Pioneers of Menard and Mason Counties: Made Up of Personal Reminiscences of an Early Life in Menard County, which We Gathered in a Salem Life from 1830 to 1840, and a Petersburg Life from 1840 to 1850; Including Personal Reminiscences of Abraham Lincoln and Peter CartrightT.G. Onstot, 1902 - 400 Seiten David F. Nelson collection. |
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... thought to make , I knew not what , nor did I undertake Thereby to please by neighbor ; no , not I ; I did it mine ownself to gratify . Thus I set pen to paper with delight , And quickly had my thoughts in black and white . For , having ...
... thought to make , I knew not what , nor did I undertake Thereby to please by neighbor ; no , not I ; I did it mine ownself to gratify . Thus I set pen to paper with delight , And quickly had my thoughts in black and white . For , having ...
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... thought to have them in book form . Like Harriett Beecher Stowe , when writing the letters that finally crystallized into " Uncle Tom's Cabin , " we wrote as the spirit moved . Our Menard county friends insisted that these old - time ...
... thought to have them in book form . Like Harriett Beecher Stowe , when writing the letters that finally crystallized into " Uncle Tom's Cabin , " we wrote as the spirit moved . Our Menard county friends insisted that these old - time ...
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... thought her agreeable and in- telligent and saw no good reason and no objection to plod- ding along through life hand to hand with her . Time passed . The lady took her journey in due time and returned , her sister in company with her ...
... thought her agreeable and in- telligent and saw no good reason and no objection to plod- ding along through life hand to hand with her . Time passed . The lady took her journey in due time and returned , her sister in company with her ...
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... thought I , I have said it and may the consequences be what they may , it shall not be my fault if I fail to do it . At once I determined to consider my wife . This done all my powers of discovery were put to work in search of ...
... thought I , I have said it and may the consequences be what they may , it shall not be my fault if I fail to do it . At once I determined to consider my wife . This done all my powers of discovery were put to work in search of ...
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... thought I could I came to the con- clusion that I might as well bring the matter to a close so I mustered up courage and proposed to her direct , but shocking to relate she answered , ' No. ' I first thought she did it through modesty ...
... thought I could I came to the con- clusion that I might as well bring the matter to a close so I mustered up courage and proposed to her direct , but shocking to relate she answered , ' No. ' I first thought she did it through modesty ...
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Abraham Lincoln acres Allen Armstrong Bath Bath township Beardstown Bennett Berry Bill Bill Berry boat boys brother building built cabin called church Clary's Grove coln corn county seat court house Crane Creek deer died early day early settlers east elected farm father feet Forest City friends Fulton county George Green Hardin Bale Havana Hill hogs horses hundred Illinois Illinois river Indians Jack James John Kentucky land large family lawyers Lewistown lived Manito Manito township married Mason county Menard county Methodist miles mill moved never Old Salem Onstot Peter Cartright Petersburg pioneers postmaster postoffice prairie preached preacher Quiver township recollect residence Rock Creek Ross Rutledge Salt Creek Sangamon river settled sold Springfield steamboat Sugar Grove timber told took town township trade trees Uncle village Walker Watkins week whisky wife William young
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Seite 86 - And whereas when our own beloved country, once, by the blessing of God, united, prosperous, and happy, is now afflicted with faction and civil war, it is peculiarly fit for us to recognize the hand of God in this terrible visitation, and in sorrowful remembrance of our own faults and crimes as a nation and as individuals, to humble ourselves before him...
Seite 20 - I had been too stupid to discover her intentions, and at the same time never doubting that I understood them perfectly; and also that she, whom I had taught myself to believe nobody else would have, had actually rejected me with all my fancied greatness. And, to cap the whole, I then for the first time began to suspect that I was really a little in love with her.
Seite 18 - I had not yet seen her, except about three years previous, as above mentioned. In a few days we had an interview; and, although I had seen her before, she did not look as my imagination had pictured her. I knew she was over-size, but she now appeared a fair match for Falstaff. I knew she was called an "old maid...
Seite 4 - Well, so I did ; but yet I did not think To show to all the world my pen and ink In such a mode ; I only thought to make I knew not what ; nor did I undertake Thereby to please my neighbour ; no, not I ; I did it mine own self to gratify.
Seite 85 - A duty devolves upon me which is, perhaps, greater than that which has devolved upon any other man since the days of WASHINGTON. He never would have succeeded except for the aid of Divine Providence, upon which he at all times relied. I feel that I cannot succeed without the same Divine aid which sustained him, and...
Seite 85 - Providence, upon which he at all times relied. I feel that I cannot succeed without the same Divine aid which sustained him, and on the same Almighty Being I place my reliance for support, and I hope you, my friends, will all pray that I may receive that Divine assistance without which I cannot succeed, but with which success is certain. Again, I bid you all an affectionate farewell.
Seite 44 - I, a poor boy, had earned a dollar in less than a day, — that by honest work I had earned a dollar.
Seite 11 - Or the trail of a comet, sweeping faster and faster, Foreboding to traitors the doom of disaster. The heart of the steed and the heart of the master Were beating like prisoners...
Seite 86 - ... do appoint the last Thursday in September next, as a day of humiliation, prayer and fasting for all the people of the nation. And I do earnestly recommend to all the People, and especially to all ministers and teachers of religion of all denominations, and to all heads of families, to observe and keep that day according to their several creeds and modes of worship...
Seite 98 - To see those proud young gentlemen and young ladies, dressed in their silks, jewelry, and prunella, from top to toe, take the jerks, would often excite my risibilities. The first jerk or so, you would see their fine bonnets, caps, and combs fly; and so sudden would be the jerking of the head that their long loose hair would crack almost as loud as a wagoner's whip.