Autobiography of Seventy Years, Том 1C. Scribner's sons, 1903 |
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... thought of sending a detachment to cut off Hood's army at a ford by which he escaped after they were defeated , but he concluded that it was not safe to spare that force from immediate use in the battle . " If I had done it , " he added ...
... thought of sending a detachment to cut off Hood's army at a ford by which he escaped after they were defeated , but he concluded that it was not safe to spare that force from immediate use in the battle . " If I had done it , " he added ...
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... thought of her as a personal friend to whom they could turn for sympathy and help . Not long before her death , an old black woman died in the poorhouse . She died in the night . An old man who had been a town pauper a good part of his ...
... thought of her as a personal friend to whom they could turn for sympathy and help . Not long before her death , an old black woman died in the poorhouse . She died in the night . An old man who had been a town pauper a good part of his ...
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... thought the Massachusetts patriots , especially Mr. Otis , in his argument for the Writs of Assistance , had given up the whole case when they admitted that Parlia- ment had the power to legislate for the Colonies under any ...
... thought the Massachusetts patriots , especially Mr. Otis , in his argument for the Writs of Assistance , had given up the whole case when they admitted that Parlia- ment had the power to legislate for the Colonies under any ...
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... thought he saw the dim and misty figure of a ship pass slowly from one side of the barn to the other , under the roof . A like story is told of Abraham Lincoln ; that he used to see a vision of a ship before any great event , and that ...
... thought he saw the dim and misty figure of a ship pass slowly from one side of the barn to the other , under the roof . A like story is told of Abraham Lincoln ; that he used to see a vision of a ship before any great event , and that ...
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... . I recollect that when I saw in Paris Couture's famous picture of the Decadence of the Romans , it was your father that I thought of as I saw the 3 VOL . I. figures of the older Romans gazing reproachfully upon the revels SAMUEL HOAR 33.
... . I recollect that when I saw in Paris Couture's famous picture of the Decadence of the Romans , it was your father that I thought of as I saw the 3 VOL . I. figures of the older Romans gazing reproachfully upon the revels SAMUEL HOAR 33.
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Сторінка 143 - What though the field be lost? All is not lost; the unconquerable will, And study of revenge, immortal hate, And courage never to submit or yield: And what is else not to be overcome?
Сторінка 64 - twould boldly trip, And print those roses on my lip. But all its chief delight was still On roses thus itself to fill, And its pure virgin limbs to fold In whitest sheets of lilies cold : Had it lived long, it would have been Lilies without, roses within.
Сторінка 155 - Sink or swim, live or die, survive or perish, I give my hand, and my heart, to this vote.
Сторінка 307 - My own public life has been a very brief and insignificant one, extending little beyond the duration of a single term of Senatorial office; but in that brief period I have seen five judges of a high court of the United States driven from office by threats of impeachment for corruption or maladministration. I have heard...
Сторінка 13 - Resolved, that each branch ought to possess the right of originating acts; that the national legislature ought to be empowered to enjoy the legislative rights vested in Congress by the Confederation, and moreover to legislate in all cases to which the separate states are incompetent or in which the harmony of the United States may be interrupted by the exercise of individual legislation...
Сторінка 13 - Congress by the confederation ; and, moreover, to legislate in all cases in which the separate States are incompetent, or in which the harmony of the United States may be interrupted by the exercise of individual legislation...
Сторінка 71 - In damp fields known to bird and fox, But he would come in the very hour It opened in its virgin bower, As if a sunbeam showed the place, And tell its long-descended race.
Сторінка 394 - And when asked what State he hails from, Our sole reply shall be, He hails from Appomattox, And its famous apple tree.
Сторінка 341 - I would, therefore, defer to him as much as is consistent with your own responsibilities. The first object to be attained is to get a firm position on the spit of land on which Fort Fisher is built, from which you can operate against that fort. You want to look to the practicability of receiving your supplies, and to defending yourself against superior forces sent against you by any of the avenues left open to the enemy. If such a position can be obtained, the siege of Fort Fisher will not be abandoned...
Сторінка 340 - Butler from the command of the Department of Virginia and North Carolina. I do this with reluctance, but the good of the service requires it. In my absence General Butler necessarily commands, and there is a lack of confidence felt in his military ability, making him an unsafe commander for a large army. His administration of the affairs of his department is also objectionable.