Scribner's Monthly: An Illustrated Magazine for the People, Volume 7Scribner & Company, 1874 |
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Page 9
... land and sea , only to be ingloriously beaten off and sent home in disorder , by the raw troops of the river States , the stalwart Kentuck- ians , the gaunt men of Tennessee , the rough , hard - handed sons of Illinois , the dashing ...
... land and sea , only to be ingloriously beaten off and sent home in disorder , by the raw troops of the river States , the stalwart Kentuck- ians , the gaunt men of Tennessee , the rough , hard - handed sons of Illinois , the dashing ...
Page 13
... lands on shares , after the planters had furnished them the land , tools , horses , mules , and advanced them their food . He said that he would not himself hire a negro for a very small sum monthly ; he did not believe it would be ...
... lands on shares , after the planters had furnished them the land , tools , horses , mules , and advanced them their food . He said that he would not himself hire a negro for a very small sum monthly ; he did not believe it would be ...
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... land known as the " Metairie " -lying half - way between the river and the lake - and the levées on the Pont- chartrain border are now necessary . MINTON ST . PAUL'S CHURCH . on the rippling water ; the oranges in the trees below ; the ...
... land known as the " Metairie " -lying half - way between the river and the lake - and the levées on the Pont- chartrain border are now necessary . MINTON ST . PAUL'S CHURCH . on the rippling water ; the oranges in the trees below ; the ...
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... land into the rush and whir of the great commerce " on the levée . " If it be at evening , you will hear the hoarse whistles of a dozen steamers , as they back into mid - stream , the negroes on their decks scrambling among the freight ...
... land into the rush and whir of the great commerce " on the levée . " If it be at evening , you will hear the hoarse whistles of a dozen steamers , as they back into mid - stream , the negroes on their decks scrambling among the freight ...
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... land like a ponderous hammer . Lo , how the vast grey spaces Wrestle and roll and thunder , Billow piled upon billow , Closing and tearing asunder , As if the deep raged with the anger Of hosts of the fabulous kraken ! And the firm ...
... land like a ponderous hammer . Lo , how the vast grey spaces Wrestle and roll and thunder , Billow piled upon billow , Closing and tearing asunder , As if the deep raged with the anger Of hosts of the fabulous kraken ! And the firm ...
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