Abraham Lincoln: The Prairie Years and the War YearsThis biography is drawn from the six volume work on Lincoln and new research uncovered since the original publication. |
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... horse at the mill . While he was putting a whiplash to the nag and calling , " Git up , you old hussy ; git up , you old hussy , " the horse let fly a fast hind foot that knocked Abe down and out of his senses just as he yelled , " Git ...
... horse at the mill . While he was putting a whiplash to the nag and calling , " Git up , you old hussy ; git up , you old hussy , " the horse let fly a fast hind foot that knocked Abe down and out of his senses just as he yelled , " Git ...
Page 86
... horse to a hitching post , hearing a voice across the street , " That's the new Congressman Lincoln . " It was a horsey country of horsey men . They spoke of one - horse towns , lawyers , doctors . They tied their horses to hitching ...
... horse to a hitching post , hearing a voice across the street , " That's the new Congressman Lincoln . " It was a horsey country of horsey men . They spoke of one - horse towns , lawyers , doctors . They tied their horses to hitching ...
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... horse of mine ? I sometimes get out of patience with him . But I know his faults ; he does fairly well as horses go ; it might take me a long time to get used to some other horse's faults ; for all horses have faults . " Lincoln told of ...
... horse of mine ? I sometimes get out of patience with him . But I know his faults ; he does fairly well as horses go ; it might take me a long time to get used to some other horse's faults ; for all horses have faults . " Lincoln told of ...
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Wilderness Beginnings | 3 |
New Salem Days | 22 |
The Young Legislator | 40 |
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