Partisan Life with Col. John S. Mosby

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Harper & Brothers, 1867 - 492 páginas
This book tells the history of Mosby's Rangers from first hand accounts of soldiers and the inhabitants in which they encountered.
 

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Página 484 - O'er their freedom or their grave! Furl it! for the hands that grasped it. And the hearts that fondly clasped it, Cold and dead are lying low; And that Banner — it is trailing! While around it sounds the wailing Of its people in their woe. For though conquered, they adore it!
Página 373 - Tis unnatural^ Even like the deed that's done. On Tuesday last, A falcon, towering in her pride of place, Was by a mousing owl hawk'd at and kill'd.
Página 1 - This is the only author's edition. Man and Nature; or, Physical Geography as Modified by Human Action. By George P. Marsh, Author of " Lectures on the English Language,
Página 333 - Oh sleep! it is a gentle thing, Beloved from pole to pole ! To Mary Queen the praise be given ! She sent the gentle sleep from Heaven, That slid into my soul.
Página 484 - tis weary ; Round its staff 'tis drooping dreary: Furl it, fold it,— it is best; For there's not a man to wave it, And there's not a sword to save it, And there's not one left to lave it In the Wood which heroes gave it, And its foes now scorn and brave it: Furl it, hide it, — let it rest!
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Página 1 - The Countess of Pembroke's Arcadia. Written by Sir PHILIP SIDNEY. Edited, with Notes, by the Author of "The Gentle Life.
Página 484 - tis hard for us to fold it; Hard to think there's none to hold it ; Hard that those who once unrolled it Now must furl it with a sigh.
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Página 3 - Edition, with Photograph. A Memorial of the Prince Consort; comprising Maxims and Extracts from Addresses of His late Royal Highness. Many now for the first time collected and carefully arranged. With an Index. Royal 16mo.

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