The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 18Atlantic Monthly Company, 1866 - American essays |
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Page 31
... prisoners numbered nearly three hundred . Among them were seventeen commissioned officers . Over two hun- dred dead and wounded , including three colonels , lay in the ditch alone . The ground in front of the fort was also strewn with ...
... prisoners numbered nearly three hundred . Among them were seventeen commissioned officers . Over two hun- dred dead and wounded , including three colonels , lay in the ditch alone . The ground in front of the fort was also strewn with ...
Page 121
... prisoner's chain . Well was thy doom deserved ; thou didst not spare Life's tenderest ties , but cruelly didst part Husband and wife , and from the mother's heart Didst wrest her children , deaf to shriek and prayer ; Thy inner lair ...
... prisoner's chain . Well was thy doom deserved ; thou didst not spare Life's tenderest ties , but cruelly didst part Husband and wife , and from the mother's heart Didst wrest her children , deaf to shriek and prayer ; Thy inner lair ...
Page 237
... prisoner a belle of the tribe . Finding all effort to escape hopeless , the woman held down her head as if ready for death . There was among them the same effeminate fear of capture and the same heroic fortitude when death seemed ...
... prisoner a belle of the tribe . Finding all effort to escape hopeless , the woman held down her head as if ready for death . There was among them the same effeminate fear of capture and the same heroic fortitude when death seemed ...
Page 331
... prisoner from out of doors . very cunning , and never show their real characters to a man . No more ; prithee mention not her name to me . It makes me ill . I know he is with her at this moment . Ah , let me die , and be forgotten ...
... prisoner from out of doors . very cunning , and never show their real characters to a man . No more ; prithee mention not her name to me . It makes me ill . I know he is with her at this moment . Ah , let me die , and be forgotten ...
Page 332
... prisoner cheered up her attorney , and soon after insisted on his going home to bed ; for she saw he was worn out by his exertions . And now she was alone . All was silent . A few short hours , and she was to be tried for her life ...
... prisoner cheered up her attorney , and soon after insisted on his going home to bed ; for she saw he was worn out by his exertions . And now she was alone . All was silent . A few short hours , and she was to be tried for her life ...
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