American Adventures: A Second Trip "Abroad at Home"

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Century Company, 1917 - 681 pāgines
 

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Pāgina 169 - Better to hunt in fields for health unbought Than fee the doctor for a nauseous draught. The wise for cure on exercise depend : God never made His work for man to mend.
Pāgina 464 - So, when the summer calleth, On forest and field of grain, With an equal murmur falleth The cooling drip of the rain...
Pāgina 116 - I desire most earnestly that I may not be buried in any church or churchyard, or within a mile of any Presbyterian or Anabaptist meeting-house; for, since I have resided in this country, I have kept so much bad company while living that I do not choose to continue it when dead.
Pāgina 264 - There have, however, been instances of forgetfulness on the part of some that they have in keeping the yet unsullied reputation of the army, and that the duties exacted of us by civilization and Christianity are not less obligatory in the country of the enemy than in our own.
Pāgina 66 - Lord Stafford mines for coal and salt, The Duke of Norfolk deals in malt, The Douglas in red herrings; And noble name and cultured land, Palace, and park, and vassal band, Are powerless to the notes of hand Of Rothschild or the Barings.
Pāgina 264 - Such proceedings not only disgrace the perpetrators and all connected with them, but are subversive of the discipline and efficiency of the army and destructive of the ends of our present movements. It must be remembered that we make war only upon armed men...
Pāgina 264 - The Commanding General considers that no greater disgrace could befall the army, and through it our whole people, than the perpetration of the barbarous outrages upon the innocent and defenceless, and the wanton destruction of private property, that have marked the course of the enemy in our own country.
Pāgina 274 - Well, boom if you want," said Tom Roll, " but do you all remember what the governor of North Carolina said to the governor of South Carolina?" " It is quite a long time between drinks," remarked Joe, rising, " but I did n't want to interrupt Ace.
Pāgina 673 - The old ships draw to home again, and the young ships sail away; And come I may, but go I must, and if men ask you why, You may put the blame on the stars and the sun and the white road and the sky.
Pāgina 368 - This hour little needs the loyalty that is loyal to one section and yet holds the other in enduring suspicion and estrangement. Give us the broad and perfect loyalty that loves and trusts Georgia alike with Massachusetts — that knows no south, nanorth, no east, no west ; but endears with equal and patriotic love every foot of our soil, every State in our Union.

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