The Magazine of History with Notes and Queries, Volume 19W. Abbatt, 1914 - History |
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... hours must elapse before another roll call , when , if the Major's flight were discovered , he would be safely under the protection of our flag . To insure safety the Major's hair and beard were cut . I gave him my old slouch hat , and ...
... hours must elapse before another roll call , when , if the Major's flight were discovered , he would be safely under the protection of our flag . To insure safety the Major's hair and beard were cut . I gave him my old slouch hat , and ...
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... place and that audience . We had chess and checkers ; some men would lie down on their faces for hours at a time playing the latter game with white and black Occurrence . bone buttons and on a board marked off WAR TIME RECOLLECTIONS 21.
... place and that audience . We had chess and checkers ; some men would lie down on their faces for hours at a time playing the latter game with white and black Occurrence . bone buttons and on a board marked off WAR TIME RECOLLECTIONS 21.
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... hours at a time , and , when at length one or the other was checkmated , such a cheer would go up from the victors and their partisans as would make the rafters of the old building ring again , while the guards would halt and ask each ...
... hours at a time , and , when at length one or the other was checkmated , such a cheer would go up from the victors and their partisans as would make the rafters of the old building ring again , while the guards would halt and ask each ...
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... time without speaking . He then asked me to leave him , as he wished to think about home . In an hour he came down . All sadness had passed from his face , and he was perfectly cheerful the rest of 28 LETTERS FROM CAMP ( 1861 )
... time without speaking . He then asked me to leave him , as he wished to think about home . In an hour he came down . All sadness had passed from his face , and he was perfectly cheerful the rest of 28 LETTERS FROM CAMP ( 1861 )
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... hour since , and irregular , violent , and unjust as I knew these precipitate proceedings to be - an hour since , and I was willing to abide by their result , whatever fatality to me might attend it . I cared not , recked not for the ...
... hour since , and irregular , violent , and unjust as I knew these precipitate proceedings to be - an hour since , and I was willing to abide by their result , whatever fatality to me might attend it . I cared not , recked not for the ...
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Page 7 - It is too probable that no plan we propose will be adopted. Perhaps another dreadful conflict is to be sustained. If, to please the people, we offer what we ourselves disapprove, how can we afterwards defend our work? Let us raise a standard to which the wise and honest can repair ; the event is in the hand of God.
Page 210 - Ah, luckless speech, and bootless boast ! For which he paid full dear; For, while he spake, a braying ass Did sing most loud and clear. Whereat his horse did snort, as he Had heard a lion roar, And gallop'd off with all his might, As he had done before.
Page 77 - I do solemnly and sincerely, in the presence of God, profess, testify, and declare, that I do make this declaration, and every part thereof, in the plain and ordinary sense of the words read unto me, as they are commonly understood by Protestants, without any evasion, equivocation, or mental reservation whatsoever...
Page 207 - John he cried ; But John he cried in vain, That trot became a gallop soon, In spite of curb and rein. So stooping down, as needs he must Who cannot sit upright, He grasp'd the mane with both his hands And eke with all his might.
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Page 208 - The wind did blow, the cloak did fly, Like streamer long and gay, Till loop and button failing both, At last it flew away. Then might all people well discern The bottles he had slung ; A bottle swinging at each side, As hath been said or sung.
Page 50 - There is a divinity that shapes our ends, Rough hew them how we will.
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Page 204 - My sister, and my sister's child, Myself and children three, Will fill the chaise ; so you must ride On horseback after we. He soon replied, I do admire Of womankind but one, And you are she, my dearest dear, Therefore it shall be done. I am a linen-draper bold, As all the world doth know, And my good friend the calender Will lend his horse to go.