Reminiscences of Abraham Lincoln: By Distinguished Men of His TimeAllen Thorndike Rice W. Blackwood, 1888 - 656 pages Carl W. Schaefer collection. |
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... told that he undertook " to split for Mrs. Nancy Miller four hundred rails for every yard of brown . jean , dyed with walnut bark , that would be required to make him a pair of trousers . " He next turned his attention to public ...
... told that he undertook " to split for Mrs. Nancy Miller four hundred rails for every yard of brown . jean , dyed with walnut bark , that would be required to make him a pair of trousers . " He next turned his attention to public ...
Page xxi
... told the story of his life - a life of sorrow and struggle , of deep - seated sadness , of ceaseless endeavor . It would have taken no Lavater to interpret the rugged energy stamped on that un- comely plebeian face , with its great crag ...
... told the story of his life - a life of sorrow and struggle , of deep - seated sadness , of ceaseless endeavor . It would have taken no Lavater to interpret the rugged energy stamped on that un- comely plebeian face , with its great crag ...
Page xxvi
... told to be sure not to let him out . But James , the worst of the two , let the brute out next day . The hog went straight for the boys , and drove John up a tree . Then the hog went for the seat of James's trousers , and the only way ...
... told to be sure not to let him out . But James , the worst of the two , let the brute out next day . The hog went straight for the boys , and drove John up a tree . Then the hog went for the seat of James's trousers , and the only way ...
Page xxviii
... the President , but never over- whelmed him ; yet the rebuke of a friend caused him the keenest pangs . General Schenck once told me of being with Lincoln on the occasion of his receiving bad news from xxviii INTRODUCTION .
... the President , but never over- whelmed him ; yet the rebuke of a friend caused him the keenest pangs . General Schenck once told me of being with Lincoln on the occasion of his receiving bad news from xxviii INTRODUCTION .
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... told him the scheme to bring McClellan forward . He approved of it , and agreed to see the General . He shortly afterward told me he had seen him and secured his acquiescence ; for , ' he added , ' Mac is eager to do all he can do to ...
... told him the scheme to bring McClellan forward . He approved of it , and agreed to see the General . He shortly afterward told me he had seen him and secured his acquiescence ; for , ' he added , ' Mac is eager to do all he can do to ...
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