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... night occurring weekly , during the regular season , was always a trying one to the President . Whenever sympathy was expressed for him , however , he would turn it off playfully , asserting that the tug at his hand was much easier to ...
... night occurring weekly , during the regular season , was always a trying one to the President . Whenever sympathy was expressed for him , however , he would turn it off playfully , asserting that the tug at his hand was much easier to ...
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... night , February 10th , was an excit- ing one at the White House , the stables belonging to the mansion being burned to the ground . The loss most severely felt was of the two ponies , one of which had belonged to Willie Lincoln , the ...
... night , February 10th , was an excit- ing one at the White House , the stables belonging to the mansion being burned to the ground . The loss most severely felt was of the two ponies , one of which had belonged to Willie Lincoln , the ...
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... night in a most inhospitable re- gion . A terrific thunder - storm came up , to add to his trouble . He floundered along until his horse at length gave out . The lightning afforded him the only clew to his way , but the peals of thunder ...
... night in a most inhospitable re- gion . A terrific thunder - storm came up , to add to his trouble . He floundered along until his horse at length gave out . The lightning afforded him the only clew to his way , but the peals of thunder ...
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... night . Buchanan sat in his arm - chair in a corner of the room , white as a sheet , with the stump of a cigar in his mouth . The despatches were laid before us ; and so much vio- 54 SIX MONTHS AT THE WHITE HOUSE . XVII. ...
... night . Buchanan sat in his arm - chair in a corner of the room , white as a sheet , with the stump of a cigar in his mouth . The despatches were laid before us ; and so much vio- 54 SIX MONTHS AT THE WHITE HOUSE . XVII. ...
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... night , attended by a mounted escort ; but if he returned to town for a while after dark , he rode in unguarded , and often alone , in his open carriage . On more than one occasion the writer has gone through the streets of Washington ...
... night , attended by a mounted escort ; but if he returned to town for a while after dark , he rode in unguarded , and often alone , in his open carriage . On more than one occasion the writer has gone through the streets of Washington ...
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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.
Page 51 - Now is the winter of our discontent Made glorious summer by. this sun of York ; And all the clouds, that lowered upon our house, In the deep bosom of the ocean buried.
Page 59 - In their bloom, And the names he loved to hear Have been carved for many a year On the tomb.
Page 50 - And like a man to double business bound, . I stand in pause where I shall first begin, And both neglect.
Page 50 - What if this cursed hand Were thicker than itself with brother's blood, Is there not rain enough in the sweet heavens To wash it white as snow? Whereto serves mercy But to confront the visage of offence?
Page 85 - What good would a proclamation of emancipation from me do, especially as we are now situated? I do not want to issue a document that the whole world will see must necessarily be inoperative, like the Pope's bull against the comet.
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...