Atkinson's Casket, Volume 8Sam. C. Atkinson, 1833 |
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Page 243
... Brentwood was conspicuous in person and rank . Raised by family influence , at the age of twenty- two , to a regiment , and in full possession of an The family of Laban Hillman , if not noble , ample fortune , was , after Col. Hillman ...
... Brentwood was conspicuous in person and rank . Raised by family influence , at the age of twenty- two , to a regiment , and in full possession of an The family of Laban Hillman , if not noble , ample fortune , was , after Col. Hillman ...
Page 244
... Brentwood might be contrasted an- other inmate of Hillman House , Capt . John Marsham , a gentleman and soldier in the true intent of the terms . Grave , sedate , and unpre- tending , Capt . Marsham had risen to the com- mand of a ...
... Brentwood might be contrasted an- other inmate of Hillman House , Capt . John Marsham , a gentleman and soldier in the true intent of the terms . Grave , sedate , and unpre- tending , Capt . Marsham had risen to the com- mand of a ...
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... Brentwood . Whilst young Hillman was employed on the removal of his sis- ter , Marsham had learned that Brentwood was gone to the continent . " Yes , Marsham , if that worthless throng which crowded this room a few days since , knew the ...
... Brentwood . Whilst young Hillman was employed on the removal of his sis- ter , Marsham had learned that Brentwood was gone to the continent . " Yes , Marsham , if that worthless throng which crowded this room a few days since , knew the ...
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... Brentwood , would man saw his sister installed in her new charac- it not be more just and honorable to fulfil a sa- cred promise to one member of a family ? " " More convenient to you and your sister , " sneeringly replied Brentwood ...
... Brentwood , would man saw his sister installed in her new charac- it not be more just and honorable to fulfil a sa- cred promise to one member of a family ? " " More convenient to you and your sister , " sneeringly replied Brentwood ...
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... Brentwood , thou double murderer , where is my sister ? " But no answer was obtained . The effect was terrible , and for several minutes a death - like silence reigned over the Head Quar- ters of General Washington . " I am but a child ...
... Brentwood , thou double murderer , where is my sister ? " But no answer was obtained . The effect was terrible , and for several minutes a death - like silence reigned over the Head Quar- ters of General Washington . " I am but a child ...
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Page 26 - It was on the day, or rather night, of the 27th of June 1787, between the hours of eleven and twelve, that I wrote the last lines of the last page, in a summer-house in my garden. After laying down my pen, I took several turns in a berceau, or covered walk of acacias, which commands a prospect of the country, the lake, and the mountains. The air was temperate, the sky was serene, the silver orb of the moon was reflected from the waters, and all nature was silent.
Page 26 - After laying down my pen, I took several turns in a berceau, or covered walk of acacias, which commands a prospect of the country, the lake, and the mountains. The air was temperate, the sky was serene, the silver orb of the moon was reflected from the waters, and all nature was silent. I will not dissemble the first emotions of joy on the recovery of my freedom, and, perhaps, the establishment of my fame.
Page 12 - While he yet spake, there cometh one from the ruler of the synagogue's house, saying to him, Thy daughter is dead; trouble not the Master. 50 But when Jesus heard it, he answered him, saying, Fear not: believe only, and she shall be made whole.
Page 437 - I've borne a weary lot; But in my wanderings, far or near, Ye never were forgot. The fount that first burst frae this heart, Still travels on its way ; And channels deeper as it rins, The luve o
Page 12 - And when he came into the house, he suffered no man to go in, save Peter, and James, and John, and the father and the mother of the maiden. And all wept, and bewailed her : but he said, " Weep not ; she is not dead, but sleepeth.
Page 72 - An Austrian army, awfully arrayed, Boldly, by battery, besieged Belgrade ; Cossack commanders cannonading come — Dealing destruction's devastating doom ; Every endeavor, engineers essay, For fame, for fortune — fighting furious fray : — Generals 'gainst generals grapple — gracious God ! How honors Heaven, heroic hardihood...
Page 437 - And blind my een wi' tears : They blind my een wi' saut, saut tears, And sair and sick I pine, As memory idly summons up The blithe blinks o
Page 44 - ... have only one set of ideas, and one set of words to clothe them in; and these are always ready at the mouth : so people come faster out of a church when it is almost empty, than when a crowd is at the door.
Page 407 - Where the broad ocean leans against the land, And sedulous to stop the coming tide, Lift the tall rampire's artificial pride. Onward methinks, and diligently slow, The firm connected bulwark seems to grow ; Spreads its long arms amidst the watery roar, Scoops out an empire, and usurps the shore.
Page 407 - While the pent ocean, rising o'er the pile, Sees an amphibious world beneath him smile : The slow canal, the yellow-blossomed vale. The willow-tufted bank, the gliding sail, The crowded mart, the cultivated plain , A new creation rescued from his reign.