The light and dark of the Rebellion [by C.E. Lester]. |
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... things somewhat at random ; and , in sacrificing order in time and appropriateness of connection , I may have better succeeded ( I trust ) in bringing scenes more vividly to the mind of my reader . Every case spoken of in this work I ...
... things somewhat at random ; and , in sacrificing order in time and appropriateness of connection , I may have better succeeded ( I trust ) in bringing scenes more vividly to the mind of my reader . Every case spoken of in this work I ...
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... thing of the earth earthy , to rescue a Republic , and then go back after this episode of suffering to inaugurate the life of a citizen farmer on the bleak hills of New York : -if all this could not sustain him , what could ? — In ...
... thing of the earth earthy , to rescue a Republic , and then go back after this episode of suffering to inaugurate the life of a citizen farmer on the bleak hills of New York : -if all this could not sustain him , what could ? — In ...
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... thing human to oblivion , passes without injury by the everlasting column of Washington's fame . Those convulsions which threaten the permanence of our Union , and sicken us with the strifes of parties and the gore of battle , only ...
... thing human to oblivion , passes without injury by the everlasting column of Washington's fame . Those convulsions which threaten the permanence of our Union , and sicken us with the strifes of parties and the gore of battle , only ...
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... thing so holy in the thought that we were approaching the spot where the greatest and purest of mankind rested from his heroism , that we felt mirth had no place in our feelings , and into that day levity could not enter . But it was a ...
... thing so holy in the thought that we were approaching the spot where the greatest and purest of mankind rested from his heroism , that we felt mirth had no place in our feelings , and into that day levity could not enter . But it was a ...
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... thing gave way to the tramp of the embattled hosts . It was no time for trifling , nor for triflers . The secret foe ... thing out of it , " as they say . But this greedy horde could not all be satisfied . There were not green things ...
... thing gave way to the tramp of the embattled hosts . It was no time for trifling , nor for triflers . The secret foe ... thing out of it , " as they say . But this greedy horde could not all be satisfied . There were not green things ...
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