 | William Cabell Rives - Virginia - 1869 - 36 pages
...labours and permitted him in vision beatific, ere death had set the final seal upon his brow, " to cross over the river and rest under the shade of the trees." * An impartial and attentive observer cannot fail to discover evidence, in what has been accomplished... | |
 | Edward Alfred Pollard - Confederate States of America - 1871 - 936 pages
...sweetness spread itself over his pale face, and he said quietly, and with an expression as if of relief, " Let us cross over the river, and rest under the shade of the trees ; " and then without pain or the least struggle, his spirit passed from earth to the mansions of the eternal... | |
 | John Esten Cooke - Generals - 1871 - 690 pages
...his delirium cried out, ' Let AP Hill prepare for action ; march the infantry rapidly to the front. Let us cross over the river and rest under the shade of the trees.' Both heroes died with commands for military movements on their lips ; both the noblest specimens of... | |
 | Sarah Nicholas Randolph - Biography & Autobiography - 1876 - 394 pages
...sweetness spread itself over his pale face, and he said, quietly and with an expression as of relief, 'Let us cross over the river and rest under the shade of the trees.' And then, without pain or the least struggle, his spirit passed from earth to the God who gave it."* Thus,... | |
 | Phrenology - 1876 - 1000 pages
...sweetness spread itself over his pale face, and then he said, qnletly, and with an expression of relief, " Let us cross over the river, and rest under the shade of the trees."— Death of " Stonewall " Jacluan. PERSEVERANCE will obtain good cabbage and lettuce, where otherwise... | |
 | John Esten Cooke - Confederate States of America - 1876 - 694 pages
...away. His excitement disappeared, his features again became serene, and he murmured with a smile : " Let us cross over the river and rest under the shade of the trees ! " The moment had indeed arrived when the illustrious leader was about to pass the dark river which... | |
 | Benson John Lossing - United States - 1877 - 674 pages
...spread itself over his pale face, and he said quietly, and with an expression as if of relief, ' Let as cross over the river, and rest under the shade of the trees.'" 32 HOOKER'S NEW LINE OF BATTLE. •directly to Hooker, was ordered to fall back and take position,... | |
 | Charles Augustus Goodrich - United States - 1878 - 168 pages
...affections, and he murmured, " Bury me in Lexington, in the valley of Virginia." His last words were: "Let us cross over the river and rest under the shade of the trees." A little later, and the brave soldier has crossed the river of death, and was at rest in the paradise... | |
 | W. N. Bryant - Texas - 1879 - 194 pages
...coming down to our own times, the Inst words of Stonewall Jackson — what a beautiful simile — " Let us cross over the river and rest under the shade of the trees." Facts and Fancies. We are very apt, to judge of the weight of a body from previous conceptions. Thus,... | |
 | Bookbinding - 1879 - 810 pages
...they were here to see a Christian soldier die ! " Not many months afterward Jackson was called to " cross over the river, and rest under the shade of the trees," and left another bright illustration of how Christian soldiers of that army were wont to die. Colonel Willie... | |
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