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... took the drill ? " " Corkran , I think his name is . " " You ought to know him . That's the kind of boy you should culti- vate . Evidently an unusual sort . A wonderful sight . Five and twenty boys , who , I dare say , would much sooner ...
... took the drill ? " " Corkran , I think his name is . " " You ought to know him . That's the kind of boy you should culti- vate . Evidently an unusual sort . A wonderful sight . Five and twenty boys , who , I dare say , would much sooner ...
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... took one girl , then another , once in a while being seen with the daughter of our general man- ager but he seemed ... took his sister anywhere ; he devoted himself to that boy - bought him clothes , whole suits , took him everywhere a ...
... took one girl , then another , once in a while being seen with the daughter of our general man- ager but he seemed ... took his sister anywhere ; he devoted himself to that boy - bought him clothes , whole suits , took him everywhere a ...
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... took our mills did not know Hogskin . As for me , I thought of him once in a while for a year or two , and inquired for him when I met some of the old gang ; but I don't believe I had thought of him for ten straight years when one day I ...
... took our mills did not know Hogskin . As for me , I thought of him once in a while for a year or two , and inquired for him when I met some of the old gang ; but I don't believe I had thought of him for ten straight years when one day I ...
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... took off my greasy cap , and stepped in- side the cabin . It was bare enough , but clean . On the poor bed lay the wasted form of a once beautiful woman - once the picture of Lottie - she had evidently died of consumption . The Cracker took ...
... took off my greasy cap , and stepped in- side the cabin . It was bare enough , but clean . On the poor bed lay the wasted form of a once beautiful woman - once the picture of Lottie - she had evidently died of consumption . The Cracker took ...
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... took charge , we acquired control of some other lines , which placed in our hands quite a system , and I went over all the lines to inspect and report on them . I must be back at headquarters within a given time , and that called for my ...
... took charge , we acquired control of some other lines , which placed in our hands quite a system , and I went over all the lines to inspect and report on them . I must be back at headquarters within a given time , and that called for my ...
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Page 77 - The time has come,' the Walrus said, ' To talk of many things: Of shoes - and ships - and sealing wax Of cabbages - and kings And why the sea is boiling hot And whether pigs have wings.
Page 231 - This morning, as for some days past, it seems exceedingly probable that this Administration will not be re-elected. Then it will be my duty to so cooperate with the President-elect, as to save the Union between the election and the inauguration ; as he will have secured his election on such ground that he cannot possibly save it afterwards.
Page 13 - Is this the Thing the Lord God made and gave To have dominion over sea and land; To trace the stars and search the heavens for power; To feel the passion of Eternity? Is this the Dream He dreamed who shaped the suns And marked their ways upon the ancient deep? Down all the stretch of Hell to its last gulf There is no shape more terrible than this...
Page 29 - 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.
Page 29 - When you first reached the vicinity of Vicksburg, I thought you should do what you finally did — march the troops across the neck, run the batteries with the transports, and thus go below ; and I never had any faith, except a general hope that you knew better than I, that the Yazoo Pass expedition and the like could succeed. When you got below and took Port Gibson, Grand Gulf, and vicinity...
Page 26 - What I now ask of you is military success, and I will risk the dictatorship. The Government will support you to the utmost of its ability, which is neither more nor less than it has done, and will do, for all commanders. I much fear that the spirit which you have aided to infuse into the army, of criticising their commander and withholding confidence from him, will now turn upon you.
Page 14 - O masters, lords and rulers in all lands, Is this the handiwork you give to God, This monstrous thing distorted and soul-quenched?
Page 292 - He hath loosed the fateful lightning of his terrible swift sword; His truth is marching on. Glory, glory, hallelujah, Glory, glory, hallelujah, Glory, glory, hallelujah His truth is marching on.
Page 26 - In coming to us he tenders us an advantage which we should not waive. We should not so operate as to merely drive him away. As we must beat him somewhere or fail finally, we can do it, if at all, easier near to us than far away. If we cannot beat the enemy where he now is, we never can, he again being within the intrenchments of Richmond.
Page 26 - As I understand, you telegraphed General Halleck that you cannot subsist your army at Winchester unless the railroad from Harper's Ferry to that point be put in working order. But the enemy does now subsist his army at Winchester, at a distance nearly twice as great from railroad transportation as you would have to do without the railroad last named.