 I was born, and have ever remained, in the most humble walks of life. I have no wealthy or popular relations or friends to recommend me. My case is thrown exclusively upon the independent voters of the county; and, if elected, they will have conferred...  St. Nicholas - Página 130editado por - 1906Visualização integral - Acerca deste livro
 | Josiah Gilbert Holland, Richard Watson Gilder - 1887 - 996 páginas
...you. I was born and have ever remained in the most humble walks of life. I have no wealthy or powerful relations or friends to recommend me. My case is thrown...familiar with disappointments to be very much chagrined." This is almost precisely the style of his later years. The errors of grammar and construction which... | |
 | Ward Hill Lamon, Chauncey Forward Black - 1872 - 604 páginas
...remained, in the most humble walks of life. I have no wealthy or popular relations or friends to recommend. My case is thrown exclusively upon the independent...familiar with disappointments to be very much chagrined. Your Friend and Fellow-Citizen, A. LINCOLN. NEW SALEM, March 9, 1832. Mr. Lincoln was defeated at the... | |
 | William Henry Herndon, Jesse William Weik - 1889 - 278 páginas
...upon me for which I shall be unremitting in my labors to compensate. But if," he dryly concludes, " the good people in their wisdom shall see fit to keep...familiar with disappointments to be very much chagrined." The election being near at hand only a few days remained for his canvass. One * who was with him at... | |
 | William Henry Herndon, Jesse William Weik - 1889 - 282 páginas
...favor upon me for which I shall be unremitting in my labors to compensate. But if," he dryly concludes, "the good people in their wisdom shall see fit to...familiar with disappointments to be very much chagrined." The election being near at hand only a few days remained for his canvass. One * who was with him at... | |
 | John George Nicolay, John Hay - 1890 - 536 páginas
...you. I was born and have ever remained in the most humble walks of life. I have no wealthy or powerful relations or friends to recommend me. My case is thrown...familiar with disappointments to be very much chagrined." This is almost precisely the style of his later years. The errors of grammar and construction which... | |
 | John George Nicolay, John Hay - 1890 - 544 páginas
...you. I was born and have ever remained in the most humble walks of life. I have no wealthy or powerful relations or friends to recommend me. My case is thrown...familiar with disappointments to be very much chagrined." This is almost precisely the style of his later years. The errors of grammar and construction which... | |
 | Charles Wallace French - 1891 - 416 páginas
...if elected, they will have conferred a favor upon me, for which I shall be unremitting in my efforts to compensate. But if the good people, in their wisdom,...with disappointments to be very much chagrined." He entered vigorously into the campaign, going all over the district, making speeches and mingling with... | |
 | William Henry Herndon, Jesse William Weik - 1892 - 408 páginas
...upon me for which I shall be unremitting in my labors to compensate. But if," he dryly concludes, " the good people in their wisdom shall see fit to keep...familiar with disappointments to be very much chagrined." The election being near at hand only a few days remained for his canvass. One * who was with him at... | |
 | William Henry Herndon, Jesse William Weik - 1892 - 408 páginas
...upon me for which I shall be unremitting in my labors to compensate. But if," he dryly concludes, " the good people in their wisdom shall see fit to keep...familiar with disappointments to be very much chagrined." The election being near at hand only a few days remained for his canvass. One* who was with him at... | |
 | MELVILLE D. LANDON - 1893 - 672 páginas
...candidate for the legislature, issued at the ripe old age of twenty-three, closes with these words: "But if the good people in their wisdom shall see...me in the background, I have been too familiar with disappointment to be very much chagrined." The man who wrote that sentence was the same man who, thirty... | |
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