The Bay State Monthly, Volume 3John N. McClintock and Company, 1885 - New England |
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... feet distant . While at Island No. 10 , the battle of Pittsburg Landing was fought . Leaving the fleet he hastened thither , accom- panied the army in its slow advance upon Corinth , was present at the battle of Farmington and the ...
... feet distant . While at Island No. 10 , the battle of Pittsburg Landing was fought . Leaving the fleet he hastened thither , accom- panied the army in its slow advance upon Corinth , was present at the battle of Farmington and the ...
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... feet ; weight forty - eight pounds . The old grasshopper on Fanueil Hall * * Drake in " Old Landmarks , " says ... feet four inches from bill to tip of tail , and stands five feet five inches from the foot of the socket to the top of ...
... feet ; weight forty - eight pounds . The old grasshopper on Fanueil Hall * * Drake in " Old Landmarks , " says ... feet four inches from bill to tip of tail , and stands five feet five inches from the foot of the socket to the top of ...
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... feet long and forty feet wide , was began , which was finished and dedica- ted in midsummer of the following year . In the great South End fire , on the twentieth of April , 1787 , and in re- sponse to an imperative demand , a sec- ond ...
... feet long and forty feet wide , was began , which was finished and dedica- ted in midsummer of the following year . In the great South End fire , on the twentieth of April , 1787 , and in re- sponse to an imperative demand , a sec- ond ...
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... feet on the stairs , a blonde head appeared in the narrow opening , another head of dull brown hair came close behind , and Ger- the other , but Edmonson's always went straight behind him . " May we come ? " asked the foremost young man ...
... feet on the stairs , a blonde head appeared in the narrow opening , another head of dull brown hair came close behind , and Ger- the other , but Edmonson's always went straight behind him . " May we come ? " asked the foremost young man ...
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... feet one way and the other in a restlessness that would not find vent for itself in speech . Elizabeth looked at him with a smile at finding her pre- diction so instantly verified . But she ,, too , was silent . " Mistress Royal ...
... feet one way and the other in a restlessness that would not find vent for itself in speech . Elizabeth looked at him with a smile at finding her pre- diction so instantly verified . But she ,, too , was silent . " Mistress Royal ...
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Page 17 - With the movements in this hemisphere we are of necessity more immediately connected, and by causes which must be obvious to all enlightened and impartial observers.
Page 172 - In your hands, my dissatisfied fellow-countrymen, and not in mine, is the momentous issue of civil war. The government will not assail you. You can have no conflict without being yourselves the aggressors. You have no oath registered in heaven to destroy the government, while I shall have the most solemn one to "preserve, protect, and defend it.
Page 172 - I shall have the most solemn one to "preserve, protect, and defend it." I am Loath to close. We are not enemies, but friends. We must not be enemies. Though passion may have strained it must not break our bonds of affection. The mystic chords of memory, stretching from every battlefield and patriot grave to every living heart and hearthstone all over this broad land, will yet swell the chorus of the Union, when again touched, as surely they will be, by the better angels of our nature.
Page 20 - Britain hereby declare, that neither the one nor the other will ever obtain or maintain for itself any exclusive control over the said Ship Canal; agreeing that neither will ever erect or maintain any fortifications commanding the same, or in the vicinity thereof, or occupy, or fortify, or colonize, or assume or exercise any dominion over Nicaragua, Costa Rica, the/ Mosquito Coast, or any part of Central America...
Page 175 - 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 170 - I do not expect the Union to be dissolved, I do not expect the house to fall, but I do expect it will cease to be divided. It will become all one thing, or all the other. Either the opponents of slavery will arrest the further spread of it, and place it where the public mind shall rest in the belief that it is in...
Page 243 - The details for this object will be immediately communicated to the state authorities through the war department. I appeal to all loyal citizens to favor, facilitate, and aid this effort to maintain the honor, the integrity, and existence of our national Union, and the perpetuity of popular government, and to redress wrongs already long enough endured.
Page 174 - DEAR GENERAL : I do not remember that you and I ever met personally. I write this now as a grateful acknowledgment for the almost inestimable service you have done the country.
Page 242 - Carolina that he might expect an attempt would be made to provision the fort ; and that, if the attempt should not be resisted, there would be no effort to throw in men, arms, or ammunition, without further notice, or in case of an attack upon the fort.
Page 15 - If losses have at any time been sustained by any such association, equal to or exceeding its undivided profits then on hand, no dividend shall be made; and no dividend shall ever be made by any association, while it continues its banking operations, to an amount greater than its net profits then on hand, deducting therefrom its losses and bad debts.