Six Months at the White House with Abraham Lincoln: The Story of a PictureHurd and Houghton, 1867 - 359 páginas |
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... hour one morn- ing , pondering the difficulty which , like Bunyan's lions , seemed now to block the way . As one alter- native after another presented itself to my mind and was rejected , the prospect appeared less and less hopeful . I ...
... hour one morn- ing , pondering the difficulty which , like Bunyan's lions , seemed now to block the way . As one alter- native after another presented itself to my mind and was rejected , the prospect appeared less and less hopeful . I ...
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... hour found me at the well - remem- bered door of the official chamber , that door watched daily , with so many conflicting emotions of hope and fear , by the anxious throng regularly gathered there . The President had preceded me , and ...
... hour found me at the well - remem- bered door of the official chamber , that door watched daily , with so many conflicting emotions of hope and fear , by the anxious throng regularly gathered there . The President had preceded me , and ...
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... hour , dressed for the ride , when one of those vexations , incident to all households , occurred . Neither car- riage or coachman was to be seen . The President and myself stood upon the threshold of the door under the portico ...
... hour , dressed for the ride , when one of those vexations , incident to all households , occurred . Neither car- riage or coachman was to be seen . The President and myself stood upon the threshold of the door under the portico ...
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... hour later I entered his room , and gave him very briefly the particulars of the case ; reading one or two letters from the young man to his father . " That will do , " said the President , put- ting on his spectacles , and taking the ...
... hour later I entered his room , and gave him very briefly the particulars of the case ; reading one or two letters from the young man to his father . " That will do , " said the President , put- ting on his spectacles , and taking the ...
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... hour , I saw the Pres- ident standing at the gateway , looking anxiously down the street ; and , in reply to a salutation , he said , ' Good morning , good morning ! I am look- ing for a newsboy ; when you get to that corner , I wish ...
... hour , I saw the Pres- ident standing at the gateway , looking anxiously down the street ; and , in reply to a salutation , he said , ' Good morning , good morning ! I am look- ing for a newsboy ; when you get to that corner , I wish ...
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Abraham Lincoln appeared appointment army asked Barry Gray Brooklyn Cabinet called character Chase Colfax coln Colonel conversation dent door duty Emancipation Emancipation Proclamation engraving expression eyes face fact father feeling Fortress Monroe gentlemen give hand head heard heart hour human idea Illinois incident interest interview Judge knew lady length letter lived looked McClellan ment mind morning nation never nomination occasion once opinion painting Parbar party passed person picture Pres present President President's Proclamation Rebel rebellion reference rejoined remarked replied returned Secretary of War Secretary Seward seemed Seward sitting slavery slaves Sojourner Truth soldiers speech Springfield Stanton story Theodore Tilton things thought tion told took true truth turned uncon Union walked War Department Washington White House woman words York York Tribune
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Página 51 - Help, angels ! make assay : Bow, stubborn knees ; and, heart, with strings of steel, Be soft as sinews of the new-born babe. All may be well.
Página 89 - And upon this act, sincerely believed to be an act of justice, warranted by the Constitution upon military necessity, I invoke the considerate judgment of mankind and the gracious favor of Almighty God.
Página 258 - I do the very best I know how — the very best I can; and I mean to keep doing so until the end. If the end brings me out all right, what is said against me won't amount to anything. If the end brings me out wrong, ten angels swearing I was right would make no difference.
Página 50 - In the corrupted currents of this world, Offence's gilded hand may shove by justice; And oft 'tis seen, the wicked prize itself Buys out the law : but 'tis not so above ; There is no shuffling, — there the action lies In his true nature ; and we ourselves compell'd, Even to the teeth and forehead of our faults, To give in evidence.
Página 23 - That on the first day of January in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and sixty-three, all persons held as slaves within any state, or designated part of a state, the people whereof shall then be in rebellion against the United States, shall be then, thenceforward and forever free...
Página 23 - ... thenceforward and forever free and the executive government of the united states including the military and naval authority thereof will recognize and maintain the freedom of such persons and will do no act or acts to repress such persons or any of them in any efforts they may make for their actual freedom...
Página 258 - 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?
Página 59 - In their bloom, And the names he loved to hear Have been carved for many a year On the tomb.
Página 50 - And like a man to double business bound, . I stand in pause where I shall first begin, And both neglect.
Página 61 - So the multitude goes — like the flower or the weed, That withers away to let others succeed ; So the multitude comes — even those we behold, To repeat every tale that has often been told. For we are the same our fathers have been ; We see the same sights our fathers have seen ; We drink the same stream, we view the same sun, And run the same course our fathers have run.