Anecdotes of Abraham Lincoln and Lincoln's Stories: Including Early Life Stories, Professional Life Stories, White House Stories, War Stories, Miscellaneous StoriesRhodes & McClure, 1879 - 188 pages |
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... eagerness to acquire knowledge , young Lincoln had borrowed of Mr. Crawford , a neighboring farmer , a copy of Weems ' Life of Washington - the only one known 16 BIRTH - PLACE OF ABRAHAM LINCOLN . In what 14 LINCOLN STORİES :
... eagerness to acquire knowledge , young Lincoln had borrowed of Mr. Crawford , a neighboring farmer , a copy of Weems ' Life of Washington - the only one known 16 BIRTH - PLACE OF ABRAHAM LINCOLN . In what 14 LINCOLN STORİES :
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... known the object of her visit , accompanying her plea with tears and sobs and all the customary dramatic incidents . There were probably extenuating circumstances in favor of the young Rebel prisoner , and while the President seemed ...
... known the object of her visit , accompanying her plea with tears and sobs and all the customary dramatic incidents . There were probably extenuating circumstances in favor of the young Rebel prisoner , and while the President seemed ...
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... says that at that time he was the roughest looking person he ever saw . He was tall , angular and ungainly , wore trowsers made of flax and tow , cut tight at the ankle and out at both knees . He was known to 28 LINCOLN STORIES .
... says that at that time he was the roughest looking person he ever saw . He was tall , angular and ungainly , wore trowsers made of flax and tow , cut tight at the ankle and out at both knees . He was known to 28 LINCOLN STORIES .
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... known to be very poor , but he was a welcome guest in every house in the neighborhood . Mr. Cluse speaks of splitting rails with Abraham , and reveals some very interesting facts concerning wages . Money was a commodity never reckoned ...
... known to be very poor , but he was a welcome guest in every house in the neighborhood . Mr. Cluse speaks of splitting rails with Abraham , and reveals some very interesting facts concerning wages . Money was a commodity never reckoned ...
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... known as " The Long Nine . " Not a member of the number was less than six feet high , and Lincoln was the tallest of the nine , as he was the leading man intellectually , in and out of the House . Among those who composed the House ...
... known as " The Long Nine . " Not a member of the number was less than six feet high , and Lincoln was the tallest of the nine , as he was the leading man intellectually , in and out of the House . Among those who composed the House ...
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Page 179 - With me, the race of ambition has been a failure — a flat failure; with him, it has been one of splendid success. His name fills the nation, and is not unknown even in foreign lands. I affect no contempt for the high eminence he has reached. So reached that the oppressed of my species might have shared with me in the elevation, I would rather stand on that eminence than wear the richest crown that ever pressed a monarch's brow.
Page 14 - take us and our trunks out to the steamer ?' ' Certainly,' said I. I was very glad to have the chance of earning something.
Page 13 - Well," replied he, " I was about eighteen years of age. I belonged, you know, to what they call down South, the 'scrubs;' people who do not own slaves are nobody there. But we had succeeded in raising, chiefly by my labor, sufficient produce, as I thought, to justify me in taking it down the river to sell.
Page 40 - I presume you all know who I am. I am humble Abraham Lincoln. I have been solicited by many friends to become a candidate for the Legislature. My politics are short and sweet, like the old woman's dance. I am in favor of a national bank. I am in favor of the internal improvement system and a high protective tariff. These are my sentiments and political principles. If elected I shall be thankful ; if not it will be all the same.
Page 97 - Blondin, stand up a little straighter — Blondin, stoop a little more — go a little faster — lean a little more to the north — lean a little more to the south.
Page 40 - I am a military hero ? Yes, sir ; in the days of the Black Hawk war I fought, bled, and came away.
Page 108 - What good would a proclamation of emancipation from me do, especially as we are now situated? I do not want to issue a document that the whole world will see must necessarily be inoperative, like the Pope's bull against the comet.
Page 159 - Oh, do go on !' would compel him to resume. As I looked upon the gaunt and sinewy frame of the stranger, and marked his powerful head and determined features, now touched into softness by the impressions of the moment, I felt an irrepressible curiosity to learn something more about him, and when he was quietly leaving the room I begged to know his name. He courteously replied, ' It is Abraham Lincoln, from Illinois.