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... enemy's naval power , which made us smile to think how little all this brave show of ribbed guns and armaments had ... enemy and the gains they might have made from dishonour ; but here was the unquestionable testimony of their self ...
... enemy's naval power , which made us smile to think how little all this brave show of ribbed guns and armaments had ... enemy and the gains they might have made from dishonour ; but here was the unquestionable testimony of their self ...
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... enemy's currency in prisoners ' hands at eight or ten times its own . I was struck by an abundance of pastimes in the Libby , that I was not prepared to see in a prison . Here were Northern newspapers and pictorials strewn around ...
... enemy's currency in prisoners ' hands at eight or ten times its own . I was struck by an abundance of pastimes in the Libby , that I was not prepared to see in a prison . Here were Northern newspapers and pictorials strewn around ...
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... Yet I have had letters from strangers - among them dear , noble countrywo- men of mine in the enemy's lines - which have touched my heart with inexpres- sible gratitude and pride . I had been in prison but a few days when.
... Yet I have had letters from strangers - among them dear , noble countrywo- men of mine in the enemy's lines - which have touched my heart with inexpres- sible gratitude and pride . I had been in prison but a few days when.
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... enemy's lines of occupation . Armesy and Davis were taken to Fort Norfolk ( near Norfolk , Va . ) , thence to ... enemy , yet , legally , by the act of secession of the State , and by the express organization of our revolution , within ...
... enemy's lines of occupation . Armesy and Davis were taken to Fort Norfolk ( near Norfolk , Va . ) , thence to ... enemy , yet , legally , by the act of secession of the State , and by the express organization of our revolution , within ...
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... enemy's favour . Justice can be done even to an enemy , and it is only a base spirit that has recourse to falsehood and libel for its miserable revenge . I think it is Rousseau , in his " Confessions. 54 OBSERVATIONS IN THE NORTH .
... enemy's favour . Justice can be done even to an enemy , and it is only a base spirit that has recourse to falsehood and libel for its miserable revenge . I think it is Rousseau , in his " Confessions. 54 OBSERVATIONS IN THE NORTH .
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