The History of Our Country from Its Discovery by Columbus to the Celebration of the Centennial Anniversary of Its Declaration of Independence ... |
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... Head - quarters in Virginia 160 Verrazano 51 Braddock 162 Cartier's Ship 52 . Evangeline 163 French Nobleman in 1540 53 Acadians leaving Home 164 English Gentleman , 1580 59 Sir William Johnson . 164 Sir Walter Raleigh 59 Block - house ...
... Head - quarters in Virginia 160 Verrazano 51 Braddock 162 Cartier's Ship 52 . Evangeline 163 French Nobleman in 1540 53 Acadians leaving Home 164 English Gentleman , 1580 59 Sir William Johnson . 164 Sir Walter Raleigh 59 Block - house ...
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... Head - quarters at Fort Donel- First Railway Passenger Engine 355 son First Railway Coach 356 The Merrimack attacking the Cumber- John C. Calhoun 360 land . Henry Clay Daniel Webster . The Palmetto Osceola 361 Pittsburg Landing . 362 ...
... Head - quarters at Fort Donel- First Railway Passenger Engine 355 son First Railway Coach 356 The Merrimack attacking the Cumber- John C. Calhoun 360 land . Henry Clay Daniel Webster . The Palmetto Osceola 361 Pittsburg Landing . 362 ...
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... Head - quarters in the Wilderness 550 War Balloon 500 Hand Litter Barbara Frietchie 501 Virginia Cavalryman Barbara Frietchie's House 502 Foragers at work • Harper's Ferry 504 Philip H. Sheridan 551 554 · 555 555 Antietam Battle - field ...
... Head - quarters in the Wilderness 550 War Balloon 500 Hand Litter Barbara Frietchie 501 Virginia Cavalryman Barbara Frietchie's House 502 Foragers at work • Harper's Ferry 504 Philip H. Sheridan 551 554 · 555 555 Antietam Battle - field ...
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... head - dresses of feathers , and faces streaked with paint ; of the strange fruits and vegetables and trees they had seen ; all Spain was filled with wonder . Every one thought the western passage to Asia was now discovered . nobody had ...
... head - dresses of feathers , and faces streaked with paint ; of the strange fruits and vegetables and trees they had seen ; all Spain was filled with wonder . Every one thought the western passage to Asia was now discovered . nobody had ...
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... heads , and decorated their faces with paints of many colors . They seemed to think this paint added very much to their ... head in long streaks , she was very proud of her personal appear- ance . They also had strings of shells of ...
... heads , and decorated their faces with paints of many colors . They seemed to think this paint added very much to their ... head in long streaks , she was very proud of her personal appear- ance . They also had strings of shells of ...
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Page 195 - A hurry of hoofs in a village street, A shape in the moonlight, a bulk in the dark, And beneath from the pebbles, in passing, a spark Struck out by a steed flying fearless and fleet ; That was all ! And yet, through the gloom and the light, The fate of a nation was riding that night ; And the spark struck out by that steed in his flight, Kindled the land into flame with its heat.
Page 195 - LISTEN, my children, and you shall hear Of the midnight ride of Paul Revere, On the eighteenth of April, in Seventyfive ; Hardly a man is now alive Who remembers that famous day and year.
Page 195 - Silently rowed to the Charlestown shore, Just as the moon rose over the bay, Where swinging wide at her moorings lay The Somerset, British man-of-war; A phantom ship, with each mast and spar Across the moon like a prison bar, And a huge black hulk, that was magnified By its own reflection in the tide.
Page 195 - By the trembling ladder, steep and tall, To the highest window in the wall, Where he paused to listen and look down A moment on the roofs of the town, And the moonlight flowing over all.
Page 507 - My paramount object in this struggle is to save the Union, and is not either to save or destroy slavery.
Page 493 - In her attic window the staff she set, To show that one heart was loyal yet. Up the street came the rebel tread, Stonewall Jackson riding ahead. Under his slouched hat left and right He glanced; the old flag met his sight.
Page 249 - Sympathy towards a soldier will surely induce your Excellency and a military tribunal to adapt the mode of my death to the feelings of a man of honor.
Page 195 - Paul Revere, On the eighteenth of April, in Seventy-five; Hardly a man is now alive Who remembers that famous day and year. He said to his friend, "If the British march By land or sea from the town tonight, Hang a lantern aloft in the belfry arch Of the North Church tower as a signal light,— One, if by land, and two, if by sea; And I on the opposite shore will be, Ready to ride and spread the alarm Through every Middlesex village and farm, For the country folk to be up and to arm.
Page 508 - I would do it; and if I could save it by freeing all the slaves, I would do it; and if I could do it by freeing some and leaving others alone, I would also do that. What I do about slavery and the colored race, I do because I believe it helps to save the Union; and what I forbear, I forbear because I do not believe it would help to save the Union.
Page 548 - Temple of Fame — There, with the glorious General's name, Be it said in letters both bold and bright: "Here is the steed that saved the day, By carrying Sheridan into the fight, From Winchester — twenty miles away!