 Your request for eighty dollars I do not think it best to comply with now. At the various times when I have helped you a little you have said to me, " We can get along very well now"; but in a very short time I find you in the same difficulty again. Now,...  Language for Men of Affairs - Page 2231919Full view - About this book
 | Josiah Gilbert Holland, Richard Watson Gilder - 1887 - 996 pages
...is surmounted by an appropriate monument erected by his grandson, the Hon. Robert T. Lincoln. feet in your conduct. What that defect is I think I know....doubt whether, since I saw you, you have done a good whole day's work in any one day. You do not very much dislike to work, and still you do not work much,... | |
 | Ward Hill Lamon - 1872 - 630 pages
...think it best to comply with now. At the various times when I have helped you a little, you have gaid to me, " We can get along very well now ; " but in...doubt whether, since I saw you, you have done a good whole day's work in any one day. You do not very much dislike to work, and still you do not work much,... | |
 | William Henry Herndon - 1889 - 276 pages
...haste, " A. LINCOLN." " To JOHN D. JOHNSTON." Following is another, which, however, bears no aate : " Dear Johnston : " Your request for eighty dollars...doubt whether, since I saw you, you have done a good whole day's work in any one day. You do not very much dislike to work, and still you do not work much,... | |
 | John George Nicolay, John Hay - 1890 - 544 pages
...generous, were the relations that Mr. Lincoln held to these friends and companions of his childhood : DEAR JOHNSTON : Your request for eighty dollars I...doubt whether, since I saw you, you have done a good whole day's work in any one day. You do not very much dislike to work, and still you do not work much,... | |
 | William Henry Herndon, Jesse William Weik - 1892 - 416 pages
...haste, " To JOHN D. JOHNSTON." " A. LINCOLN." Following is another, which, however, bears no date: " Dear Johnston : " Your request for eighty dollars...doubt whether, since I saw you, you have done a good whole day's work in any one day. You do not very much dislike to work, and still you do not work much,... | |
 | 1919 - 408 pages
...following letter, which is dated January 2, 1852 : "Your request for eighty dollars I do not think it be=t to comply with now. At the various times when I have...doubt whether, since I saw you, you have done a good whole day's work in any one day. You do not very much dislike to work, and still you do not work much,... | |
 | William Henry Herndon - 1892 - 396 pages
...only happen by some defect in your conduct. What that defect is, I think I know. You are not lasy, and still you are an idler. I doubt whether, since I saw you, you have done a good whole day's work in any one day. You do not very much dislike to work, and still you do not work much,... | |
 | Abraham Lincoln - 1894 - 280 pages
...about, and see if this feeling has not injured every person you have ever known to fall into it. Letter to John D. Johnston. January 2, 1851 Dear Johnston,...doubt whether, since I saw you, you have done a good whole day's work in any one day. You do not very much dislike to work, and still you do not work much,... | |
 | Abraham Lincoln - 1894 - 274 pages
...about, and see if this feeling has not injured every person you have ever known to fall into it. Letter to John D. Johnston. January 2, 1851 Dear Johnston,...doubt whether, since I saw you, you have done a good whole day's work in any one day. You do not very much dislike to work, and still you do not work much,... | |
 | Abraham Lincoln - 1894 - 270 pages
...feeling has not injured every person you have ever known to fall into it. Letter to John D.Johnston. January 2, 1851 Dear Johnston, Your request for eighty...doubt whether, since I saw you, you have done a good whole day's work in any one day. You do not very much dislike to work, and still you do not work much,... | |
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