“After a few words of greeting, [Mrs. Lincoln] took my mother aside and talked with her for a moment. While I could not hear their conversation, I knew someway that they were talking about my mother’s bonnet and I was a bit puzzled at the look of amazement on my mother’s face....
1, 1843, Springfield, Ill., U.S.—died July 26, 1926, Manchester, Vt.) was the eldest and sole surviving child of Abraham Lincoln, who became a millionaire corporation attorney and served as U.S. secretary of war and minister to Great Britain during Republican administrations. Raised in ...
Abraham Lincoln Wins 1864 Presidential Election Abraham Lincoln’s Assassination Abraham Lincoln Quotes Abraham Lincoln, a self-taught lawyer, legislator and vocal opponent of slavery, was elected 16th president of the United States in November 1860, shortly before the outbreak of the Civil War. Linco...
Abraham Lincoln’s cats included Tabby and Dixie. The president also brought a few strays into the White House. PresidentAbraham Lincoln“possessed extraordinary kindness of heart when his feelings could be reached,” wrote Treasury official Mansell B. Field in his memoirs. “He was fond of dumb...
翻译几篇英语短文 [外语]1 Few can refuse to accept the strange coincidences (巧合) in the deaths of John F. Kennedy and Abraham Lincoln. For example, Kennedy was elected in 1960 while Lincoln came into power in the U.S. in 1860. Both men were murdered from behind, on a Friday, and ...
As the 1864 election approached, the prospect that Pres. Abraham Lincoln would gain a second term was very much in doubt. The war between the North and the South had persisted longer than many had anticipated, and the Union army’s efforts in early 1864 provided little hope for an expeditio...