Six Months at the White House with Abraham Lincoln: The Story of a PictureHurd and Houghton, 1866 - 359 páginas |
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... reënacted before the eyes of the nineteenth century . 99 IV . To paint a picture which should commemorate this new epoch in the history of Liberty , was a - dream which took form and shape in my mind SIX MONTHS AT THE WHITE HOUSE . 11.
... reënacted before the eyes of the nineteenth century . 99 IV . To paint a picture which should commemorate this new epoch in the history of Liberty , was a - dream which took form and shape in my mind SIX MONTHS AT THE WHITE HOUSE . 11.
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... mind to- wards the close of the year 1863 , the year made memorable in its dawn by the issue of the final de- cree . With little experience to adapt me for the execution of such a work , there had nevertheless come to me at times ...
... mind to- wards the close of the year 1863 , the year made memorable in its dawn by the issue of the final de- cree . With little experience to adapt me for the execution of such a work , there had nevertheless come to me at times ...
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... mind . To one disposed to look for coincidences in daily life , and regard its events as no mere succession of accidents , there must often come those which wear a deep significance . In seeking a point of unity or action for the ...
... mind . To one disposed to look for coincidences in daily life , and regard its events as no mere succession of accidents , there must often come those which wear a deep significance . In seeking a point of unity or action for the ...
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... another presented itself to my mind and was rejected , the prospect appeared less and less hopeful . I at length found myself in Broadway at the foot of the stairs leading up to my studio SIX MONTHS AT THE WHITE HOUSE . 15 V. ...
... another presented itself to my mind and was rejected , the prospect appeared less and less hopeful . I at length found myself in Broadway at the foot of the stairs leading up to my studio SIX MONTHS AT THE WHITE HOUSE . 15 V. ...
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... mind the words : " This man has been sent to you . " Full of the singular impression , I laid before him my conception . He heard me through , and then asked if I was sure of President Lincoln's consent and coöperation . I informed him ...
... mind the words : " This man has been sent to you . " Full of the singular impression , I laid before him my conception . He heard me through , and then asked if I was sure of President Lincoln's consent and coöperation . I informed him ...
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Abraham Lincoln appeared army asked believe 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 pict picture Pres present President President's Proclamation Rebel rebellion reference rejoined remarked remember replied returned Robert Dale Owen Secretary of War Secretary Seward seemed sitting slavery slaves Sojourner Truth soldiers speech Springfield Stanton story Theodore Tilton things thought tion told took truth turned uncon visitors waiting walked War Department Washington White House words York York Tribune
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Página 118 - And Jacob their father said unto them, Me have ye bereaved of my children: Joseph is not, and Simeon is not, and ye will take Benjamin away: all these things are against me.
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 220 - And every one that was in distress, and every one that was in debt, and every one that was discontented, gathered themselves unto him; and he became a captain over them: and there were with him about four hundred men.
Página 51 - 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 51 - Now is the winter of our discontent Made glorious summer by. this sun of York ; And all the clouds, that lowered upon our house, In the deep bosom of the ocean buried.
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 50 - What if this cursed hand Were thicker than itself with brother's blood, Is there not rain enough in the sweet heavens To wash it white as snow? Whereto serves mercy But to confront the visage of offence?
Página 85 - What good would a proclamation of emancipation from me do, especially as we are now situated? I do not want to issue a document that the whole world will see must necessarily be inoperative, like the Pope's bull against the comet.
Página 114 - Who beats his wife and a' that, Be nothing but a rascal boor, Nor half a man for a' that. It comes to this, dear Brother Burns — The truth is old, and a' that — "The rank is but the guinea's stamp, The man's the gold for a...