Letters and Addresses of Abraham LincolnUnit Book Publishing Company, 1903 - 389 pages |
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Page 18
... thought was not serious enough , and the second was on the other extreme . shall send this , turn out as it may . I This thing of living in Springfield is rather a dull busi- ness , after all ; at least it is so to me . I am quite as ...
... thought was not serious enough , and the second was on the other extreme . shall send this , turn out as it may . I This thing of living in Springfield is rather a dull busi- ness , after all ; at least it is so to me . I am quite as ...
Page 20
... thoughts . You must know that I cannot see you or think of you with entire indifference ; and yet it may be that you are mistaken in regard to what my real feelings toward you are . If I knew you were not , I should not trouble you with ...
... thoughts . You must know that I cannot see you or think of you with entire indifference ; and yet it may be that you are mistaken in regard to what my real feelings toward you are . If I knew you were not , I should not trouble you with ...
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... thought her intelligent and agreeable , and saw no good objection to plodding life through hand in hand with her . Time passed on , the lady took her journey , and in due time returned , sister in com- pany , sure enough . This ...
... thought her intelligent and agreeable , and saw no good objection to plodding life through hand in hand with her . Time passed on , the lady took her journey , and in due time returned , sister in com- pany , sure enough . This ...
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... thought I , " I have said it , and , be the consequences what they may , it shall not be my fault if I fail to do it . " At once I determined to consider her my wife , and this done , all my powers of discovery were put to work in ...
... thought I , " I have said it , and , be the consequences what they may , it shall not be my fault if I fail to do it . " At once I determined to consider her my wife , and this done , all my powers of discovery were put to work in ...
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... can guess , and so I might as well tell you at once . As the lawyer says , it was done in the manner following , to wit : After I had delayed the matter as long as I thought I could in honor do ( which , by the way , 23 OF ABRAHAM LINCOLN.
... can guess , and so I might as well tell you at once . As the lawyer says , it was done in the manner following , to wit : After I had delayed the matter as long as I thought I could in honor do ( which , by the way , 23 OF ABRAHAM LINCOLN.
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