Six Months at the White House with Abraham Lincoln: The Story of a PictureHurd and Houghton, 1866 - 359 páginas |
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... never before upon ministers of state , gathered in council , depressed , perhaps disheartened at the vain efforts of many months to restore the supremacy of the govern- ment . I saw , in thought , the head of the nation , bowed down ...
... never before upon ministers of state , gathered in council , depressed , perhaps disheartened at the vain efforts of many months to restore the supremacy of the govern- ment . I saw , in thought , the head of the nation , bowed down ...
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... never met , but who had become warmly interested in the execution of the work , being in New York , called at my studio with the wife of my friend , who had been my earnest advocate . At 14 SIX MONTHS AT THE WHITE HOUSE .
... never met , but who had become warmly interested in the execution of the work , being in New York , called at my studio with the wife of my friend , who had been my earnest advocate . At 14 SIX MONTHS AT THE WHITE HOUSE .
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... never accomplish the work . The few friends to whom I should have felt at liberty to apply for help were not wealthy . Who outside of these could be persuaded that a work of the character and proportions contemplated , undertaken by an ...
... never accomplish the work . The few friends to whom I should have felt at liberty to apply for help were not wealthy . Who outside of these could be persuaded that a work of the character and proportions contemplated , undertaken by an ...
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... Never shall I forget the electric thrill which went through my whole being at this instant . I seemed to see lines radiating from every part of the globe , converging to a focus at the point where that plain , awkward - looking man ...
... Never shall I forget the electric thrill which went through my whole being at this instant . I seemed to see lines radiating from every part of the globe , converging to a focus at the point where that plain , awkward - looking man ...
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... never manifested so much sympa- thy , and tenderness , and charity . How like the last words of the Divine one himself , " Father , for- give them , for they know not what they do , " will the closing sentences of his last inaugural ...
... never manifested so much sympa- thy , and tenderness , and charity . How like the last words of the Divine one himself , " Father , for- give them , for they know not what they do , " will the closing sentences of his last inaugural ...
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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...