From Lady Washington to Mrs. ClevelandLee & Shephard, 1889 - 448 sayfa |
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Sayfa 371 - All the noble aspirations of my lamented predecessor which found expression in his life, the measures devised and suggested during his brief administration, to correct abuses and enforce economy, to advance prosperity and promote the general welfare, to insure domestic security and maintain friendly and honorable relations with the nations of the earth, will be garnered in the hearts of the people, and it will be my earnest endeavor to profit and to see that the nation shall profit by his example...
Sayfa 140 - Of her bright face one glance will trace A picture on the brain, And of her voice in echoing hearts A sound must long remain; But memory, such as mine of her, So very much endears, When death is nigh my latest sigh Will not be life's, but hers. I fill this cup to one made up Of loveliness alone, A woman, of her gentle sex The seeming paragon — Her health!
Sayfa 288 - The country is not what it was. This forced union is not what I haVe loved. I care not what becomes of me. I have no desire to outlive my country. This night [before the deed] I wrote a long article and left it for one of the editors of the National Intelligencer, in which I fully set forth our reasons for our proceedings.
Sayfa 59 - I have ever dreaded a doting old age ; and my health has been generally so good, and is now so good, that I dread it still. The rapid decline of my strength during the last winter, has made me hope sometimes, that I see land.
Sayfa 374 - in recognition of the friendly relations so long and so happily subsisting between Great Britain and the United States, in the trust and confidence of peace and good-will between the two countries for all the centuries to come, and especially as a mark of the profound respect entertained by the American people for the illustrious sovereign and gracious lady who sits upon the British throne.
Sayfa 289 - ... crime in him? If so, why can he pray the same? I do not wish to shed a drop of blood, but "I must fight the course.
Sayfa 208 - In plain English, gentlemen and fellow-citizens, the word has been passed on to me from Washington to follow Black Hawk and to take you with me as soldiers. I mean to do both. There are the flatboats drawn up on the shore, and here are Uncle Sam's men drawn up behind you on the prairie.
Sayfa 271 - It was just after my election in 1860," said Mr. Lincoln, " when the news had been coming in thick and fast all day, and there had been a great
Sayfa 25 - During the dinner much hilarity prevailed ; but, on the removal of the cloth, it was put an end to by the President, certainly without design. Having filled his glass, he addressed the company, with a smile...
Sayfa 96 - Wend you with the world to-night ? Brown and fair, and wise and witty, Eyes that float in seas of light, Laughing mouths and dimples pretty, Belles and matrons, maids and madams, All are gone to Mrs.