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... keep them still in line - just so long will I live ! ' He stared for a while , till the Deaths became boulders again and his fingers fell to playing with the thickening blood on the ground beside him . A meteor pierced the night - a ...
... keep them still in line - just so long will I live ! ' He stared for a while , till the Deaths became boulders again and his fingers fell to playing with the thickening blood on the ground beside him . A meteor pierced the night - a ...
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... keep our children respectable , and I doos ' is ' air up every night , I do , and where he learns it I can't think . It all comes of takin ' other people's to mind . They ain't like yer own . But there , ' she fin- ished , with a shrewd ...
... keep our children respectable , and I doos ' is ' air up every night , I do , and where he learns it I can't think . It all comes of takin ' other people's to mind . They ain't like yer own . But there , ' she fin- ished , with a shrewd ...
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... keep up . Toward evening I lost sight of him , and went out later in search of him , to know the latest development . The sky was alive with stars , set like jewels in a velvet pall , and the moon- light poured down on a scene that does ...
... keep up . Toward evening I lost sight of him , and went out later in search of him , to know the latest development . The sky was alive with stars , set like jewels in a velvet pall , and the moon- light poured down on a scene that does ...
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... keep them from falling . In four words , the thing is plausibly and consistently and in- fernally rotten . ' He stepped back from it with a grim laugh . He had forgotten the very ex- istence of the girl beside him . On her part , she ...
... keep them from falling . In four words , the thing is plausibly and consistently and in- fernally rotten . ' He stepped back from it with a grim laugh . He had forgotten the very ex- istence of the girl beside him . On her part , she ...
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... keep up at least two permanent homes . There are still many dwellers in great houses , however , who would ransack five continents to match a curtain and a carpet , but whose grounds show scarcely a trace of human intelligence ; while ...
... keep up at least two permanent homes . There are still many dwellers in great houses , however , who would ransack five continents to match a curtain and a carpet , but whose grounds show scarcely a trace of human intelligence ; while ...
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Page 603 - The Spirit of the LORD is upon Me, Because He has anointed Me to preach the gospel to the poor. He has sent Me to heal the brokenhearted, To preach deliverance to the captives And recovery of sight to the blind, To set at liberty those who are oppressed, To preach the acceptable year of the LORD.
Page 665 - SWIFTLY walk over the western wave, Spirit of Night ! Out of the misty eastern cave, Where all the long and lone daylight Thou wovest dreams of joy and fear, Which make thee terrible and dear, — Swift be thy flight ! Wrap thy form in a mantle gray, Star-inwrought ! Blind with thine hair the eyes of day, Kiss her until she be wearied out, Then wander o'er city, and sea, and land, Touching all with thine opiate wand.
Page 172 - Suffer the little children to come unto me; forbid them not: for of such is the kingdom of God. Verily I say unto you, Whosoever shall not receive the kingdom of God as a little child, he shall in no wise enter therein.
Page 96 - April 8, 1865. GENERAL R. £. LEE, COMMANDING CSA Your note of last evening in reply to mine of same date, asking the condition on which I will accept the surrender of the Army of Northern Virginia is just received. In reply I would say that, peace being my great desire, there is but one condition I would insist upon, namely; that the men and officers surrendered shall be disqualified for taking up arms against the Government of the United States until properly exchanged.
Page 535 - ... and stacked, and turned over to the officers appointed by me to receive them. This will not embrace the side-arms of the officers nor their private horses or baggage. This done, each officer and man will be allowed to return to his home, not to be disturbed by United States authority so long as they observe their paroles and the laws in force where they may reside.
Page 544 - After four years of arduous service marked by unsurpassed courage and fortitude the Army of Northern Virginia has been compelled to yield to overwhelming numbers and resources.
Page 665 - Death will come when thou art dead, Soon, too soon — Sleep will come when thou art fled; Of neither would I ask the boon I ask of thee, beloved Night— Swift be thine approaching flight, Come soon, soon!
Page 401 - The terms upon which peace can be had are well understood. By the South laying down their arms they will hasten that most desirable event, save thousands of human lives, and hundreds of millions of property not yet destroyed.
Page 401 - GENERAL: I received your note of this morning on the picket line whither I had come to meet you and ascertain definitely what terms were embraced in your proposal of yesterday with reference to the surrender of this army. I now request an interview in accordance with the offer contained in your letter of yesterday for that purpose.
Page 394 - GENERAL: Your note of last evening, in reply to mine of same date, asking the condition on which I will accept the surrender of the army of Northern Virginia, is just received. In reply I would say that, peace being my great desire, there is but one condition I would insist upon, namely: That the men and officers surrendered shall be disqualified for taking up arms again against the Government of the United States until properly exchanged.