Life and Services of Gen. John A. Logan: As Soldier and StatesmanBelford, Clarke, 1887 - 580 páginas |
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... hands being all busy at other work , his father , having observed that the squirrels were attacking one of his corn ... hand : I give notice to all the squirrels to keep out of this cornfield . If they don't keep out they will be shot ...
... hands being all busy at other work , his father , having observed that the squirrels were attacking one of his corn ... hand : I give notice to all the squirrels to keep out of this cornfield . If they don't keep out they will be shot ...
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... hand with a lot of other boys and some of the farm - hands , armed with shot- guns to exterminate them . Fifty - one years have since passed away , and to - day that corn - field is covered with the houses of Murphysborough . That " the ...
... hand with a lot of other boys and some of the farm - hands , armed with shot- guns to exterminate them . Fifty - one years have since passed away , and to - day that corn - field is covered with the houses of Murphysborough . That " the ...
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... hands were bloody , a rifle was on his shoulder , and while at one moment he was helping to carry off some wounded man , at another , with blazing eyes and language more forci- ble than polite , he strove to rally the men . I afterward ...
... hands were bloody , a rifle was on his shoulder , and while at one moment he was helping to carry off some wounded man , at another , with blazing eyes and language more forci- ble than polite , he strove to rally the men . I afterward ...
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... hands and feet of many of them were frozen . Everything was covered with a thick crust of ice , and the sleet continued to fall heavily and ceaselessly day and night during the siege . The besiegers were , moreover , so close to the ...
... hands and feet of many of them were frozen . Everything was covered with a thick crust of ice , and the sleet continued to fall heavily and ceaselessly day and night during the siege . The besiegers were , moreover , so close to the ...
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... hand to save her from destruction , if she will not be saved by a restoration of the Union . Since the die of her wretchedness has been cast by her own hands , let the coin of her misery circulate alone in her own dominions , until the ...
... hand to save her from destruction , if she will not be saved by a restoration of the Union . Since the die of her wretchedness has been cast by her own hands , let the coin of her misery circulate alone in her own dominions , until the ...
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Página 474 - Amidst these humble bowers to lay me down; To husband out life's taper at the close, And keep the flame from wasting by repose. I still had hopes, for pride attends us still, Amidst the swains to show my book-learned skill, Around my fire an evening group to draw, And tell of all I felt and all I saw...
Página 474 - In all my wanderings round this world of care, In all my griefs - and God has given my share I still had hopes my latest hours to crown, Amidst these humble bowers to lay me down; To husband out life's taper at the close, And keep the flame from wasting by repose.
Página 420 - 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.
Página 574 - The graces taught in the schools, the costly ornaments and studied contrivances of speech, shock and disgust men, when their own lives, and the fate of their wives, their children, and their country hang on the decision of the hour.
Página 350 - We therefore demand that the imposition of duties on foreign imports shall be made, not for revenue only, but that, in raising the requisite revenues for the Government, such duties shall be so levied as to afford security to our diversified industries and protection to the rights and wages of the laborer, to the end that active and intelligent labor, as well as capital, may have its just reward and the laboring man his full share in the national prosperity.
Página 384 - Let reverence for the laws be breathed by every American mother to the lisping babe that prattles on her lap; let it be taught in schools, in seminaries, and in colleges; let it be written in primers...
Página 124 - If other eyes grow dull and other hands slack, and other hearts cold in the solemn trust, ours shall keep it well as long as the light and warmth of life remain to us.
Página 300 - on the earth there is nothing great but man, and in man, there is nothing great but mind...
Página 395 - Yours of this date, proposing armistice and appointment of Commissioners to settle terms of capitulation, is just received. No terms except an unconditional and immediate surrender can be accepted. I propose to move immediately upon your works.
Página 142 - South, disperse the carpet-bag State Governments, allow the white people to re-organize their own governments, and elect Senators and Representatives, The House of Representatives will contain a majority of Democrats from the North, and they will admit the Representatives elected by the white people of the South, and with the co-operation of the President, it will not be difficult to compel the Senate to submit once more to the obligations of the Constitution.