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... visited the county prison in the character of an in- spector , and was surprised to find among the inmates a lad of twelve or thirteen years of age , sent there to await his trial on a charge of theft . Struck by his youthful appearance ...
... visited the county prison in the character of an in- spector , and was surprised to find among the inmates a lad of twelve or thirteen years of age , sent there to await his trial on a charge of theft . Struck by his youthful appearance ...
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... visited the place for the first time in 1789 , while the people were liv- ing in stations to avoid the Indians , the chief station being where Nashville now is . He found among the good and hon- est people there a club of lawless ...
... visited the place for the first time in 1789 , while the people were liv- ing in stations to avoid the Indians , the chief station being where Nashville now is . He found among the good and hon- est people there a club of lawless ...
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... visited Washington to expose the frauds committed on the red men by the agents of the Government , and his peculiarities are still spoken of by old inhabitants of the District . About this time he visited Texas , then a State of Mexico ...
... visited Washington to expose the frauds committed on the red men by the agents of the Government , and his peculiarities are still spoken of by old inhabitants of the District . About this time he visited Texas , then a State of Mexico ...
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... visited Louisiana , on his Southern tour , as Lieutenant - general , and among other places the Military School at Alexandria . He was warmly welcomed by the officers and students . Sherman is now Gen- eral of the United States forces ...
... visited Louisiana , on his Southern tour , as Lieutenant - general , and among other places the Military School at Alexandria . He was warmly welcomed by the officers and students . Sherman is now Gen- eral of the United States forces ...
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... visits to Washington , proved his energy and zeal . When Sumter fell , Massachusetts was ready . Hers were the first troops that passed through the fiery and leaden hail at Baltimore in defence of the capital . A mere consider- ation of ...
... visits to Washington , proved his energy and zeal . When Sumter fell , Massachusetts was ready . Hers were the first troops that passed through the fiery and leaden hail at Baltimore in defence of the capital . A mere consider- ation of ...
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Page 128 - When the mariner has been tossed for many days in thick weather, and on an unknown sea, he naturally avails himself of the first pause in the storm, the earliest glance of the sun, to take his latitude, and ascertain how far the elements have driven him from his true course.
Page 21 - But in a larger sense we cannot dedicate, we cannot consecrate, we cannot hallow this ground. The brave men, living and dead, who struggled here, have consecrated it far above our power to add or detract. The world will little note, nor long remember, what we say here, but it can never forget what they did here.
Page 162 - When I remember all The friends so linked together, I've seen around me fall Like leaves in wintry weather; I feel like one Who treads alone Some banquet-hall deserted, Whose lights are fled, Whose garlands dead, And all but he departed...
Page 135 - Rome, in the height of her glory, is not to be compared ; a power which has dotted over the surface of the whole globe with her possessions and military posts, whose morning drum-beat, following the sun, and keeping company with the hours, circles the earth with one continuous and unbroken strain of the martial airs of England.
Page 175 - There is no terror, Cassius, in your threats; For I am arm'd so strong in honesty, That they pass by me as the idle wind Which I respect not.
Page 317 - Entreat me not to leave thee, or to return from following after thee : for whither thou goest, I will go ; and where thou lodgest I will lodge : thy people shall be my people, and thy God my God: " Where thou diest, will I die, and there will I be buried; the Lord do so to me, and more also, if aught but death part thee and me.
Page 381 - I KNEW, by the smoke that so gracefully curled Above the green elms, that a cottage was near, And I said, " If there's peace to be found in the world, A heart that was humble might hope for it here...
Page 213 - This was the noblest Roman of them all; All the conspirators save only he Did that they did in envy of great Caesar; He only, in a general honest thought, And common good to all, made one of them. His life was gentle, and the elements So mix'd in him that Nature might stand up And say to all the world, 'This was a man!
Page 350 - ... to vary the name; for I feared lest it should be looked on as a vanity in me, and not as a respect in the King, as it truly was, to my father, whom he often mentions with praise.