Life of Abraham Lincoln: For the Young Man and the Sabbath SchoolWestern Tract and Book Society, 1869 - 200 pages |
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... father and mother devoutly thanked God for the protection and comfort it afforded them ; and well they should , for even such a home was a great blessing . Their fare consisted of corn - bread , milk , and such luxuries as the garden ...
... father and mother devoutly thanked God for the protection and comfort it afforded them ; and well they should , for even such a home was a great blessing . Their fare consisted of corn - bread , milk , and such luxuries as the garden ...
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... father of Abraham Lincoln grew up an ignorant , wandering boy . He could not so much as read , but was respected as a man of inflexible honesty and generous nature , and beloved for his amiability and kindness . Abra- ham's mother came ...
... father of Abraham Lincoln grew up an ignorant , wandering boy . He could not so much as read , but was respected as a man of inflexible honesty and generous nature , and beloved for his amiability and kindness . Abra- ham's mother came ...
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... father sold his farm for ten barrels of whisky and twenty dollars in money . Leaving his family at home , he took his whisky and a few farming utensils , on an ox - wagon , and started to find and prepare a new abode in the dark woods ...
... father sold his farm for ten barrels of whisky and twenty dollars in money . Leaving his family at home , he took his whisky and a few farming utensils , on an ox - wagon , and started to find and prepare a new abode in the dark woods ...
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... father's rifle , which always hung upon a pair of wooden hooks above the fire- place . His father was out chopping , and his mother and little sister engaged in firing brush- heaps , when Abe heard the call of a flock of wild turkeys in ...
... father's rifle , which always hung upon a pair of wooden hooks above the fire- place . His father was out chopping , and his mother and little sister engaged in firing brush- heaps , when Abe heard the call of a flock of wild turkeys in ...
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... About two years afterward the father married a Mrs. Sarah Johnston , who lived near their old home in Kentucky . She proved to be an amia- ble and provident step - mother . LIFE IN INDIANA . 21 CHAPTER III . LIFE IN 20 ABRAHAM LINCOLN .
... About two years afterward the father married a Mrs. Sarah Johnston , who lived near their old home in Kentucky . She proved to be an amia- ble and provident step - mother . LIFE IN INDIANA . 21 CHAPTER III . LIFE IN 20 ABRAHAM LINCOLN .
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