Memories of the Southern StatesBarnicott, 1865 - 116 pages |
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... look at the upper housemaid ( Selina ) who was considered very good looking . I did take a regular view of her , she certainly had a very pleasing countenance , particularly when she smiled and showed her very white teeth . I have since ...
... look at the upper housemaid ( Selina ) who was considered very good looking . I did take a regular view of her , she certainly had a very pleasing countenance , particularly when she smiled and showed her very white teeth . I have since ...
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... look like a comb . Earrings and rings on the fingers are frequently seen , the effect very pleasing , and I doubt not these ornaments are more suitable to the shining face of a black person than to a white one . A few weeks had passed ...
... look like a comb . Earrings and rings on the fingers are frequently seen , the effect very pleasing , and I doubt not these ornaments are more suitable to the shining face of a black person than to a white one . A few weeks had passed ...
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... look out for a place of refuge , for it would not be safe , he thought , to remain at Hagley . How painful was the idea of leaving her home , perhaps never to see it again ! However , no time was to be lost , for the enemy was fast ...
... look out for a place of refuge , for it would not be safe , he thought , to remain at Hagley . How painful was the idea of leaving her home , perhaps never to see it again ! However , no time was to be lost , for the enemy was fast ...
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... look tempting , but I could not refuse the hospitality of the generous woman . Mrs. W. having her little pet dog with her who was very fond of sweet potatoes , we managed to eat two . We then continued our journey , and after some ...
... look tempting , but I could not refuse the hospitality of the generous woman . Mrs. W. having her little pet dog with her who was very fond of sweet potatoes , we managed to eat two . We then continued our journey , and after some ...
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... look of the cottage , and agreed to rent it for the sum of a hundred and twenty dollars a year . The out - houses , stables , & c . , were very much out of repair . There were about eight acres . of land cultivated , and about 100 of ...
... look of the cottage , and agreed to rent it for the sum of a hundred and twenty dollars a year . The out - houses , stables , & c . , were very much out of repair . There were about eight acres . of land cultivated , and about 100 of ...
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Page 74 - Except now and then a stray picket Is shot, as he walks on his beat, to and fro, By a rifleman hid in the thicket. 'Tis nothing ; a private or two, now and then, Will not count in the news of the battle ; Not an officer lost — only one of the men, Moaning out, all alone, the death rattle." All quiet along the Potomac...
Page 15 - And behold, I am with thee, and will keep thee in all places whither thou goest, and will bring thee again into this land; for I will not leave thee until I have done that which I have spoken to thee of.
Page 93 - IF ye then be risen with Christ, seek those things which are above, where Christ sitteth on the right hand of God. Set your affection on things above, not on things on the earth: For ye are dead, and your life is hid with Christ in God. When Christ, who is our life, shall appear, then shall ye also appear with him in glory.
Page 75 - His musket falls slack ; his face, dark and grim, Grows gentle with memories tender As he mutters a prayer for the children asleep, For their mother : may Heaven defend her...
Page 19 - I AM the resurrection and the life, saith the Lord: he that believeth in me, though he were dead, yet shall he live: and whosoever liveth and believeth in me, shall never die.
Page 74 - Far away in the cot on the mountain. His musket falls slack, — his face, dark and grim, Grows gentle with memories tender, As he mutters a prayer for the children asleep, — For their mother, — may Heaven defend her...
Page 36 - The mother who conceals her grief While to her breast her son she presses, Then breathes a few brave words and brief, Kissing the patriot brow she blesses, With no one but her secret God To know the pain that weighs upon her, Sheds holy blood as e'er the sod Received on Freedom's field of honor ! THOMAS BUCHANAN READ.
Page 75 - All quiet along the Potomac to-night — No sound save the rush of the river ; While soft falls the dew on the face of the dead — The picket's off duty forever.
Page 104 - The Proprietor, in the first place, wishes the Overseer most distinctly to understand that his first object is to be, under all circumstances, the care and well being of the negroes.
Page 86 - It has become my solemn duty to inform the authorities and citizens of Charleston and Savannah, that the movements of the enemy's fleet indicate an early land and naval attack on one or both cities, and to urge that persons unable to take an active part in the struggle shall retire.