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Abraham Lincoln: Tributes from His Associates, Reminiscences of Soldiers ... - Page 277
1895 - 295 pages
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The Character and Public Services of Abraham Lincoln, President of the ...

William M. Thayer - Campaign literature, 1864 - 1864 - 96 pages
...commissions or omissions of the Administration. The President heard them patiently, and then replied : ' Gentlemen, suppose all the property you were worth..." Blondin ! stand up a little straighter ; Blondin I stoop a little more, go a little faster, lean a little more to the north, lean a little more to the...
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The Life and Public Services of Abraham Lincoln ...: Together with His State ...

Henry Jarvis Raymond - United States - 1865 - 886 pages
...commissions or omissions of the Administration. The President heard them patiently, and then replied:—" Gentlemen, suppose all the property you were worth...River on a rope, would you shake the cable, or keep shonting out to him—' Blondin, stand up a little straighter—Blondin, stoop a little more—go a...
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The Life and Public Services of Abraham Lincoln ...: Together with His State ...

Henry Jarvis Raymond, Francis Bicknell Carpenter - Presidents - 1865 - 866 pages
...commissions or omissions of the Administration. The President heard them patiently, and then replied : — " Gentlemen, suppose all the property you were worth...and you had put it in the hands of Blondin to carry acrosi the Niagara River on a rope, v^ould you shake the cable, or keep shouting out to him — 'Blondin,...
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The Pictorial Book of Anecdotes and Incidents of the War of the Rebellion ...

Richard Miller Devens - Dummies (Bookselling) - 1866 - 748 pages
...The President, aa usual, heard patiently all that was said, and then replied : " Suppose, gentlemen, all the property you were worth was in gold, and you...Niagara river on a rope, would you shake the cable, and keep shouting to him, ' Blondin, stand up a little straighter — Blondin, stoop a little more...
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The Pictorial Book of Anecdotes and Incidents of the War of the Rebellion ...

Richard Miller Devens - United States - 1866 - 780 pages
...The President, as usual, heard patiently all] that was said, and then replied : " Suppose, gentlemen, all the property you were worth was in gold, and you...Niagara river on a rope, would you shake the cable, and keep shouting to him, ' Blondin, stand up a little straighter — Blondin, stoop a little more...
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Anecdotes, Poetry, and Incidents of the War: North and South. 1860-1865

Frank Moore - United States - 1866 - 654 pages
...them patiently, and then replied : " Gentlemen, suppose all the property you were worth was in gola, and you had put it in the hands of Blondin to carry...would you shake the cable, or keep shouting out to him — Blondín, stand up a little straighter — Blondin, stoop a little more — go a little faster...
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Six Months at the White House with Abraham Lincoln: The Story of a Picture

Francis Bicknell Carpenter - History - 1866 - 364 pages
...commissions or omissions of the Administration. The President heard them patiently, and then replied : " Gentlemen, suppose all the property you were worth...put it in the hands of Blondin to carry across the 17 Niagara River on a rope, would you shake the cable, or keep shouting out to him, ' Blondin, stand...
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The Pictorial Book of Anecdotes and Incidents of the War of the Rebellion ...

Richard Miller Devens - United States - 1867 - 736 pages
...rebel joke was washed down with old rye. ! that was said, and then replied : " Suppose, gentlemen, all the property you were worth was in gold, and you...Niagara river on a rope, would you shake the cable, and keep shouting to him, ' Bloudin, stand up a little straighter — Blondin, stoop a little more...
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The Pictorial Book of Anecdotes and Incidents of the War of the Rebellion ...

Richard Miller Devens - History - 1867 - 706 pages
...The President, as usual, heard patiently all that was said, and then replied: " Suppose, gentlemen, all the property you were worth was in gold, and you...Niagara river on a rope, would you shake the cable, and keep shouting to him, < Blondin, stand up a little straighter— Blondin, stoop a little more—go...
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Lives of the Presidents of the United States of America from Washington to ...

John Stevens Cabot Abbott - Politics, Practical - 1867 - 510 pages
...Administration. The President, as was his wont, listened to them patiently, and then replied, — " Gentlemen, suppose all the property you were worth was in gold, and you had put it into the hands of Blondin to carry across the Niagara River on a rope, would you shake the cable, or...
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