Something of Men I Have Known: With Some Papers of a General Nature, Political, Historical, and RetrospectiveA.C. McClurg & Company, 1909 - 442 pages |
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... RECALLED XLVIII . IN THE HIGHLANDS ANECDOTES OF LAWYERS L. OUR NOBLE CALLING . LI . THE " HOME - COMING " AT BLOOMINGTON 355 368 · 371 DEDICATION OF A NATIONAL PARK · 376 378 • 381 383 386 397 413 • LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS ADLAI E ...
... RECALLED XLVIII . IN THE HIGHLANDS ANECDOTES OF LAWYERS L. OUR NOBLE CALLING . LI . THE " HOME - COMING " AT BLOOMINGTON 355 368 · 371 DEDICATION OF A NATIONAL PARK · 376 378 • 381 383 386 397 413 • LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS ADLAI E ...
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... recall the full meaning of the expression . The district in which Mr. Lincoln practised extended from the counties of Livingston and Woodford upon the north , almost to the Indiana line - embracing the present cities of Danville ...
... recall the full meaning of the expression . The district in which Mr. Lincoln practised extended from the counties of Livingston and Woodford upon the north , almost to the Indiana line - embracing the present cities of Danville ...
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... recalled . Politics , in the modern sense - too often merely " for what there is in it " was unknown . As stepping - stones to local offices and even to Congress , the caucus and the convention were yet to come . Aspirants to public ...
... recalled . Politics , in the modern sense - too often merely " for what there is in it " was unknown . As stepping - stones to local offices and even to Congress , the caucus and the convention were yet to come . Aspirants to public ...
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... recalled , " when the tidings came like wailing over the State that Harry Percy's spur was cold , the chivalrous felt somehow the world had grown commonplace . " The following incident , along the line indicated , may be considered ...
... recalled , " when the tidings came like wailing over the State that Harry Percy's spur was cold , the chivalrous felt somehow the world had grown commonplace . " The following incident , along the line indicated , may be considered ...
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... recall the first time I saw Mr. Lincoln . In September , 1852 , two lawyers from Springfield , somewhat travel - stained with their sixty miles ' journey , alighted from the stage - coach in front of the old tavern in Bloomington . The ...
... recall the first time I saw Mr. Lincoln . In September , 1852 , two lawyers from Springfield , somewhat travel - stained with their sixty miles ' journey , alighted from the stage - coach in front of the old tavern in Bloomington . The ...
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