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"Thank goodness," ses Bob Pretty, clasping his 'ands. "Thank goodness! I was afraid I was disfigured for life. Lend me a bit o' looking-glass, somebody. I can 'ardly believe it." "You stole Dicky Weed's watch," ses John Biggs. "I 'ad my suspicions of you all along. You're a thief, Bob Pretty. That's wot you are." "Prove it," ses Bob Pretty.
Weed's skill of management, although Adams never met another such master, or any one who approached him; nor was the confidence due to any display of professions, either moral or social, by Mr. Weed. The trait that astounded and confounded cynicism was his apparent unselfishness. Never, in any man who wielded such power, did Adams meet anything like it.
Much was Weed's surprise when, on the 18th of April, 1840, he received a letter from Cooper's counsel requiring a retraction of what had been said in 1837, and a further statement that it must be made within a certain time or a suit for libel would be begun. He treated this notice cavalierly. He was amused by it even more than he was astonished.
Who would not be a Goose Girl, "to win the secret of the weed's plain heart"? It seems to me that in society we are always gazing at magic-lantern shows, but here we rest our tired eyes with looking at the stars. July 16th. Phoebe and I have been to a Hen Conference at Buffington.
I refrained from asking any more questions at that time, but afterwards I always thought of the Railroad as spelled with a capital. "Miller Gorse isn't forty yet," Larry told me on another occasion. "That's doing pretty well for a man who comes near running this state." For the sake of acquiring knowledge, I endured Mr. Weed's patronage. I inquired how Mr. Gorse ran the state.
Lincoln Chosen President The Election of 1860 The Waiting-time at Springfield A Deluge of Visitors Various Impressions of the President-elect Some Queer Callers Looking over the Situation with Friends Talks about the Cabinet Thurlow Weed's Visit to Springfield The Serious Aspect of National Affairs The South in Rebellion Treason at the National Capital Lincoln's Farewell Visit to his Mother The Old Sign, "Lincoln & Herndon" The Last Day at Springfield Farewell Speech to Friends and Neighbors Off for the Capital The Journey to Washington Receptions and Speeches along the Route At Cincinnati: A Hitherto Unpublished Speech by Lincoln At Cleveland: Personal Descriptions of Mr. and Mrs.
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