Modern Eloquence, Volume 4J.D. Morris, 1900 |
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Page 281
... born , or in a poor cabin in Kentucky , where a child was born and baptized by the name of Abraham Lincoln , or in many homes beside that were out of sight then , as ours are now ; but now they are lifted and set on the shining summits ...
... born , or in a poor cabin in Kentucky , where a child was born and baptized by the name of Abraham Lincoln , or in many homes beside that were out of sight then , as ours are now ; but now they are lifted and set on the shining summits ...
Page 372
... born with a gold spoon in his mouth , but the gold is only the test . In the mouths of the base it becomes brass and iron . George IV , called with bitter irony the first gentleman in Europe , was born with the gold spoon , but his ...
... born with a gold spoon in his mouth , but the gold is only the test . In the mouths of the base it becomes brass and iron . George IV , called with bitter irony the first gentleman in Europe , was born with the gold spoon , but his ...
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... born like a gypsy in a hedge , and preferred your freedom on a heath , and the range of a planet which had no shed or boscage to cover you from sun and wind , -to this towered and citied world ? to this world of Rome , and Memphis , and ...
... born like a gypsy in a hedge , and preferred your freedom on a heath , and the range of a planet which had no shed or boscage to cover you from sun and wind , -to this towered and citied world ? to this world of Rome , and Memphis , and ...
Contents
VOLUME IV | xxxi |
ARNOLD MATTHEW | 27 |
The Reign of the Common People | 51 |
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