Library of Southern Literature: BiographyEdwin Anderson Alderman, Joel Chandler Harris, Charles W. Kent Martin & Hoyt Company, 1909 |
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Page 1406
... present rule , believe what my book expresses , is it not well to know it ? . . . If it is true , is it not of tremendous importance that the whole nation shall know it ? " Manifestly ' The Leopard's Spots ' is a realistic and quasi ...
... present rule , believe what my book expresses , is it not well to know it ? . . . If it is true , is it not of tremendous importance that the whole nation shall know it ? " Manifestly ' The Leopard's Spots ' is a realistic and quasi ...
Page 1433
... present generation - a masterpiece in its way . " Another sketch which merits reading at any time - it is very popular as a Christmas recitation - is " Christmas Eve at the Corner Gro- cery . " ' Rare Old Chums ' is a little volume ...
... present generation - a masterpiece in its way . " Another sketch which merits reading at any time - it is very popular as a Christmas recitation - is " Christmas Eve at the Corner Gro- cery . " ' Rare Old Chums ' is a little volume ...
Page 1461
... present century , however , he moved to Kentucky and settled upon land which he purchased in Henry County . Here William , the oldest son of Francis and the father of Mr. Durrett , became a wealthy farmer and erected upon his plantation ...
... present century , however , he moved to Kentucky and settled upon land which he purchased in Henry County . Here William , the oldest son of Francis and the father of Mr. Durrett , became a wealthy farmer and erected upon his plantation ...
Page 1462
... present city of Staunton , where he became the progenitor of the family in this country . His son , Col- onel Robert Breckinridge , who had married Lettice , the old- est daughter of Colonel John Preston , was residing upon this place ...
... present city of Staunton , where he became the progenitor of the family in this country . His son , Col- onel Robert Breckinridge , who had married Lettice , the old- est daughter of Colonel John Preston , was residing upon this place ...
Page 1470
... present may be regarded with indifference . But when you remember that the providence of God arrested at an early period the auspicious career of him whose loss I have cause so deeply to deplore , you will excuse , nay , approve the ...
... present may be regarded with indifference . But when you remember that the providence of God arrested at an early period the auspicious career of him whose loss I have cause so deeply to deplore , you will excuse , nay , approve the ...
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Page 1636 - Wherefore in all things it behoved Him to be made like unto His brethren, that He might be a merciful and faithful high priest in things pertaining to GOD, to make reconciliation for the sins of the people. For in that He Himself hath suffered, being tempted, He is able to succour them that are tempted.
Page 1637 - And not only so, but we glory in tribulations also: knowing that tribulation worketh patience ; .and patience, experience; and experience, hope: and hope maketh not ashamed; because the love of God is shed abroad in our hearts by the Holy Ghost which is given unto us.
Page 1636 - But he was wounded for our transgressions, he was bruised for our iniquities, the chastisement of our peace was upon him, and by his stripes we are healed.
Page 1844 - Oh, yes, mamma ! how very gay Its wings of starry gold ! And see ! it lightly flies away Beyond my gentle hold. " Oh, mother, now I know full well, If God that worm can change, And draw it from this broken cell On golden wings to range — How beautiful will brother be, When God shall give him. wings, Above this dying world to flee, And live with heavenly things !
Page 1822 - If the secrets of all hearts could have been revealed, our enemies would have been astounded to see how many thousands and tens of thousands in the Southern States felt the crushing burden and the awful responsibility of the institution which we were supposed to be defending with the melodramatic fury of pirate kings.
Page 1537 - ... pair of babies which he had captured from their unknown mothers. It was on the day of my ride with him that I heard him express his views of the war and his singular aspiration for himself. It was almost immediately after General McClellan assumed command of the army of the Potomac, and while we were rather eagerly expecting him to attack our strongly fortified position at Centreville. Stuart was talking with some members of his staff, with whom he had been wrestling a minute before. He said...
Page 1649 - Neath the sky so bright and blue. And no slab of pallid marble Rears its white and ghastly head, Telling wanderers in the valley Of the virtues of the dead; But a lily is her tombstone, And a dew-drop, pure and bright, Is the epitaph an angel wrote In the stillness of the night.
Page 1733 - He loses her who gains her, Who watches day by day The dust of time that stains her, The griefs that leave her gray, The flesh that yet enchains her Whose grace hath passed away! Oh, happier he who gains not The Love some seem to gain: The joy that custom stains not Shall still with him remain, The loveliness that wanes not, The Love that ne'er can wane. In dreams she grows not older The...
Page 1843 - Daughter, do you remember, dear, The cold, dark thing you brought, And laid upon the casement here, — A withered worm, you thought ? I told you that Almighty power Could break that withered shell, And show you, in a future hour, Something would please you well. Look at the chrysalis, my love, — An empty shell it lies : — Now raise your wandering glance above, To where yon insect flies...
Page 1691 - Asking for a place to stay all night, you may be told, " Go to So and So's house; he'll pertect ye; " and he will, too, at the risk of his own life when you are past the line of suspicion and under his roof. There are other facts that soften a too harsh judgment of the mountaineer and his feud — harsh as the judgment should be. Personal fealty is the cornerstone of the feud. The mountaineer admits no higher law; he understands no conscience that will violate that tie. You are my friend or my kinsman...