The Man Without a Country and Other TalesRoberts Bros., 1886 - 300 pages |
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... gave him the uniform he wore , and the sword by his side . Nay , my poor No- lan , it was only because " United States " had picked you out first as one of her own confidential men of honor that " A. Burr " cared for you a straw more ...
... gave him the uniform he wore , and the sword by his side . Nay , my poor No- lan , it was only because " United States " had picked you out first as one of her own confidential men of honor that " A. Burr " cared for you a straw more ...
Page 14
... gave his orders and the prisoner was taken out of court . " Mr. Marshal , " continued old Morgan , " see that no one mentions the United States to the prisoner . Mr. Marshal , make my respects to Lieutenant Mitch- ell at Orleans , and ...
... gave his orders and the prisoner was taken out of court . " Mr. Marshal , " continued old Morgan , " see that no one mentions the United States to the prisoner . Mr. Marshal , make my respects to Lieutenant Mitch- ell at Orleans , and ...
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... gave it to Nolan , and made him put it on . The man told me this who saw it . Nolan cried like a baby , and well he might . He had not worn a sword since that infernal day at Fort Adams . always afterwards on occasions of ceremony , he ...
... gave it to Nolan , and made him put it on . The man told me this who saw it . Nolan cried like a baby , and well he might . He had not worn a sword since that infernal day at Fort Adams . always afterwards on occasions of ceremony , he ...
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... gave them rum , and that did not quiet them . I knocked that big fellow down twice , and that did not soothe him . And then I talked Choctaw to all of them to- gether ; and I'll be hanged if they understood that as well as they ...
... gave them rum , and that did not quiet them . I knocked that big fellow down twice , and that did not soothe him . And then I talked Choctaw to all of them to- gether ; and I'll be hanged if they understood that as well as they ...
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... gave way , he said to me : " Youngster , let that show you what it is to be without a family , without a home , and without a country . And if you are ever tempted to say a word or to do a thing that shall put a bar between you and your ...
... gave way , he said to me : " Youngster , let that show you what it is to be without a family , without a home , and without a country . And if you are ever tempted to say a word or to do a thing that shall put a bar between you and your ...
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Page 73 - Like leaves on trees the race of man is found, Now green in youth, now withering on the ground; Another race the following spring supplies; They fall successive, and successive rise: So generations in their course decay; So flourish these, when those are pass'd away.
Page 71 - Then the channels of waters were seen, and the foundations of the world were discovered at thy rebuke, O LORD, at the blast of the breath of thy nostrils. He sent from above, he took me, he drew me out of many waters.
Page 20 - From wandering on a foreign strand ? If such there breathe, go, mark him well; For him no minstrel raptures swell ; High though his titles, proud his name, Boundless his wealth as wish can claim, — Despite those titles, power, and pelf, The wretch, concentred all in self, Living, shall forfeit fair renown, And, doubly dying, shall go down To the vile dust from whence he sprung, Unwept, unhonored, and unsung.
Page 74 - But the mercy of the Lord is from everlasting to everlasting upon them that fear him, and his righteousness unto children's children; To such as keep his covenant, and to those that remember his commandments to do them.
Page 73 - As for man, his days are as grass; As a flower of the field, so he flourisheth. For the wind passeth over it, and it is gone; And the place thereof shall know it no more.
Page 69 - He giveth snow like wool : he scattereth the hoar-frost like ashes. He casteth forth his ice like morsels : who can stand before his cold ? He sendeth out his word, and melteth them : he causeth his wind to blow, and the waters flow.
Page 70 - There went up a smoke out of his nostrils, and fire out of his mouth devoured : coals were kindled by it. He bowed the heavens also, and came down : and darkness was under his feet. And he rode upon a cherub, and did fly : yea, he did fly upon the wings of the wind.
Page 46 - We looked in his Bible, and there was a slip of paper at the place where he had marked the text: "They desire a country, even a heavenly: wherefore God is not ashamed to be called their God: for he hath prepared for them a city.
Page 30 - The rest of the time he talked or walked. Till he grew very old, he went aloft a great deal. He always kept up his exercise; and I never heard that he was ill. If any other man was ill, he was the kindest nurse in the world; and he knew more than half the surgeons do. Then if anybody was sick or died, or if the captain wanted him to, on any other occasion, he was always ready to read prayers. I have said that he read beautifully.