Anecdotes of Abraham Lincoln and Lincoln's Stories: Including Early Life Stories, Professional Life Stories, White House Stories, War Stories, Miscellaneous StoriesRhodes & McClure, 1887 - 246 pages |
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... horse , and go fifty miles to get it ground . The mill itself was very rude , and driven by horse - power . The customers were obliged to wait their " turn , " without reference to their distance from home , and then use their own ...
... horse , and go fifty miles to get it ground . The mill itself was very rude , and driven by horse - power . The customers were obliged to wait their " turn , " without reference to their distance from home , and then use their own ...
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... horse ever seen in those parts . In a few minutes Mr. Lincoln was seen approach- ing with a wooden saw - horse upon his shoulders . Great were the shouts and the laughter of the crowd , and both were greatly increased when Mr ...
... horse ever seen in those parts . In a few minutes Mr. Lincoln was seen approach- ing with a wooden saw - horse upon his shoulders . Great were the shouts and the laughter of the crowd , and both were greatly increased when Mr ...
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... horse's head was toward a brick wall . Stew- art sprang forward to grasp the left rein . As he did so Booth turned ... horse could not be galloped in this yard , and Stewart nearly caught up with it on its left side , but was again ...
... horse's head was toward a brick wall . Stew- art sprang forward to grasp the left rein . As he did so Booth turned ... horse could not be galloped in this yard , and Stewart nearly caught up with it on its left side , but was again ...
Contents
CONTENTS | 11 |
An Incident of Lincolns Early Hardships | 18 |
The Long Nine Lincoln the Longest of All 424 | 25 |
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