Life of Abraham Lincoln: For the Young Man and the Sabbath SchoolWestern Tract and Book Society, 1869 - 200 pages |
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... known in the annals of oppression , was an event which will fix attention so long as history shall be read . The prominence attained by the Chief Magis- trate who led in the achievement of this grand result , and the affection cherished ...
... known in the annals of oppression , was an event which will fix attention so long as history shall be read . The prominence attained by the Chief Magis- trate who led in the achievement of this grand result , and the affection cherished ...
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... known of his ancestry , and that little does not extend far back into the past . His grandfather came to Kentucky , from Virginia , in 1780 , or eleven years after the famous pioneer , Daniel Boone , first established his cabin on Ken ...
... known of his ancestry , and that little does not extend far back into the past . His grandfather came to Kentucky , from Virginia , in 1780 , or eleven years after the famous pioneer , Daniel Boone , first established his cabin on Ken ...
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... known . The widow gathered up her children and removed to Wash- ington County , then more thickly settled - if such an expression may be used in reference to an ex- ceedingly sparce population - and there reared , as best she could ...
... known . The widow gathered up her children and removed to Wash- ington County , then more thickly settled - if such an expression may be used in reference to an ex- ceedingly sparce population - and there reared , as best she could ...
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... known . Word had been passed from house to house , and on the appointed day a congregation of about two hun- dred people assembled , some of them coming a distance of twenty miles . At the foot of the grave , and surrounded by that ...
... known . Word had been passed from house to house , and on the appointed day a congregation of about two hun- dred people assembled , some of them coming a distance of twenty miles . At the foot of the grave , and surrounded by that ...
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... known in the neighborhood , lying drunk upon the snow . His companions proposed to let him lie there , as he was worthless and past reformation . Not so , thought Abraham . If he was a miserable sot he was still a man , and he would not ...
... known in the neighborhood , lying drunk upon the snow . His companions proposed to let him lie there , as he was worthless and past reformation . Not so , thought Abraham . If he was a miserable sot he was still a man , and he would not ...
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