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A Household Story of the American Conflict the Great Battle Year Mary Stephens Robinson Ingen forhåndsvisning - 2019 |
A Household Story of the American Conflict the Great Battle Year Mary Stephens Robinson Ingen forhåndsvisning - 2019 |
Almindelige termer og sætninger
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Populære passager
Side 171 - In her attic window the staff she set, To show that one heart was loyal yet. Up the street came the rebel tread, Stonewall Jackson riding ahead. Under his slouched hat left and right He glanced; the old flag met his sight.
Side 171 - But spare your country's flag," she said. . A shade of sadness, a blush of shame, Over the face of the leader came; The nobler nature within him stirred To life at that woman's deed and word: "Who touches a hair of yon gray head Dies like a dog! March on!
Side 171 - It shivered the window, pane and sash ; It rent the banner with seam and gash. Quick, as it fell, from the broken staff Dame Barbara snatched the silken scarf; She leaned far out on the window-sill And shook it forth with a royal will. "Shoot, if you must, this old gray head, But spare your country's flag,
Side 167 - Then, as the messenger was riding away, he called him back. " Tell him if he cannot hold his ground, then the bridge, to the last man ! — always the bridge ! If the bridge is lost, all is lost.
Side 172 - Ever its torn folds rose and fell On the loyal winds that loved it well; And through the hill-gaps sunset light Shone over it with a warm good-night. Barbara Frietchie's work is o'er, And the Rebel rides on his raids no more. Honor to her! and let a tear Fall, for her sake, on Stonewall's bier. Over Barbara Frietchie's grave, Flag of Freedom and Union, wave! Peace and order and beauty draw Round thy symbol of light and law; And ever the stars above look down On thy stars below in Frederick town!
Side 14 - ... a man in whom, as in Daniel of old, no fault could be found, except concerning the law of his God, applied and obeyed by him against the reigning iniquity of the nation. It is matter for profoundest thoughtful praise, that after the moral assassination of the race by Federal justice, declaring that black men have no rights that white men are bound to respect...
Side 204 - If it had not been the LORD who was on our side, when men rose up against us : Then they had swallowed us up quick, when their wrath was kindled against us...
Side 167 - McClellan's only answer for the moment is a glance at the western sky. Then he turns and speaks very slowly : "Tell General Burnside this is the battle of the war. He must hold his ground till dark at any cost. I will send him Miller's battery. I can do nothing more. I have no infantry.
Side 1 - Pride and humiliation hand in hand Walked with them through the world where'er they went; Trampled and beaten were they as the sand, And yet unshaken as the continent.
Side 170 - I wish you to stand by General Burnside as you have stood by me, and all will be well.
Bibliografiske oplysninger
| Titel | A household story of the American conflict. Forward with the flag Brother series |
| Forfatter | Mary Stephens Robinson |
| Udgiver | N. Tibbals & Son, 1871 |
| Oprindeligt fra | Oxford University |
| Digitaliseret | 25. sep 2006 |
| Længde | 209 sider |
| Eksporter henvisning | BiBTeX EndNote RefMan |