Bessie and Raymond: Or, Incidents Corrected with the Civil War in the United States |
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... seemed to engross all her thoughts . " I am so nervous I could not stay at home , " said she , addressing Julia , " or I should n't have called on you to - day . " " Indeed , " replied Julia , smiling as she spoke , " what has occurred ...
... seemed to engross all her thoughts . " I am so nervous I could not stay at home , " said she , addressing Julia , " or I should n't have called on you to - day . " " Indeed , " replied Julia , smiling as she spoke , " what has occurred ...
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... seemed the very semblance of despair . How long she would have kept herself secluded there is a matter of conjecture ; probably as long as she could have lived without food , had not her sighs and sobs led to the discovery of her ...
... seemed the very semblance of despair . How long she would have kept herself secluded there is a matter of conjecture ; probably as long as she could have lived without food , had not her sighs and sobs led to the discovery of her ...
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... seemed , to resist such kindness as was manifested by her mother and Raymond , as they stood , bending sor- rowfully over her . She did resist , however , for a long time , every effort of her friends to gain a knowl- edge of the cause ...
... seemed , to resist such kindness as was manifested by her mother and Raymond , as they stood , bending sor- rowfully over her . She did resist , however , for a long time , every effort of her friends to gain a knowl- edge of the cause ...
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... seemed more like a dream than a reality , to Julia , when she found herself alone with her little ones , on the evening of the day on which Frederic had left his home . 66 How are we to get on without Mr. Sedgwick o ' nights ? " asked a ...
... seemed more like a dream than a reality , to Julia , when she found herself alone with her little ones , on the evening of the day on which Frederic had left his home . 66 How are we to get on without Mr. Sedgwick o ' nights ? " asked a ...
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... seemed long , very long , to the little household over which Julia presided . To her they seemed almost interminable , until a letter came from Frederic . Although it was written amid the bustle and confusion of camp life , the strain ...
... seemed long , very long , to the little household over which Julia presided . To her they seemed almost interminable , until a letter came from Frederic . Although it was written amid the bustle and confusion of camp life , the strain ...
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Albert Saunders answer arms army asked Aunt Amey Bessie Bessie's Bloomdale brother CHAPTER cheerful Christian patriot Clara Clara's heart Colonel Murray comfort countenance cousin dare daugh daughter dear mother dear old flag duty Edgar EDWARD PAYSON WESTON exclaimed expression father fear feel felt Frank Eaton Frederic friends girl glad Government Granger hand Hannah happy hear heard heart hope husband Jefferson Davis Jenkins Julia Kate Kate Sisson kind knew leave letter look massa Massachusetts Minnie Miss Benson missive never noble obliged Port Hudson pray prisoner Raymond Philips Rebel regard remarked replied secession Sedgwick seemed silent sister soldier soon sorrow Southrons speak spoke stars and stripes suffering suppose sure sympathy tell things thought tion told tone true trust wife wish woman words wounded write wrong young lady
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Page 357 - Heaven doth with us as we with torches do, Not light them for themselves ; for if our virtues Did not go forth of us, 'twere all alike As if we had them not.
Page 265 - And slight withal may be the things which bring Back on the heart the weight which it would fling Aside for ever : it may be a sound — A tone of music, — summer's eve — or spring, A flower — the wind — the Ocean — which shall wound, Striking the electric chain wherewith we are darkly bound ; XXIV.
Page 227 - Away, away, from men and towns, To the wild wood and the downs To the silent wilderness Where the soul need not repress Its music lest it should not find An echo in another's mind, While the touch of Nature's art Harmonizes heart to heart.
Page 241 - I held it truth, with him who sings To one clear harp in divers tones, That men may rise on stepping-stones Of their dead selves to higher things. But who shall so forecast the years And find in loss a gain to match? Or reach a hand thro' time to catch The far-off interest of tears?
Page 174 - In every joy that crowns my days, In every pain I bear, My heart shall find delight in praise, Or seek relief in prayer.
Page 233 - O my soul, come not thou into their secret; unto their assembly, mine honour, be not thou united! For in their anger they slew a man, and in their self-will they digged down a wall. Cursed be their anger, for it was fierce, and their wrath, for it was cruel. I will divide them in Jacob and scatter them in Israel.
Page 210 - Alas ! if we murmur at things like these, That reflection tells us are wise decrees ; That the Wind is not ever a gentle breath, — That the Sun is often the bearer of death, — That the...
Page 184 - Tis Providence alone secures In every change both mine and yours : Safety consists not in escape From dangers of a frightful shape ; An earthquake may be bid to spare The man that's strangled by a hair. Fate steals along with silent tread, Found oftenest in what least we dread, Frowns in the storm with angry brow, But in the sunshine strikes the blow.
Page 137 - O'ER wayward childhood would'st thou hold firm rule, And sun thee in the light of happy faces ; Love, Hope, and Patience, these must be thy graces, And in thine own heart let them first keep school.
Page 402 - The Lord gave and the Lord hath taken away, and blessed be the name of the Lord.