Letters and Addresses of Abraham LincolnUnit Book Publishing Company, 1903 - 389 pages |
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... military chest , with a Bonaparte for a commander , could not by force take a drink from the Ohio or make a track on the Blue Ridge in a trial of a thousand years . At what point then is the approach of danger to be ex- pected ? I ...
... military chest , with a Bonaparte for a commander , could not by force take a drink from the Ohio or make a track on the Blue Ridge in a trial of a thousand years . At what point then is the approach of danger to be ex- pected ? I ...
Page 53
... military glory , -that attractive rainbow that rises in showers of blood- that serpent's eye that charms to destroy , -he plunged into it , and has swept on and on till , disappointed in his calcula- tion of the ease with which Mexico ...
... military glory , -that attractive rainbow that rises in showers of blood- that serpent's eye that charms to destroy , -he plunged into it , and has swept on and on till , disappointed in his calcula- tion of the ease with which Mexico ...
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... military coat - tail , and he seems to think this is exceedingly degrading . Well , as his faith is , so be it unto him . But can he remember no other military coat - tail under which a certain other party have been sheltering for near ...
... military coat - tail , and he seems to think this is exceedingly degrading . Well , as his faith is , so be it unto him . But can he remember no other military coat - tail under which a certain other party have been sheltering for near ...
Page 63
... military coat - tails , or tails of any sort , are not figures of speech such as I would be the first to introduce ... military tails before I was done with it . There is one entire article of the sort I have not discussed yet , I mean ...
... military coat - tails , or tails of any sort , are not figures of speech such as I would be the first to introduce ... military tails before I was done with it . There is one entire article of the sort I have not discussed yet , I mean ...
Page 64
... military hero ? Yes , sir ; in the days of the Black Hawk war I fought , bled , and came away . Speaking of General Cass's career reminds me of my own . I was not at Stillman's de- feat , but I was about as near it as Cass was to Hull's ...
... military hero ? Yes , sir ; in the days of the Black Hawk war I fought , bled , and came away . Speaking of General Cass's career reminds me of my own . I was not at Stillman's de- feat , but I was about as near it as Cass was to Hull's ...
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