Memories of the Southern StatesBarnicott, 1865 - 116 pages |
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... THE SOUTHERN STATES . BY ELIZABETH COLLINS . " I WILL A ROUND , UNVARNISHED TALE DELIVER . " Taunton : BARNICOTT , PRINTER , ALBION OFFICE , FORE STREET . 1865 . 203. f . 28 . BIBL ADDRESS TO THE READER . IF by chance this MEMORIES OF.
... THE SOUTHERN STATES . BY ELIZABETH COLLINS . " I WILL A ROUND , UNVARNISHED TALE DELIVER . " Taunton : BARNICOTT , PRINTER , ALBION OFFICE , FORE STREET . 1865 . 203. f . 28 . BIBL ADDRESS TO THE READER . IF by chance this MEMORIES OF.
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Elizabeth Collins. BIBL ADDRESS TO THE READER . IF by chance this simple. OTHE " BODL DOMININA INUS 10 ILLUMEA.
Elizabeth Collins. BIBL ADDRESS TO THE READER . IF by chance this simple. OTHE " BODL DOMININA INUS 10 ILLUMEA.
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Elizabeth Collins. ADDRESS TO THE READER . IF by chance this simple writing should find its way into print , it must be ... readers for the minuteness with which I have recorded many slight occurrences : I hope something of this may be ...
Elizabeth Collins. ADDRESS TO THE READER . IF by chance this simple writing should find its way into print , it must be ... readers for the minuteness with which I have recorded many slight occurrences : I hope something of this may be ...
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... readers will think so when 1 tell them my only companion was a little dog ( a sweet little pet of Mrs. W.'s ) , who knew the tune of " God save the Queen , " as well as I did ; we often used to have a tune together , " Dixie's Land ...
... readers will think so when 1 tell them my only companion was a little dog ( a sweet little pet of Mrs. W.'s ) , who knew the tune of " God save the Queen , " as well as I did ; we often used to have a tune together , " Dixie's Land ...
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... readers of Mr. W. being made captain of his company ( then stationed at South Island , near Georgetown ) , and entering the 10th S.C. Regt . as comp . A. This was , of course , an honour , but it foretold the many hardships which would ...
... readers of Mr. W. being made captain of his company ( then stationed at South Island , near Georgetown ) , and entering the 10th S.C. Regt . as comp . A. This was , of course , an honour , but it foretold the many hardships which would ...
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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.