| Ward Hill Lamon, Chauncey Forward Black - 1872 - 604 páginas
...poor boy," said she ; " and I can say what scarcely one woman — a mother — can say in a thousand. Abe never gave me a cross word or look, and never refused, in fact or appearance, to do any thing I requested him. I never gave him a cross word in all my life. . . . His mind and mine —... | |
| Mary Mapes Dodge - 1906 - 598 páginas
...and industrious. His stepmother said of him : " I can say, what scarcely one mother in a thousand can say, Abe never gave me a cross word or look, and never refused to do anything I asked him. I must say that Abe was the best boy I ever saw or expect to see." He and... | |
| 1873 - 862 páginas
...word or look, and never refused to do anything I asked him. I never gave him a cross word in my life. His mind and mine — what little I had — seemed to run together. He was dutiful to me always, and I think he loved me truly." This relation between mother and son,... | |
| Charles Godfrey Leland - 1879 - 260 páginas
...Herndon — " I can say what not one mother in ten thousand can of a boy — Abe never gave me a cross look, and never refused, in fact or appearance, to do anything I requested him ; nor 1 Lamon, vol. i., pp. 31 and 40. Abraham's father is said by Dennis Hanks (from... | |
| Charles Godfrey Leland - 1879 - 274 páginas
...Herndon — "I can say what not one mother in ten thousand can of a boy — Abe never gave me a cross look, and never refused, in fact or appearance, to do anything I requested him ; nor 1 Lamon, vol. i., pp. 31 and 40. Abraham's father is said by Dennis Hanks (from... | |
| Charles Godfrey Leland - 1879 - 260 páginas
...answering questions put by travellers as to their way. did I ever give him a cross word in all my life. His mind and mine — what little I had — seemed to run together. He was dutiful to me always. Abe was the best boy I ever saw, or ever expect to see." " When in after... | |
| Charles Godfrey Leland - 1879 - 264 páginas
...answering questions put by travellers as to their way. did I ever give him a cross word in all my life. His mind and mine — what little I had — seemed to run together. He was dutiful to me always. Abe was the best boy I ever saw, or ever expect to see." " When in after... | |
| Frederick Sherlock - 1881 - 306 páginas
...Lincoln, " I can say what not one mother in ten thousand can of a boy — Abe never gave me a cross look, and never refused, in fact or appearance, to do anything I requested him ; nor did I ever give him a cross word in all my life. His mind and mine — what little... | |
| Rufus Blanchard - 1882 - 162 páginas
...poor boy,' said she, ' and I can say what scarcelv one woman — a mother — can sav in a thousand, Abe never gave me a cross word or look, and never refused, in fact or appearance, to do anything I requested him. I never gave him a cross word in all my life His mind and mine — what little I had... | |
| William M. Thayer - 1882 - 430 páginas
..." Abe was a poor boy, and I can say what scarcely one woman — a mother — can say in a thousand, Abe never gave me a cross word or look, and never refused, in fact or appearance, to do anything I requested him. I never gave him a cross word in all my life. . . . His mind and my mind — what little... | |
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