The Soldier's Friend: Being a Thrilling Narrative of Grandma Smith's Four Years' Experience and Observations, as Matron, in the Hospitals of the South, During the Late Disastrous Conflict in America |
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... arrival , his disease , by the symptoms , was not detected either by the family or the neighbors , until my father consulted a med- ical book and learned therein , with sad dismay , the true character of the disease . Until then , the ...
... arrival , his disease , by the symptoms , was not detected either by the family or the neighbors , until my father consulted a med- ical book and learned therein , with sad dismay , the true character of the disease . Until then , the ...
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... arrived at the age of maturity , I was constrained to thank God for thus afflicting me . This remark may seem strange to some , but when I assign my reasons for it , they will not wonder at my seeming rashness . I was lively in my ...
... arrived at the age of maturity , I was constrained to thank God for thus afflicting me . This remark may seem strange to some , but when I assign my reasons for it , they will not wonder at my seeming rashness . I was lively in my ...
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... arrive at mature age , we can look back upon the past with wonder and surprise at the many trying and heart rending scenes we have passed through , and yet we live ; but God in his infinite wisdom and mercy " tempers the wind to the ...
... arrive at mature age , we can look back upon the past with wonder and surprise at the many trying and heart rending scenes we have passed through , and yet we live ; but God in his infinite wisdom and mercy " tempers the wind to the ...
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... arrival . Hatchie river , at that time , was scarcely navigable even by the boats that then plyed that stream . A steamer had never been known to venture up its narrow confines until February , 1828. On a beautiful day of that month ...
... arrival . Hatchie river , at that time , was scarcely navigable even by the boats that then plyed that stream . A steamer had never been known to venture up its narrow confines until February , 1828. On a beautiful day of that month ...
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... arrive in sight of the old school house , our old familiar teacher standing in the door to welcome us with a smile within its walls . When the old gentleman would take his seat , and say " books , books , " we would scamper to our seats ...
... arrive in sight of the old school house , our old familiar teacher standing in the door to welcome us with a smile within its walls . When the old gentleman would take his seat , and say " books , books , " we would scamper to our seats ...
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The Soldier's Friend; Being a Thrilling Narrative of Grandma Smith's Four ... Susan E. D. Smith,Little John No preview available - 2018 |
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Page 276 - Why shrinks the soul Back on herself, and startles at destruction ? 'Tis the divinity that stirs within us; 'Tis Heaven itself that points out an hereafter, And intimates eternity to man.
Page 209 - By the flow of the inland river, Whence the fleets of iron have fled, Where the blades of the grave-grass quiver, Asleep are the ranks of the dead: — Under the sod and the dew, Waiting the judgment day, Under the one, the Blue, Under the other, the Gray. These in the robings of glory, Those in the gloom of defeat, All with the battle-blood gory, In the dusk of eternity meet: — Under the...
Page 277 - Wherein ye greatly rejoice, though now for a season, if need be, ye are in heaviness through manifold temptations : that the trial of your faith, being much more precious than of gold that perisheth, though it be tried with fire, might be found unto praise and honour and glory at the appearing of Jesus Christ.
Page 211 - The cooling drip of the rain; Under the sod and the dew, Waiting the judgment day ; Wet with the rain, the Blue; Wet with the rain, the Gray. Sadly, but not with upbraiding The generous deed was done ; In the storm of the years that are fading, No braver battle was won ; Under the sod and the dew, Waiting the judgment day ; Under the blossoms, the Blue ; Under the garlands, the Gray. No more shall the war-cry sever, Or the winding rivers be red ; They banish our anger forever, When they laurel the...
Page 205 - I've been wand'ring away — To see thus around me my youth's early friends, As smiling and kind as in that happy day ? Though haply o'er some of your brows, as o'er mine, The snow-fall of time may be stealing — what then ? Like Alps in the sunset, thus lighted by wine...
Page 210 - From the silence of sorrowful hours The desolate mourners go, Lovingly laden with flowers, Alike for the friend and the foe: — Under the sod and the dew, Waiting the Judgment Day: — Under the roses, the Blue; Under the lilies, the Gray.
Page 210 - Under the sod and the dew, Waiting the judgment day; Under the laurel, the Blue; Under the willow, the Gray. From the silence of sorrowful hours The desolate mourners go, Lovingly laden with flowers Alike for the friend and the foe; Under the sod and the dew, Waiting the judgment day; Under the roses, the Blue; Under the lilies, the Gray.
Page 211 - Sadly, but not with upbraiding, The generous deed was done; In the storm of the years that are fading, No braver battle was won; — Under the sod and the dew, Waiting the judgment day; — Under the blossoms, the Blue; Under the garlands, the Gray. No more shall the...
Page 210 - On the blossoms blooming for all: Under the sod and the dew, Waiting the judgment day; Broidered with gold, the Blue, Mellowed with gold, the Gray. So, when the summer calleth, On forest and field of grain, With an equal murmur falleth The cooling drip of the rain: Under the sod and the dew, Waiting the judgment day; Wet with the rain, the Blue, Wet with the rain, the Gray. Sadly, but not with upbraiding, The generous deed was done, In the storm of...
Page 110 - The heart, like a tendril, accustom'd to cling, Let it grow where it will, cannot flourish alone, But will lean to the nearest and loveliest thing It can twine with itself, and make closely its own.