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Page 89
... appearance of Uncle Tom's Cabin was not a reason , but an illumina- tion ; the founding of the Republican party was not an act of political wire - pulling , but an inspiration ; the great religious revivals and the appearance of two ...
... appearance of Uncle Tom's Cabin was not a reason , but an illumina- tion ; the founding of the Republican party was not an act of political wire - pulling , but an inspiration ; the great religious revivals and the appearance of two ...
Page 154
... appearance of blood could be seen . If blood appeared in any meat which came on the table , the sight of it seemed to destroy his appetite . " One re- members that Viscount Montgomery has confessed that he could not visit field ...
... appearance of blood could be seen . If blood appeared in any meat which came on the table , the sight of it seemed to destroy his appetite . " One re- members that Viscount Montgomery has confessed that he could not visit field ...
Page 160
... appearance material for hero worship , though there is about his face no indication of weakness or lack of force . He has not nearly so strong a head and face as Humphreys ' , for instance , who at once strikes you as a man of force ...
... appearance material for hero worship , though there is about his face no indication of weakness or lack of force . He has not nearly so strong a head and face as Humphreys ' , for instance , who at once strikes you as a man of force ...
Contents
Harriet Beecher Stowe | 3 |
Calvin Stowe Francis Grierson The Battle Hymn | 59 |
Abraham Lincoln | 99 |
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Patriotic Gore: Studies in the Literature of the American Civil War Edmund Wilson Limited preview - 1994 |
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