Abraham Lincoln, the First AmericanCranston & Curts, 1894 - 236 pages |
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Page 18
... lawyer , a friend who called at his office found him sitting before a table , on which was a small pile of money , which he was counting over and over . case . " Look here , Judge , " said Lincoln . " See what a heap of money I've got ...
... lawyer , a friend who called at his office found him sitting before a table , on which was a small pile of money , which he was counting over and over . case . " Look here , Judge , " said Lincoln . " See what a heap of money I've got ...
Page 22
... lawyer was pleased . Lincoln related to Secretary Seward and a few friends in the White House , one evening , the fol- lowing incident in his life : " Seward , " the President said , " you never heard , did you , how I earned my first ...
... lawyer was pleased . Lincoln related to Secretary Seward and a few friends in the White House , one evening , the fol- lowing incident in his life : " Seward , " the President said , " you never heard , did you , how I earned my first ...
Page 61
... lawyer's clerk in Springfield , and copied tedious documents , and picked up what I could of law in the intervals of other work . But But your question reminds me of a bit of education I had , which I am bound in honesty to mention . In ...
... lawyer's clerk in Springfield , and copied tedious documents , and picked up what I could of law in the intervals of other work . But But your question reminds me of a bit of education I had , which I am bound in honesty to mention . In ...
Page 109
... lawyer . " In the evening , Mr. Lincoln , with his wife , at- tended Ford's Theater to witness Miss Laura Keene's play of " Our American Cousin . " As the curtain rose for the second scene of the last act , a pistol - shot was heard ...
... lawyer . " In the evening , Mr. Lincoln , with his wife , at- tended Ford's Theater to witness Miss Laura Keene's play of " Our American Cousin . " As the curtain rose for the second scene of the last act , a pistol - shot was heard ...
Page 126
... how I got out of it — out, clear in every sense of the term — no violation of word, honor, or conscience. I don't believe you can guess, and so I might as well tell you at once. As the lawyer says, it was 126 ABRAHAM LINCOLN.
... how I got out of it — out, clear in every sense of the term — no violation of word, honor, or conscience. I don't believe you can guess, and so I might as well tell you at once. As the lawyer says, it was 126 ABRAHAM LINCOLN.
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