 He was then just as good at telling an anecdote as now. He could beat any of the boys wrestling, or running a footrace, in pitching quoits or tossing a copper; could ruin more liquor than all the boys of the town together...  Life of Stephen A. Douglas - Page 174by William Gardner - 1905 - 239 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Abraham Lincoln - Lincoln-Douglas Debates, Ill., 1858 - 1860 - 280 pages
...good at telling an anecdote as now. lie could beat any of the boys wrestling, or running a foot-race, in pitching quoits or tossing a copper; could ruin...dignity and impartiality with which he presided at a horserace or fist-fight, excited the admiration and won the praise of everybody that, was present and... | |
 | Richard Josiah Hinton - Campaign literature - 1860 - 326 pages
...there, however, and had a sympathy with him, because of the up-hill struggle we both had in life. He was then just as good at telling an anecdote as now....could beat any of the boys wrestling, or running a footrace, in pitching quoits or tossing a copper; could ruin more liquor than all the boys of the town... | |
 | David W. Bartlett - 1860 - 368 pages
...there, however, and had a sympathy with him, because of the up-hill struggle we both had in life. He was then just as good at telling an anecdote as now....could beat any of the boys wrestling, or running a foot-race, in pitching quoits or' tossing a copper ; could ruin more liquor than all the boys of the... | |
 | Campaign literature - 1860 - 138 pages
...there, however, and had a sympathy with him, because of the up-hill struggle we both had in life. He was then just as good at telling an anecdote as now....could beat any of the boys wrestling, or running a foot-race, in pitching quoits or tossing a copper ; could ruin more liquor than all the boys of the... | |
 | Crosthwaite and co - 1860 - 622 pages
...there, however, and had a sympathy with him because of the uphill struggle we both had in life. He was then just as good at telling an anecdote as now....could beat any of the boys wrestling or running a foot-race, in pitching quoiU or tossing a copper ; could ruin more liquor than all the boys of the... | |
 | Abraham Lincoln, Stephen Arnold Douglas - Campaign literature - 1860 - 348 pages
...there, however, and had a sympathy with him, because of the up-hill struggle we both had in life. He was then just as good at telling an anecdote as now....could beat any of the boys wrestling, or running a foot-race, in pitching quoits or tossing a copper; could ruin more liquor than all the boys of the... | |
 | Ward Hill Lamon - 1872 - 630 pages
...there, however, and had a sympathy with him, because of the up-hill struggle we both had in life. He was then just as good at telling an anecdote as now....could beat any of the boys wrestling, or running a foot-race, in pitching quoits, or tossing a copper ; could ruin more liquor than all of the boys of... | |
 | John Goss - Oratory - 1891 - 280 pages
...there, however, and had a sympathy with him, because of the uphill struggle we both had in life. He was then just as good at telling an anecdote as now....could beat any of the boys wrestling 'or running a foot-race, in pitching quoits, or tossing a copper; \jould ruin more liquor than all of the town together,... | |
 | Charles Wallace French - Biography & Autobiography - 1891 - 412 pages
...there, however, and had sympathy with him, because of the up-hill struggle we both had had in life. He was then just as good at telling an anecdote as now. He could beat any of the boys in wrestling or running a foot-race, in pitching quoits or in pitching a copper, and the dignity and... | |
 | John Goss - Oratory - 1891 - 272 pages
...good at telling an anecdote as now. He could beat any of the boys wrestling or running a foot-race, in pitching quoits, or tossing a copper; could ruin more liquor than all of the town together, and the dignity and impartiality with which he presided at a horse-race or a... | |
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