Six Months at the White House with Abraham Lincoln: The Story of a Picture |
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... WHITE HOUSE . WITH UNIV . OF ABRAHAM LINCOLN . The Story of a Picture . BY Эта F. B. CARPENTER . NEW YORK : 459 BROOME STREET . 1866 . E457 .C3 8472 Entered according to Act of Congress ,. PUBLISHED BY HURD AND HOUGHTON ,. SIX MONTHS ...
... WHITE HOUSE . WITH UNIV . OF ABRAHAM LINCOLN . The Story of a Picture . BY Эта F. B. CARPENTER . NEW YORK : 459 BROOME STREET . 1866 . E457 .C3 8472 Entered according to Act of Congress ,. PUBLISHED BY HURD AND HOUGHTON ,. SIX MONTHS ...
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The Story of a Picture Francis Bicknell Carpenter. E457 .C3 8472 Entered according to Act of Congress , in the year 1866 , by HURD AND HOUGHTON , in the Clerk's Office of the District Court for the Southern District of New York ...
The Story of a Picture Francis Bicknell Carpenter. E457 .C3 8472 Entered according to Act of Congress , in the year 1866 , by HURD AND HOUGHTON , in the Clerk's Office of the District Court for the Southern District of New York ...
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... entered his room , and gave him very briefly the particulars of the case ; reading one or two letters from the young man to his father . " That will do , " said the President , put- ting on his spectacles , and taking the letter out of ...
... entered his room , and gave him very briefly the particulars of the case ; reading one or two letters from the young man to his father . " That will do , " said the President , put- ting on his spectacles , and taking the letter out of ...
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... entering the reception - room unannounced . He was recognized and welcomed by the President with the utmost cordiality , and the distinguished stranger was soon nearly nearly over- whelmed by the pressure of the crowd upon him ...
... entering the reception - room unannounced . He was recognized and welcomed by the President with the utmost cordiality , and the distinguished stranger was soon nearly nearly over- whelmed by the pressure of the crowd upon him ...
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... entered the White House , and to which I had very frequently called the attention both of Major Hay and General Halleck the utterly unprotected condition of the President's person , and the fact that any assassin or maniac , seeking his ...
... entered the White House , and to which I had very frequently called the attention both of Major Hay and General Halleck the utterly unprotected condition of the President's person , and the fact that any assassin or maniac , seeking his ...
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Page 118 - And Jacob their father said unto them, Me have ye bereaved of my children: Joseph is not, and Simeon is not, and ye will take Benjamin away: all these things are against me.
Page 89 - And upon this act, sincerely believed to be an act of justice, warranted by the Constitution upon military necessity, I invoke the considerate judgment of mankind and the gracious favor of Almighty God.
Page 220 - And every one that was in distress, and every one that was in debt, and every one that was discontented, gathered themselves unto him; and he became a captain over them: and there were with him about four hundred men.
Page 51 - In the corrupted currents of this world Offence's gilded hand may shove by justice, And oft 'tis seen the wicked prize itself Buys out the law; but 'tis not so above; There is no shuffling, there the action lies In his true nature, and we ourselves compell'd Even to the teeth and forehead of our faults To give in evidence.
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Page 59 - In their bloom, And the names he loved to hear Have been carved for many a year On the tomb.
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Page 114 - Who beats his wife and a' that, Be nothing but a rascal boor, Nor half a man for a' that. It comes to this, dear Brother Burns — The truth is old, and a' that — "The rank is but the guinea's stamp, The man's the gold for a...