin, 1895 - Presidents |
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... less indifferent about it ; for it is obvious that , in common with all Ameri- cans of the old native stock , he had a strenuous desire to come of " respectable people ; " and his very reluctance to have his apparently low extrac- tion ...
... less indifferent about it ; for it is obvious that , in common with all Ameri- cans of the old native stock , he had a strenuous desire to come of " respectable people ; " and his very reluctance to have his apparently low extrac- tion ...
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... less rover to whom she was unfittingly wedded.1 Whatever she may have been , her picture is ex- ceeding dim and has been made upon scant and not unquestionable evidence . Mr. Lincoln seems not often to have referred to her ; but when he ...
... less rover to whom she was unfittingly wedded.1 Whatever she may have been , her picture is ex- ceeding dim and has been made upon scant and not unquestionable evidence . Mr. Lincoln seems not often to have referred to her ; but when he ...
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... less migratory squatter by invincible tendency , and a very ignorant man , for a long while able only to form the letters which made his signature , though later he extended his accomplishments a little . He rested not much above the ...
... less migratory squatter by invincible tendency , and a very ignorant man , for a long while able only to form the letters which made his signature , though later he extended his accomplishments a little . He rested not much above the ...
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... less snug than the winter's cave of a bear , the family dwelt for a year , and then were trans- lated to the luxury of a " cabin , " four - walled in- deed , but which for a long while had neither floor , door , nor window . Amid this ...
... less snug than the winter's cave of a bear , the family dwelt for a year , and then were trans- lated to the luxury of a " cabin , " four - walled in- deed , but which for a long while had neither floor , door , nor window . Amid this ...
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... less much older when he devoured the Revised Statutes of Indiana in the office of the town con- stable . Dr. Holland adds Lives of Henry Clay , and of Franklin ( probably the famous autobiogra- phy ) , and Ramsay's " Washington ; " and ...
... less much older when he devoured the Revised Statutes of Indiana in the office of the town con- stable . Dr. Holland adds Lives of Henry Clay , and of Franklin ( probably the famous autobiogra- phy ) , and Ramsay's " Washington ; " and ...
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