The Pioneer Boy: And how He Became PresidentWalker, Wise, 1864 - Всего страниц: 310 |
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... matter with them ? ' asked his employer , hastily . " Well , it ' pears they got some rot - gut - two gal- lons of it from somewheres last night , and of course all got drunk , down to the old shanty be- hind the gin : they went thar ...
... matter with them ? ' asked his employer , hastily . " Well , it ' pears they got some rot - gut - two gal- lons of it from somewheres last night , and of course all got drunk , down to the old shanty be- hind the gin : they went thar ...
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... matter , as I see . " " What ? " " Why , to be sick of it . " " Perhaps not ; but I shall try what there is in a Free State to do it . " " That's too venturesome for me . ' 666 Nothing venture , nothing win , ' is the old say- ing ; and ...
... matter , as I see . " " What ? " " Why , to be sick of it . " " Perhaps not ; but I shall try what there is in a Free State to do it . " " That's too venturesome for me . ' 666 Nothing venture , nothing win , ' is the old say- ing ; and ...
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... matter . " " About the first of October , if you are here , I shall be ready to strike a bargain , " added Mr. Lin- coln . " I don't think we shall have any trouble about that . " " And you will not sell to any one else till I have had ...
... matter . " " About the first of October , if you are here , I shall be ready to strike a bargain , " added Mr. Lin- coln . " I don't think we shall have any trouble about that . " " And you will not sell to any one else till I have had ...
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... matter in the Sabbath Lessons , and Abraham was drilled in repeating them . Four of them were particularly pressed upon his attention , viz .: ( III . ) " Thou shalt not take the name of the Lord thy God in vain ; for the Lord will not ...
... matter in the Sabbath Lessons , and Abraham was drilled in repeating them . Four of them were particularly pressed upon his attention , viz .: ( III . ) " Thou shalt not take the name of the Lord thy God in vain ; for the Lord will not ...
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... matters appear to stand , it will not be a long job that is before us . What's your price ? " " I will sell out for three hundred dollars . " The reader will not be startled by this amount . Think of a place worth three hundred dollars ...
... matters appear to stand , it will not be a long job that is before us . What's your price ? " " I will sell out for three hundred dollars . " The reader will not be startled by this amount . Think of a place worth three hundred dollars ...
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