Letters and Addresses of Abraham Lincoln ...Advertising matter: p. 391-399. |
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... once got started on it , the more he tried to stop it , the more it would run away . At the hazard of wearing this point threadbare , I will relate an anecdote which seems too strikingly in point to be omitted . A witty Irish soldier ...
... once got started on it , the more he tried to stop it , the more it would run away . At the hazard of wearing this point threadbare , I will relate an anecdote which seems too strikingly in point to be omitted . A witty Irish soldier ...
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... once and forever be removed ( and I almost feel a presentiment that the Almighty has sent your present affliction expressly for that object ) , surely nothing can come in their stead to fill their immeasurable measure of misery . Why ...
... once and forever be removed ( and I almost feel a presentiment that the Almighty has sent your present affliction expressly for that object ) , surely nothing can come in their stead to fill their immeasurable measure of misery . Why ...
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... once endured , now to be endured no more forever ; of his once naked and starving children , now clad and fed comfortably ; of a wife long weighed down with woe , weeping , and a broken heart , now restored to health , happiness , and a ...
... once endured , now to be endured no more forever ; of his once naked and starving children , now clad and fed comfortably ; of a wife long weighed down with woe , weeping , and a broken heart , now restored to health , happiness , and a ...
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... once gained , you will find but little trouble in convincing his judgment of the justice of your cause , if indeed that cause really be a just one . On the contrary , assume to dictate to his judg- ment , or to command his action , or ...
... once gained , you will find but little trouble in convincing his judgment of the justice of your cause , if indeed that cause really be a just one . On the contrary , assume to dictate to his judg- ment , or to command his action , or ...
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... once more . For the man sud- denly or in any other way to break off from the use of drams , who has indulged in them for a long course of years , and until his appetite for them has grown ten- or a hundred - fold stronger , and more ...
... once more . For the man sud- denly or in any other way to break off from the use of drams , who has indulged in them for a long course of years , and until his appetite for them has grown ten- or a hundred - fold stronger , and more ...
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