 But you will not abide the election of a Republican President. In that supposed event, you say, you will destroy the Union ; and then, you say, the great crime of having destroyed it will be upon us ? That Is cool. A highwayman holds a pistol to my ear,...  Life of Abraham Lincoln - Page 210by Josiah Gilbert Holland - 1866 - 544 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Literature - 1887
...holds a pistol to my ear, and mutters through his teeth, ' Stand and deliver, or I shall kill yon, and then you will be a murderer ! ' To be sure what...it was no more my own than my vote is my own ; and the threat of death to me to extort my money, and the threat of destruction to the Union to extort... | |
 | William Osborn Stoddard - Presidents - 1884 - 508 pages
...be upon us ! That is cool. A highwayman holds a pistol to my ear, and mutters through his teeth, " Stand and deliver, or I shall kill you, and then you...it was no more my own than my vote is my own; and the threat of death to me to extort my money, and the threat of destruction to the Union to extort... | |
 | William Osborn Stoddard - Presidents - 1884 - 508 pages
...mutters through his teeth, " Stand and deliver, or I shall kill you, and then you will be a murderer I" To be sure, what the robber demanded of me — my...it was no more my own than my vote is my own; and the threat of death to me to extort my money, and the threat of destruction to the Union to extort... | |
 | William Osborn Stoddard - Presidents - 1884 - 508 pages
...be upon us ! That is cool. A highwayman holds a pistol to my ear, and mutters through his teeth, " Stand and deliver, or I shall kill you, and then you...murderer !" To be sure, what the robber demanded of me—my money— was my own; and I had a clear right to keep it. But it was no more my own than my... | |
 | William Osborn Stoddard - Presidents - 1884 - 508 pages
...be upon us ! That is cool. A highwayman holds a pistol to my ear, and mutters through his teeth, " Stand and deliver, or I shall kill you, and then you will be a murderer 1" To be sure, what the robber demanded of me — my money — was my own; and I had a clear right... | |
 | Edmund Clarence Stedman - American literature - 1888
...will be upon us ! That is cool. A highwayman holds a pistol to my ear, and mutters through his teeth, "Stand and deliver, or I shall kill you, and then...it was no more my own than my vote is my own, and the threat of death to me, to extort my money, and the threat of destruction to the Union, to extort... | |
 | John Robert Irelan - Presidents - 1888
...all, if not all, human comforts and necessities are drawn. (Speech at Cincinnati, September, 1859). What the robber demanded of me — my money — was...it was no more my own than my vote is my own ; and the threat of death to me to extort my money, and the threat of destruction to the Union to extort... | |
 | Noah Brooks - 1888 - 467 pages
...put upon us. That is cool. A highwayman holds a pistol to my ear, and mutters through his teeth : ' Stand and deliver, or I shall kill you, and then you...robber demanded of me — my money — was my own ; but it was no more my own than my vote is my own; and a threat of death to me to extort my money,... | |
 | Stedman, Edmund C. and Hutchinson Ellen M. - 1888
...will be upon us ! That is cool. A highwayman holds a pistol to my ear, and mutters through his teeth, "Stand and deliver, or I shall kill you, and then...murderer!" To be sure, what the robber demanded of me—my money—was my own; and I had a clear right to keep it; but it was no more my own than my vote... | |
 | John George Nicolay, John Hay - United States - 1890
...be upon us ! That is cool. A highwayman holds a pistol to my ear, and mutters through his teeth, " Stand and deliver, or I shall kill you, and then you...it was no more my own than my vote is my own ; and the threat of death to me to extort my money, and the threat of destruction to the Union to extort... | |
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