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" Blondin, stand up a little straighter — Blondin, stoop a little more — go a little faster — lean a little more to the north — lean a little more to the south? "
The Pictorial Book of Anecdotes and Incidents of the War of the Rebellion ... - Page 69
by Richard Miller Devens - 1866 - 705 pages
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The Character and Public Services of Abraham Lincoln, President of the ...

William M. Thayer - Campaign literature, 1864 - 1864 - 96 pages
...of the Administration. The President heard them patiently, and then replied : ' Gentlemen, suppose all the property you were worth was in gold, and you...Niagara River on a rope : would you shake the cable, or keep shouting out to him, " Blondin ! stand up a little straighter ; Blondin I stoop a little more,...
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The Life and Public Services of Abraham Lincoln ...: Together with His State ...

Henry Jarvis Raymond - United States - 1865 - 886 pages
...of the Administration. The President heard them patiently, and then replied:—" Gentlemen, suppose all the property you were worth was in gold, and you...Niagara River on a rope, would you shake the cable, or keep shonting out to him—' Blondin, stand up a little straighter—Blondin, stoop a little more—go...
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The Life and Public Services of Abraham Lincoln ...: Together with His State ...

Henry Jarvis Raymond - United States - 1865 - 848 pages
...the Administration. The President heard them patiently, and then replied : — " Gentlemen, suppose all the property you were worth was in gold, and you...Niagara River on a rope, would you shake the cable, or keep shouting out to him — 'Blondin, stand up a little straighter — Blondin, stoop a little...
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The Life and Public Services of Abraham Lincoln ...: Together with His State ...

Henry Jarvis Raymond, Francis Bicknell Carpenter - Presidents - 1865 - 866 pages
...the Administration. The President heard them patiently, and then replied : — " Gentlemen, suppose all the property you were worth was in gold, and you had put it in the hands of Blondin to carry acrosi the Niagara River on a rope, v^ould you shake the cable, or keep shouting out to him — 'Blondin,...
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Anecdotes, Poetry, and Incidents of the War: North and South. 1860-1865

Frank Moore - United States - 1866 - 654 pages
...them patiently, and then replied : " Gentlemen, suppose all the property you were worth was in gola, and you had put it in the hands of Blondin to carry...Niagara River on a rope ; would you shake the cable, or keep shouting out to him — Blondín, stand up a little straighter — Blondin, stoop a little...
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Six Months at the White House with Abraham Lincoln: The Story of a Picture

Francis Bicknell Carpenter - History - 1866 - 382 pages
...of the Administration. The President heard them patiently, and then replied : " Gentlemen, suppose all the property you were worth was in gold, and you...put it in the hands of Blondin to carry across the 17 Niagara River on a rope, would you shake the cable, or keep shouting out to him, ' Blondin, stand...
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The Pictorial Book of Anecdotes and Incidents of the War of the Rebellion ...

Richard Miller Devens - History - 1867 - 706 pages
...get that black bottle out of my basket;" and the rebel joke was washed down with old rye. Blondin's Art Serving a good Figure. Some gentlemen from the...up a little straighter— Blondin, stoop a little more—go a little faster—lean a little more to the North— lean a little more to the South!' No,...
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The Pictorial Book of Anecdotes and Incidents of the War of the Rebellion ...

Richard Miller Devens - United States - 1867 - 736 pages
...servant, " get that black lx)ttle out of my basket ; " and the rebel joke was washed down with old rye. ! that was said, and then replied : " Suppose, gentlemen,...would you shake the cable, and keep shouting to him, ' Bloudin, stand up a little straighter — Blondin, stoop a little more — go a little faster —...
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Anecdotes, Poetry, and Incidents of the War: North and South. 1860-1865

Frank Moore - History - 1867 - 620 pages
...of the Administration. The President heard them patiently, and then replied : " Gentlemen, suppose all the property you were worth was in gold, and you...Niagara River on a rope ; would you shake the cable, or keep shouting out to him — Blondin, stand up a little straighter — Blondin, stoop a little more...
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Lives of the Presidents of the United States of America from Washington to ...

John Stevens Cabot Abbott - Politics, Practical - 1867 - 524 pages
...President, as was his wont, listened to them patiently, and then replied, — " Gentlemen, suppose all the property you were worth was in gold, and you had put it into the hands of Blondin to carry across the Niagara River on a rope, would you shake the cable, or...
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