 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
 | Abraham Lincoln - 1907
...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... | |
 | Abraham Lincoln - United States - 1907
...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...; and I had a clear right to keep it ; but it was uo more my own than my vote is my own; and the threat of death to me, to extort my money, and the threat... | |
 | William Trufant Foster - Debates and debating - 1908 - 486 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 ! ' " An illustration must be apt in every particular. It must suggest the desired conclusion and no... | |
 | George Haven Putnam - United States - 1909 - 292 pages
...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 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 vote... | |
 | Francis Trevelyan Miller - Presidents - 1910 - 164 pages
...be upon us! That is cool. A highwayman holds 138 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... | |
 | Charles Henry Fowler - Presidents - 1910 - 331 pages
...cool. A highwayman holds a pistol to my ear, and mutters through his Readiness for any emergency teeth, 'Stand and deliver, or I shall kill you and then you will be a murderer.' " We encountered a mind equal to any emergency and incapable of surprise. A committee of gentlemen,... | |
 | Abraham Lincoln - United States - 1911 - 132 pages
...upon us I That is cool. A highwayman holds 30 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... | |
 | Abraham Lincoln - 1911 - 110 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... | |
 | Abraham Lincoln - Readers - 1911 - 162 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...To be sure, what the robber demanded of me — my A few words now to Republicans. It is exceedingly desirable that all parts of this great Confederacy... | |
 | Helen Nicolay - 1912 - 387 pages
...it till you are satisfied." " 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 ! ' " " If I saw a venomous snake crawling in the road, any man would say I might seize the nearest... | |
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