The Land We Love, Volumes 3-4Jas. P. Irwin & D.H. Hill, 1869 |
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... duty for them , hopes and the noblest cause , maintaining them through good which were ever hugged to the ard through evil report , with a heart of a people . strength and tenacity of purpose , More than one noble hand , which seemed ...
... duty for them , hopes and the noblest cause , maintaining them through good which were ever hugged to the ard through evil report , with a heart of a people . strength and tenacity of purpose , More than one noble hand , which seemed ...
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... duty with our regi- ment , remained on the Maryland side until the regiment had pass- ed midway the stream , and was pursued by some federal cavalry , who reached the bank nearly as soon as Pate reached the water.- They sent a volley of ...
... duty with our regi- ment , remained on the Maryland side until the regiment had pass- ed midway the stream , and was pursued by some federal cavalry , who reached the bank nearly as soon as Pate reached the water.- They sent a volley of ...
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... duty . There is not one of the against all class legislation , all five Districts in so unhappy a tariffs , and all bounties , whether condition to - day , as is Tennessee to communities or to individuals . in the Union . The Southern ...
... duty . There is not one of the against all class legislation , all five Districts in so unhappy a tariffs , and all bounties , whether condition to - day , as is Tennessee to communities or to individuals . in the Union . The Southern ...
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... duty , and Lieut . Parke , of the Engineers , Lieutenant Anderson was ap- ordered to make a survey for a pointed its Adjutant . In the practical railroad route in Cali- autumn of 1859 , passing over in- fornia . In this scientific duty ...
... duty , and Lieut . Parke , of the Engineers , Lieutenant Anderson was ap- ordered to make a survey for a pointed its Adjutant . In the practical railroad route in Cali- autumn of 1859 , passing over in- fornia . In this scientific duty ...
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... duty , 24 were either killed or wounded ! division to have an active part No comment is needed to point in any of the engagements of this the moral of such an exhibit.- remarkable campaign , until that Nor is it our purpose to give any ...
... duty , 24 were either killed or wounded ! division to have an active part No comment is needed to point in any of the engagements of this the moral of such an exhibit.- remarkable campaign , until that Nor is it our purpose to give any ...
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Page 470 - On lips that are for others; deep as love, Deep as first love, and wild with all regret; O Death in Life, the days that are no more.
Page 183 - And the Raven, never flitting, still is sitting, still is sitting On the pallid bust of Pallas just above my chamber door; And his eyes have all the seeming of a demon's that is dreaming, . And the lamp-light o'er him streaming throws his shadow on the floor: And my soul from out that shadow that lies floating on the floor Shall be lifted — nevermore...
Page 470 - And thinking of the days that are no more. Fresh as the first beam glittering on a sail That brings our friends up from the underworld, Sad as the last which reddens over one That sinks with all we love below the verge; So sad, so fresh, the days that are no more.
Page 274 - General McLaws, with his own division and that of General RH Anderson, will follow General Longstreet On reaching Middletown he will take the route to Harper's Ferry, and by Friday morning possess himself of the Maryland Heights, and endeavor to capture the enemy at Harper's Ferry and vicinity.
Page 176 - I am not nor ever have been in favor of making voters or jurors of negroes, nor of qualifying them to hold office, nor to intermarry with white people; and I will say in addition to this that there is a physical difference between the white and black races which I believe will forever forbid the two races living together on terms of social and political equality.
Page 470 - TEARS, IDLE TEARS Tears, idle tears, I know not what they mean. Tears from the depth of some divine despair Rise in the heart, and gather to the eyes, In looking on the happy autumn-fields, And thinking of the days that are no more.
Page 48 - Ah, captain! here goes for a fine-drawn bead : There's music around when my barrel's in tune." Crack ! went the rifle, the messenger sped, And dead from his horse fell the ringing dragoon. " Now, rifleman, steal through the bushes and snatch From your victim some trinket to handsel first blood — A button, a loop or that luminous patch That gleams in the moon like a diamond stud.
Page 390 - I say, if you wish to be pinioned, robbed, and murdered, and see your wives and daughters, in four days, abused by the dregs of mankind— in short, if you wish or deserve to live, and bear the name of men, grasp your arms in a moment and run to camp.
Page 83 - The mossy marbles rest On the lips that he has prest In their bloom, And the names he loved to hear Have been carved for many a year On the tomb.
Page 165 - Ideas that in themselves are not all of kin, come to be so united in some men's minds, that it is very hard to separate them; they always keep in company, and the one no sooner at any time comes into the understanding, but its associate appears with it...