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Shall we expect some transatlantic military giant to step the ocean and crush us at a blow ? Never ! All the armies of Europe , Asia , and Africa combined , with all the treasure of the earth ( our own excepted ) in their military chest ...
Shall we expect some transatlantic military giant to step the ocean and crush us at a blow ? Never ! All the armies of Europe , Asia , and Africa combined , with all the treasure of the earth ( our own excepted ) in their military chest ...
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... exceeding brightness of military glory , -that attractive rainbow that rises in showers of blood that serpent's eye that charms to destroy , -he plunged into it , and has swept on and on till , disappointed in his calculation of the ...
... exceeding brightness of military glory , -that attractive rainbow that rises in showers of blood that serpent's eye that charms to destroy , -he plunged into it , and has swept on and on till , disappointed in his calculation of the ...
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Has he no acquaintance with the ample military coat - tail of General Jackson ? Does he not know that his own party have run the five last presidential races under that coat - tail ? And that they are now running the sixth under the ...
Has he no acquaintance with the ample military coat - tail of General Jackson ? Does he not know that his own party have run the five last presidential races under that coat - tail ? And that they are now running the sixth under the ...
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Mr. Speaker , old horses and military coat - tails , or tails of any sort , are not figures of speech such as I would be the first to introduce into discussions here ; but as the gentleman from Georgia has thought fit to introduce them ...
Mr. Speaker , old horses and military coat - tails , or tails of any sort , are not figures of speech such as I would be the first to introduce into discussions here ; but as the gentleman from Georgia has thought fit to introduce them ...
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a > ( and they are legion ) have him in hand , tying him to a military tail , like so many mischievous boys tying a dog to a bladder of beans . True the material they have is very limited , but they drive at it might and main .
a > ( and they are legion ) have him in hand , tying him to a military tail , like so many mischievous boys tying a dog to a bladder of beans . True the material they have is very limited , but they drive at it might and main .
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| Title | Letters and Addresses of Abraham Lincoln American Civil War, letters and diaries Half-title: The unit books, no. 2 Issue 2 of The Unit books |
| Author | Abraham Lincoln |
| Editor | Mary Maclean |
| Publisher | Unit Book Publishing Company, 1907 |
| Original from | the University of Virginia |
| Digitized | 7 Apr 2011 |
| Length | 385 pages |
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