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Page 157
... face . He gave a piteous look , as much as to say , ' Couldn't you let me die in peace and not add to my sufferings ? ' The general , whose eyes were at that moment turned upon the youth , was visibly affected . He reined in his horse ...
... face . He gave a piteous look , as much as to say , ' Couldn't you let me die in peace and not add to my sufferings ? ' The general , whose eyes were at that moment turned upon the youth , was visibly affected . He reined in his horse ...
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... face , " she writes , “ — the face of an old crusader who believed in his cause , his cross and his crown we were not prepared for that type as a beau ideal of wild Texans . He is tall , thin , shy , with blue eyes and light hair , a ...
... face , " she writes , “ — the face of an old crusader who believed in his cause , his cross and his crown we were not prepared for that type as a beau ideal of wild Texans . He is tall , thin , shy , with blue eyes and light hair , a ...
Page 390
... face gave him the look of one born out of season . His eyes were clear hazel , and had a fine , critical , deliberate expression that commanded attention . His voice was thin , and piercing like a woman's , but there the resemblance ...
... face gave him the look of one born out of season . His eyes were clear hazel , and had a fine , critical , deliberate expression that commanded attention . His voice was thin , and piercing like a woman's , but there the resemblance ...
Contents
Harriet Beecher Stowe | 3 |
Calvin Stowe Francis Grierson The Battle Hymn | 59 |
Abraham Lincoln | 99 |
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