Bright Skies and Dark ShadowsC. Scribner's Sons, 1890 - 316 Seiten A narrative of travel in the South, with chapters on the race question, the Civil War and other topics. |
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... tell the story in a way to be just alike to friend and foe . Then , by way of contrast and relief , we turn to a quiet old mansion on the banks of the Cumberland , where one of our earlier heroes , Andrew Jackson , lived and died ...
... tell the story in a way to be just alike to friend and foe . Then , by way of contrast and relief , we turn to a quiet old mansion on the banks of the Cumberland , where one of our earlier heroes , Andrew Jackson , lived and died ...
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... tell me confidentially that " it is all coming out right , " I am greatly relieved in mind . Then I need only to ride down town , and look into the untroubled face of that model gentleman , George W. Childs ; and to sit with Mr. Drexel ...
... tell me confidentially that " it is all coming out right , " I am greatly relieved in mind . Then I need only to ride down town , and look into the untroubled face of that model gentleman , George W. Childs ; and to sit with Mr. Drexel ...
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... tell me , for as I had not been quite sure of my own route , I had come without introductions . In this extremity , I did what I have some- times done before - inquired for the nearest Presbyterian minister , and being directed to the ...
... tell me , for as I had not been quite sure of my own route , I had come without introductions . In this extremity , I did what I have some- times done before - inquired for the nearest Presbyterian minister , and being directed to the ...
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... tell the truth , " Barkis was willin ' , " for , like Mr. Choate , he is nowhere so delightful as in his own home , where all preoccupation is gone , and he can give himself up to his friends . Here his wit and humor are infinite . Few ...
... tell the truth , " Barkis was willin ' , " for , like Mr. Choate , he is nowhere so delightful as in his own home , where all preoccupation is gone , and he can give himself up to his friends . Here his wit and humor are infinite . Few ...
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... tell pre- cisely what is the matter . In this way I have gone about the Ponce de Leon , not with a measuring line in my hand , but trusting solely to my eye , and I have not been able to detect a single fault . " The height and the ...
... tell pre- cisely what is the matter . In this way I have gone about the Ponce de Leon , not with a measuring line in my hand , but trusting solely to my eye , and I have not been able to detect a single fault . " The height and the ...
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Seite 253 - But through it there rolled not the breath of his pride: And the foam of his gasping lay white on the turf, And cold as the spray of the rock-beating surf. And there lay the rider distorted and pale, With the dew on his brow, and the rust on his mail; And the tents were all silent, the banners alone, The lances unlifted, the trumpet unblown.
Seite 122 - I will say then that I am not, nor ever have been, in favor of bringing about in any way the social and political equality of the white and black races — that I am not, nor ever have been, in favor of making voters or jurors of negroes, nor of qualifying them to hold office, nor to intermarry with white people; and I will say in addition to this that there is a physical difference between the white and black races...
Seite 83 - Forgive me, Lord, for thy dear Son, The ill that I this day have done ; That with the world, myself, and thee, I, ere I sleep, at peace may be.
Seite 119 - And I further declare and make known that such persons of suitable condition will be received into the armed service of the United States to garrison forts, positions, stations, and other places, and to man vessels of all sorts in said service. And upon this act, sincerely believed to be an act of justice, warranted by the Constitution upon* military necessity, I invoke the considerate judgment of mankind and the gracious favor of Almighty God.
Seite 164 - Dominions ; that all things may be so ordered and settled by their endeavours, upon the best and surest foundations, that peace and happiness, truth and justice, religion and piety, may be established among us for all generations.
Seite 268 - Resolved, That the President, in the late Executive proceedings in relation to the public revenue, has assumed upon himself authority and power not conferred by the Constitution and laws, but in derogation of both.
Seite 269 - I consider, then, the power to annul a law of the United States, assumed by one State, incompatible with the existence of the Union, contradicted expressly by the letter of the Constitution, unauthorised by its spirit, inconsistent with every principle on which it was founded, and destructive of the great object for which it was formed.
Seite 144 - He could own his little home, and there sit under his own vine and fig-tree, with none to molest or make him afraid.
Seite 145 - In 1857 he wrote to a friend : " There are inferior races which have always borne the same ignoble relation to the rest of men, and always will. In two generations what a change there will be in the condition and character of the Irish in New England! But in twenty generations the negroes will stand just where they are now ; that is, if they have not disappeared.
Seite 122 - I will say in addition to this that there is a physical difference between the white and black races which I believe will for ever forbid the two races living together on terms of social and political equality.