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Page 43
... taken six and a quarter cents too much . It was night , and closing and locking the store , he started out on foot , a distance of two or three miles , for the house of his defrauded customer , and delivering over to her the sum whose ...
... taken six and a quarter cents too much . It was night , and closing and locking the store , he started out on foot , a distance of two or three miles , for the house of his defrauded customer , and delivering over to her the sum whose ...
Page 53
... taken up as a candidate for the presidency by the democratic party , he hoped they would not make fun of him by attempting to make of him a military hero . He lived to see himself the candidate of another party , and witnessed a decided ...
... taken up as a candidate for the presidency by the democratic party , he hoped they would not make fun of him by attempting to make of him a military hero . He lived to see himself the candidate of another party , and witnessed a decided ...
Page 55
... taken in the vicin- ity . He had never been able to get half the newspapers he wanted before , and the office gave him the prospect of a con- stant feast . Not wishing to be tied to the office , as it yielded him no revenue that would ...
... taken in the vicin- ity . He had never been able to get half the newspapers he wanted before , and the office gave him the prospect of a con- stant feast . Not wishing to be tied to the office , as it yielded him no revenue that would ...
Page 101
... taken a step - perhaps many steps - in advance of Mr. Lincoln ; but it seemed destined that the tallest man in the House and the shortest man in the Senate should keep in sight of each other , until the time should come when they should ...
... taken a step - perhaps many steps - in advance of Mr. Lincoln ; but it seemed destined that the tallest man in the House and the shortest man in the Senate should keep in sight of each other , until the time should come when they should ...
Page 104
... - riots , remain silent on that point , at least till the war should be ended . Some leading Democrats , including ex - President Van Buren , have taken • this same view , as I understand them ; 104 LIFE OF ABRAHAM LINCOLN .
... - riots , remain silent on that point , at least till the war should be ended . Some leading Democrats , including ex - President Van Buren , have taken • this same view , as I understand them ; 104 LIFE OF ABRAHAM LINCOLN .
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