The Secret Service: The Field, the Dungeon, and the EscapeAmerican Publishing Company, 1866 - 512 pagini The experiences of a correspondent of the New York Tribune within the Confederate lines during 1861, later with the Union Armies, and then held in southern prisons. |
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Pagina 17
... never propitious to the longevity of Abolitionists , was now unfavorable to the health of every northerner , no matter how strong his political constitution . I felt the danger of being recog- nized ; for several years of roving ...
... never propitious to the longevity of Abolitionists , was now unfavorable to the health of every northerner , no matter how strong his political constitution . I felt the danger of being recog- nized ; for several years of roving ...
Pagina 24
... walls to open and reveal a party of fiends , dancing to infernal music around a lurid fire . I never saw any stage effect or work of art that could compare with it . 1861. ] THE STAR CHAMBER . - MAGNIFICENT DISTANCES .
... walls to open and reveal a party of fiends , dancing to infernal music around a lurid fire . I never saw any stage effect or work of art that could compare with it . 1861. ] THE STAR CHAMBER . - MAGNIFICENT DISTANCES .
Pagina 25
... never looked upon the grand panorama from its brow . Men have lived from childhood almost within sound of the roar of Niagara , without ever gazing on the vast fountain , where mother Earth , like Rachel , weeps for her children , and ...
... never looked upon the grand panorama from its brow . Men have lived from childhood almost within sound of the roar of Niagara , without ever gazing on the vast fountain , where mother Earth , like Rachel , weeps for her children , and ...
Pagina 26
... never expected to see them again ; we thought they were going out of the world . But , after several months , they returned , having come on foot all the way , through the Indian country , pack- ing * their blankets and provisions . Now ...
... never expected to see them again ; we thought they were going out of the world . But , after several months , they returned , having come on foot all the way , through the Indian country , pack- ing * their blankets and provisions . Now ...
Pagina 27
... never been picked , and were disappearing under the plow . A native Kentuckian , now a young merchant in Ala- bama , was one of my fellow - passengers . He pronounced the people aristocratic . They looked down upon every man who worked ...
... never been picked , and were disappearing under the plow . A native Kentuckian , now a young merchant in Ala- bama , was one of my fellow - passengers . He pronounced the people aristocratic . They looked down upon every man who worked ...
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Alte ediții - Afișează-le pe toate
The Secret Service: The Field, the Dungeon, and the Escape Albert Deane Richardson Vizualizare completă - 1897 |
The Secret Service, the Field, the Dungeon, and the Escape Albert Deane Richardson Vizualizare completă - 1865 |
The Secret Service, the Field, the Dungeon, and the Escape Albert Deane Richardson Vizualizare completă - 1865 |
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Pagina 281 - I see the dagger-crest of Mar, I see the Moray's silver star, Wave o'er the cloud of Saxon war, That up the lake comes winding far ! To hero bound for battle-strife, Or bard of martial lay, 'Twere worth ten years of peaceful life, One glance at their array ! XVI.
Pagina 298 - Too near to God for doubt or fear, She shares the eternal calm. She knows the seed lies safe below The fires that blast and burn ; For all the tears of blood we sow She waits the rich return. She sees with clearer eye than ours The good of suffering born, — The hearts that blossom like her flowers, And ripen like her corn.
Pagina 40 - That, with nothing in the heavens above, the earth beneath, or the waters under the earth to build a prosperity upon, the people of Massachusetts are, per capita, the richest people in the world.
Pagina 340 - Cannon to right of them, Cannon to left of them, Cannon in front of them Volley'd and thunder'd; Storm'd at with shot and shell, Boldly they rode and well, Into the jaws of Death, Into the mouth of hell Rode the six hundred. Flash'd all their sabres bare, Flash'd as they turn'd in air Sabring the gunners there, Charging an army, while All the world wonder'd. Plunged in the battery-smoke Right thro' the line they broke; Cossack and Russian Reel'd from the sabre-stroke Shatter'd and sunder'd.
Pagina 133 - ... and the obligations imposed upon me by instructions from Washington, it is my duty to demand, and I do hereby demand of you, an immediate surrender of your command, with no other conditions than that all persons surrendering under this demand shall be humanely and kindly treated. Believing myself prepared to enforce this demand, one half-hour's time, before doing so, will be allowed for your compliance therewith. . . " Very respectfully your obedient servant, " N. LYON, Capt 2d Infantry, commanding...
Pagina 211 - It has been represented that important information respecting the numbers and condition of our forces is conveyed to the enemy by means of fugitive slaves who are admitted within our lines. In order to remedy this evil, it is directed that no such persons be hereafter permitted to enter the lines of any camp, or of any forces on the march, and that any within such lines be immediately excluded therefrom.
Pagina 403 - Let cares like a wild deluge come, And storms of sorrow fall ; May I but safely reach my home, My God, my heaven, my all : 4 There shall I bathe my weary soul, In seas of heavenly rest, And not a wave of trouble roll Across my peaceful breast.
Pagina 1 - scapes i' the imminent deadly breach, Of being taken by the insolent foe And sold to slavery, of my redemption thence And...
Pagina 166 - And tall and strong and swift of foot were they, Beyond the dwarfing city's pale abortions, Because their thoughts had never been the prey Of care or gain...
Pagina 377 - He has sounded forth the trumpet that shall never call retreat; He is sifting out the hearts of men before His judgment seat : Oh ! be swift, my soul, to answer Him ! be jubilant, my feet ! Our God is marching on. In the beauty of the lilies Christ was born across the sea, With a glory in His bosom that transfigures you and me : As He died to make men holy, let us die to make men free, While God is marching on.