Bright Skies and Dark ShadowsC. Scribner's Sons, 1890 - Всего страниц: 316 A narrative of travel in the South, with chapters on the race question, the Civil War and other topics. |
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... town , and look into the untroubled face of that model gentleman , George W. Childs ; and to sit with Mr. Drexel in his banking house — a man who is as simple as if he were not a king in the world of finance- and hear him speak ...
... town , and look into the untroubled face of that model gentleman , George W. Childs ; and to sit with Mr. Drexel in his banking house — a man who is as simple as if he were not a king in the world of finance- and hear him speak ...
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... town two or three miles , he led the way to a hill on which he is building a house for him- self , a point of view from which the eye takes in a circuit of fifty miles , within which is included every variety of landscape . How many ...
... town two or three miles , he led the way to a hill on which he is building a house for him- self , a point of view from which the eye takes in a circuit of fifty miles , within which is included every variety of landscape . How many ...
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... town , where , in the early settlement , were erected the Court House and other public buildings , as a nucleus for the gathering population . Knoxville is a place which has a history , being one of the first settlements west of the ...
... town , where , in the early settlement , were erected the Court House and other public buildings , as a nucleus for the gathering population . Knoxville is a place which has a history , being one of the first settlements west of the ...
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... town , by which I learn- ed more of its history in a few hours than I could have learned by myself in a week . Naturally the first object of interest was his own church , which is the mother of all the churches , in whose graveyard ...
... town , by which I learn- ed more of its history in a few hours than I could have learned by myself in a week . Naturally the first object of interest was his own church , which is the mother of all the churches , in whose graveyard ...
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... town , than his troops , though ready to drop with fatigue and cold and hunger , were set to work with spade and shovel ; and the people of the place , white and black , were pressed into the service ; and all together worked day and ...
... town , than his troops , though ready to drop with fatigue and cold and hunger , were set to work with spade and shovel ; and the people of the place , white and black , were pressed into the service ; and all together worked day and ...
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Стр. 253 - But through it there rolled not the breath of his pride: And the foam of his gasping lay white on the turf, And cold as the spray of the rock-beating surf. And there lay the rider distorted and pale, With the dew on his brow, and the rust on his mail; And the tents were all silent, the banners alone, The lances unlifted, the trumpet unblown.
Стр. 122 - I will say then that I am not, nor ever have been, in favor of bringing about in any way the social and political equality of the white and black races — that I am not, nor ever have been, in favor of making voters or jurors of negroes, nor of qualifying them to hold office, nor to intermarry with white people; and I will say in addition to this that there is a physical difference between the white and black races...
Стр. 83 - Forgive me, Lord, for thy dear Son, The ill that I this day have done ; That with the world, myself, and thee, I, ere I sleep, at peace may be.
Стр. 164 - Dominions ; that all things may be so ordered and settled by their endeavours, upon the best and surest foundations, that peace and happiness, truth and justice, religion and piety, may be established among us for all generations.
Стр. 268 - Resolved, That the President, in the late Executive proceedings in relation to the public revenue, has assumed upon himself authority and power not conferred by the Constitution and laws, but in derogation of both.
Стр. 269 - I consider, then, the power to annul a law of the United States, assumed by one State, incompatible with the existence of the Union, contradicted expressly by the letter of the Constitution, unauthorised by its spirit, inconsistent with every principle on which it was founded, and destructive of the great object for which it was formed.
Стр. 119 - And I further declare and make known that such persons of suitable condition will be received into the armed service of the United States to garrison forts, positions, stations, and other places, and to man vessels of all sorts in said service. And upon this act, sincerely believed to be an act of justice, warranted by the Constitution upon* military necessity, I invoke the considerate judgment of mankind and the gracious favor of Almighty God.
Стр. 122 - I will say in addition to this that there is a physical difference between the white and black races which I believe will for ever forbid the two races living together on terms of social and political equality.
Стр. 271 - God calls me to sleep with my fathers, to be laid — for both of us there to remain until the last trumpet sounds to call the dead to judgment, when we, I hope, shall rise together, clothed with that heavenly body promised to all who believe in our glorious Redeemer, who died for us, that we might live, and by whose atonement I hope for a blessed immortality.
Стр. 295 - I have just received your note, informing me that you were wounded. I cannot express my regret at the occurrence. Could I have directed events, I should have chosen, for the good of the country, to have been disabled in your stead. I congratulate you upon the victory which is due to your skill and energy.