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... poor , he said : " Pore ? We were all pore them days , but the Lincolns was porer than any- body . Choppin ' trees , an ' grubbin ' roots , an ' splitting rails did n't leave Tom no time to put a puncheon - floor in his cabin 4 AN ...
... poor , he said : " Pore ? We were all pore them days , but the Lincolns was porer than any- body . Choppin ' trees , an ' grubbin ' roots , an ' splitting rails did n't leave Tom no time to put a puncheon - floor in his cabin 4 AN ...
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... poor neighborhood in Indiana to which his parents soon moved , of which we get some intimate glimpses from his interested cousin Den- nis , who accompanied them . " Tom , " he says , " got hold o ' a bet- ter farm after ' while ; but he ...
... poor neighborhood in Indiana to which his parents soon moved , of which we get some intimate glimpses from his interested cousin Den- nis , who accompanied them . " Tom , " he says , " got hold o ' a bet- ter farm after ' while ; but he ...
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Daniel Webster Church. was nine mile thar an ' back , an ' a poor make - out fur a school anyway . Tom said it was a waste o ' time fur him to go , an ' I reckon he was right . " Yes ; it was thinking of his mother that started Abe to ...
Daniel Webster Church. was nine mile thar an ' back , an ' a poor make - out fur a school anyway . Tom said it was a waste o ' time fur him to go , an ' I reckon he was right . " Yes ; it was thinking of his mother that started Abe to ...
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... poor Nancy did , an ' before winter he'd put in a new floor he'd whipsawed an ' planed off so she could scour it . An ' made some good beds an ' cheers , an ' tinkered the roof so it could n't snow on us boys ' at slep ' in the loft ...
... poor Nancy did , an ' before winter he'd put in a new floor he'd whipsawed an ' planed off so she could scour it . An ' made some good beds an ' cheers , an ' tinkered the roof so it could n't snow on us boys ' at slep ' in the loft ...
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... poor as when he came into it . And to support himself , among other things he split three thousand rails that Fall , walking three miles to his work . And the next Spring Denton Offutt hired him to take a boat - load of stock 1 For the ...
... poor as when he came into it . And to support himself , among other things he split three thousand rails that Fall , walking three miles to his work . And the next Spring Denton Offutt hired him to take a boat - load of stock 1 For the ...
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Page 100 - Then the steward said within himself, What shall I do? for my lord taketh away from me the stewardship: I cannot dig: to beg I am ashamed. I am resolved what to do, that, when I am put out of the stewardship, they may receive me into their houses.
Page 74 - And he answering said to his father, Lo, these many years do I serve thee, neither transgressed I at any time thy commandment; and yet thou never gavest me a kid that I might make merry with my friends: but as soon as this thy son was come, which hath devoured thy living with harlots, thou hast killed for him the fatted calf.
Page 42 - I shall have the most solemn one to "preserve, protect, and defend it." I am loath to close. We are not enemies, but friends. We must not be enemies. Though passion may have strained it must not break our bonds of affection. The mystic chords of memory, stretching from every battlefield and patriot grave to every living heart and hearthstone all over this broad land, will yet swell the chorus of the Union, when again touched, as surely they will be, by the better angels of our nature.
Page 96 - His lord answered and said unto him, Thou wicked and slothful servant, thou knewest that I reap where I sowed not, and gather where I have not strawed: thou oughtest therefore to have put my money to the exchangers, and then at my coming I should have received mine own with usury.
Page 95 - His lord said unto him, Well done, good and faithful servant; thou hast been faithful over a few things, I will make thee ruler over many things: enter thou into the joy of thy lord.
Page 94 - And unto one he gave five talents, to another two, and to another one ; to every man according to his several ability ; and straightway took his journey.
Page 99 - And he said also unto his disciples ; There was a certain rich man which had a steward ; and the same was accused unto him that he had wasted his goods. And he called him and said unto him ; How is it that I hear this of thee ? give an account of thy stewardship ; for thou mayest be no longer steward.
Page 107 - So those servants went out into the highways, and gathered together all as many as they found both bad and good: and the wedding was furnished with guests.
Page 83 - Some fell upon stony places, where they had not much earth ; and forthwith they sprung up, because they had no deepness of earth : and when the sun was up, they were scorched ; and because they had no root, they withered away.
Page 44 - My paramount object in this struggle is to save the Union, and is not either to save or to destroy slavery. If I could save the Union without freeing any slave, I would do it; and if I could save it by freeing all the slaves, I would do it; and if I could do it by freeing some and leaving others alone, I would also do that.