Blood of an Englishman ...Jones of Texas, 1943 - 602 halaman |
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... PORTER AND THE BIRTH OF A NATION The Old America versus the New : The Civil War , 1861 : Reconstruction of the Old South : Tilden and Hayes : South American neighbors . AND GENERATIONS NINE AND TEN - - - 143 202 The Spanish - American ...
... PORTER AND THE BIRTH OF A NATION The Old America versus the New : The Civil War , 1861 : Reconstruction of the Old South : Tilden and Hayes : South American neighbors . AND GENERATIONS NINE AND TEN - - - 143 202 The Spanish - American ...
Halaman 64
... Porter in advising settlement in the Orleans terri- tory , " Be off at once , look for a good place , and when you stop , stop to stay ; and let all you say and all you do look to your ad- vantage in the future . " Sound advice , this ...
... Porter in advising settlement in the Orleans terri- tory , " Be off at once , look for a good place , and when you stop , stop to stay ; and let all you say and all you do look to your ad- vantage in the future . " Sound advice , this ...
Halaman 113
... Porter , the whig planter of that region , had whispered to him of the great political possibilities in that region . Even as a student at Harvard , Isaac E. had promised his classmates that he would some day become a member of the ...
... Porter , the whig planter of that region , had whispered to him of the great political possibilities in that region . Even as a student at Harvard , Isaac E. had promised his classmates that he would some day become a member of the ...
Halaman 114
... Porter . A Whig , he and Isaac E. , Democrat , became fast friends . Porter the son of an Irishman who had given his life for his country had lived in lower Louisiana since about the year 1809 , and had become one of its most prominent ...
... Porter . A Whig , he and Isaac E. , Democrat , became fast friends . Porter the son of an Irishman who had given his life for his country had lived in lower Louisiana since about the year 1809 , and had become one of its most prominent ...
Halaman 115
... Porter . On a two thousand acre plantation he had erec- ted a magnificent dwelling , walls fourteen inches thick , and with a row of six large columns in front . In this rival of any home of the day in America , he entertained lavishly ...
... Porter . On a two thousand acre plantation he had erec- ted a magnificent dwelling , walls fourteen inches thick , and with a row of six large columns in front . In this rival of any home of the day in America , he entertained lavishly ...
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Halaman 224 - Tis not too late to seek a newer world. Push off, and sitting well in order smite The sounding furrows; for my purpose holds To sail beyond the sunset, and the baths Of all the western stars, until I die. It may be that the gulfs will wash us down: It may be we shall touch the Happy Isles, And see the great Achilles, whom we knew. Tho' much is taken, much abides; and tho...
Halaman 66 - Soon were lost in a maze of sluggish and devious waters, Which, like a network of steel, extended in every direction. Over their heads the towering and tenebrous boughs of the cypress Met in a dusky arch, and trailing mosses in mid air Waved like banners that hang on the walls of ancient cathedrals.
Halaman 224 - We are not now that strength which in old days Moved earth and heaven ; that which we are, we are ; One equal temper of heroic hearts, Made weak by time and fate, but strong in will To strive, to seek, to find, and not to yield.
Halaman 63 - Union are virtually dissolved; that the States which compose it are free from their moral obligations, and that as it will be the right of all, so it will be the duty of some, to prepare definitely for a separation, amicably if they can, violently if they must.
Halaman 152 - Any people anywhere being inclined and having the power have the right to rise up and shake off the existing government, and form a new one that suits them better.
Halaman 251 - I found the disposition of the people such, that they might have been led by a thread and governed by a reed. Their suspicion was quick and penetrating, but their attachment to Britain was obstinate, and it was at that time a kind of treason to speak against it.
Halaman 79 - Green be the turf above thee, Friend of my better days ! None knew thee but to love thee, Nor named thee but to praise.
Halaman 131 - Their van will be upon us Before the bridge goes down; And if they once may win the bridge, What hope to save the town? ' Then out spake brave Horatius, The Captain of the gate : 'To every man upon this earth Death cometh soon or late; And how can man die better Than facing fearful odds, For the ashes of his fathers And the temples of his Gods...
Halaman 46 - Farm, at Cambridge and marched to Lexington, where they found a Company of our Colony Militia in arms, upon whom they fired without any provocation, and killed six men and wounded four others.
Halaman 61 - No danger need be apprehended from the enemy, as every person on board will be under cover made proof against rifle or musket balls, and convenient port-holes for firing out of.