 I just take up my pen to say that Mr. Stephens, of Georgia, a little, slim, pale-faced, consumptive man, with a voice like Logan's, has just concluded the very best speech of an hour's length I ever heard. My old, withered, dry eyes are full of tears...  Abraham Lincoln, the Lawyer-statesman - Page 193by John Thomas Richards - 1916 - 260 pagesFull view - About this book
 | 1913 - 916 pages
...take up my pen to tell you that Mr. Stephens, of Georgia, a little slim pale-faced consumptive man, has just concluded the very best speech of an hour's...heard. My old withered dry eyes are full of tears yet.' Nevertheless, Stephens mistrusted oratory, as one who knew its dangerous power. When he had conviction... | |
 | Mary Mapes Dodge - 1906 - 598 pages
...wrote enthusiastically to a friend after listening to a speech which pleased him much, "to say that Mr. Stephens, of Georgia, a little slim, pale-faced...My old withered, dry eyes are full of tears yet." During the first session of his term Lincoln made three long speeches, carefully prepared and written... | |
 | William Henry Herndon, Jesse William Weik - 1889 - 276 pages
...drama. Here it is: "WASHINGTON, Feb. 2, 1848. " DEAR WILLIAM : " I just take up my pen to say that Mr. Stephens, of Georgia, a little, slim, pale-faced,...it our people shall see a good many copies of it. " Yours truly, "A. LINCOLN." To WM. H. HKRNDON, ESQ. February 15 he wrote me again in criticism of... | |
 | William Henry Herndon, Jesse William Weik - 1892 - 408 pages
...drama. Here it is: "WASHINGTON, Feb. 2, 1848. " DEAR WILLIAM : " I just take up my pen to say that Mr. Stephens, of Georgia, a little, slim, pale-faced,...it our people shall see a good many copies of it. " Yours truly, "A. LINCOLN." To WM. H. HERNDON, ESQ. February 15 he wrote me again in criticism of... | |
 | William Henry Herndon, Jesse William Weik - 1892 - 408 pages
...drama. Here it is: " DEAR WILT.IAM : "WASHINGTON, Feb. 2, 1848. " I just take up my pen to say that Mr. Stephens, of Georgia, a little, slim, pale-faced,...it our people shall see a good many copies of it. " Yours truly, To WM. H. HERNDON, ESQ. "A. LINCOLN." February 15 he wrote me again in criticism of... | |
 | MELVILLE D. LANDON - 1893 - 672 pages
...this short note to his law partner at Springfield: DEAR WILLIAM : I take up my pen to tell you that Mr. Stephens, of Georgia, a little, slim, pale-faced, consumptive man, with a voice like Logan's [that was Stephen T., not John A.], has just concluded the very best speech of an hour's length I ever... | |
 | Abraham Lincoln - 1894 - 1080 pages
...TO WILLIAM H. HERNDON. WASHINGTON, Februrary 2, 1848. Dear William : I just take my pen to say that Mr. Stephens, of Georgia, a little, slim, pale-faced,...it, our people shall see a good many copies of it. Yours truly, A. LINCOLN. To WILLIAM H. HERNDON, Esq. February 15, 1848. — LETTER TO WILLIAM H. HERNDON.... | |
 | Abraham Lincoln - 1894 - 432 pages
...this short note to his law partner at Springfield : " Dear William : I take up my pen to tell you that Mr. Stephens, of Georgia, a little, slim, palefaced, consumptive man, with a voice like Logan's " (that was Stephen T., not John A.), " has just concluded the very best speech of an hour's length... | |
 | Henry Watterson - 1899 - 62 pages
...short note to his law partner at Springfield: ' ' DBAR WILLIAM : I take up my pen to tell you that Mr. Stephens, of Georgia, a little, slim, pale-faced, consumptive man, with a voice like Logan's" (that was Stephen T. , not John A.), "has just concluded the very best speech of an hour's length I... | |
 | Carl Schurz - 1899 - 208 pages
...short note to his law partner at Springfield:— DEAR WILLIAM, — I take up my pen to tell you that Mr. Stephens of Georgia, a little, slim, pale-faced, consumptive man, with a voice like Logan's [that was Stephen T., not John A.], has just concluded the very best speech of an hour's length I ever... | |
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