Abraham LincolnHarper & brothers, 1893 - 542 pages |
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... hours . Nancy Hanks Lincoln - queenly in personal appearance , imperial in her aspirations - attends to her wifely duties . The day begins and ends with religious service . The cultured wife reads the Bible to the uncultured husband ...
... hours . Nancy Hanks Lincoln - queenly in personal appearance , imperial in her aspirations - attends to her wifely duties . The day begins and ends with religious service . The cultured wife reads the Bible to the uncultured husband ...
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... Hours passed . Suddenly those who stood around him heard the rest of the sentence- " you old hussy . " In after - years he thus explained it : " Probably the muscles of my tongue had been set to speak the words when the animal's heels ...
... Hours passed . Suddenly those who stood around him heard the rest of the sentence- " you old hussy . " In after - years he thus explained it : " Probably the muscles of my tongue had been set to speak the words when the animal's heels ...
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... hours ; it is that which makes them seem to rise and set . It is only an illusion , Katy . " He went on and explained it so clearly that she gazed with increasing admiration at the young man who previously had helped her in spelling ...
... hours ; it is that which makes them seem to rise and set . It is only an illusion , Katy . " He went on and explained it so clearly that she gazed with increasing admiration at the young man who previously had helped her in spelling ...
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... hour never again will come to his lips - that Calvary is not far away . A few hours , and her blood is on fire — the fever burning out her life . Watchers stand by her bedside - all others are excluded by order of the physician ...
... hour never again will come to his lips - that Calvary is not far away . A few hours , and her blood is on fire — the fever burning out her life . Watchers stand by her bedside - all others are excluded by order of the physician ...
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... hour of trouble . She talks of God as a Father , Jesus Christ as a Brother . New truths dawn upon him , and the Bible becomes a different book from what it has been in the past . That home , with its blooming flowers , restful shade ...
... hour of trouble . She talks of God as a Father , Jesus Christ as a Brother . New truths dawn upon him , and the Bible becomes a different book from what it has been in the past . That home , with its blooming flowers , restful shade ...
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