Brown University in the Civil War: A MemorialHenry Sweetser Burrage Providence Press Company, printers, 1868 - 380 σελίδες |
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Σελίδα 46
... seemed insignificant in the light of the great events that were making that early spring such a memorable one in our national history . Every ear was attent to catch the reports of new victories ; and fresh bulletins were eagerly ...
... seemed insignificant in the light of the great events that were making that early spring such a memorable one in our national history . Every ear was attent to catch the reports of new victories ; and fresh bulletins were eagerly ...
Σελίδα 49
... seemed as if Providence , which had just vouchsafed so great blessings , was , from some inscrutable cause , withdrawing its pro- tective care . In this hour of darkness , to whom should the citi- zens go , but to him who had so often ...
... seemed as if Providence , which had just vouchsafed so great blessings , was , from some inscrutable cause , withdrawing its pro- tective care . In this hour of darkness , to whom should the citi- zens go , but to him who had so often ...
Σελίδα 54
... seemed well nigh impossible to wreathe it with new honors . " We would gladly follow the career of my classmate and room- mate , Major General Underwood , from the time that he entered the service in the Second Massachusetts Regiment ...
... seemed well nigh impossible to wreathe it with new honors . " We would gladly follow the career of my classmate and room- mate , Major General Underwood , from the time that he entered the service in the Second Massachusetts Regiment ...
Σελίδα 74
... seemed to tell me that if there was a God , I must not only know that He existed , but love Him , and obey Him ; —that if this life , of doubtful duration , was but probationary to another , which I knew to be eternal , I must act in 74 ...
... seemed to tell me that if there was a God , I must not only know that He existed , but love Him , and obey Him ; —that if this life , of doubtful duration , was but probationary to another , which I knew to be eternal , I must act in 74 ...
Σελίδα 75
... seemed to rise up before me . It appeared one of complete rebellion against God . I felt grieved that I had sinned so long against so good a Being . I felt my need of a Saviour ; and in Doctor Wayland's room , while listening to his ...
... seemed to rise up before me . It appeared one of complete rebellion against God . I felt grieved that I had sinned so long against so good a Being . I felt my need of a Saviour ; and in Doctor Wayland's room , while listening to his ...
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Σελίδα 46 - ... her long abused sight, at the fountain itself of heavenly radiance; while the whole noise of timorous and flocking birds, with those also that love the twilight, nutter about, amazed at what she means, and in their envious gabble would prognosticate a year of sects and schisms.
Σελίδα 277 - How blest the righteous when he dies ! When sinks a weary soul to rest ! How mildly beam the closing eyes ! How gently heaves the expiring breast ! 2 So fades a summer cloud away ; So sinks the gale when storms are o'er ; So gently shuts the eye of day ; So dies a wave along the shore.
Σελίδα 7 - But here the main skill and groundwork will be, to temper them such lectures and explanations upon every opportunity as may lead and draw them in willing obedience, inflamed with the study of learning and the admiration of virtue, stirred up with high hopes of living to be brave men and worthy patriots, dear to God and famous to all ages...
Σελίδα 106 - American civilization now leans upon the triumph of the government and how great a debt we owe to those who went before us through the blood and suffering of the Revolution. And I am willing, perfectly willing, to lay down all my joys in this life to help maintain this government and to pay that debt.
Σελίδα 33 - Thy soft response renewing— What makes that ship drive on so fast? What is the ocean doing?' Second Voice 'Still as a slave before his lord, The ocean hath no blast; His great bright eye most silently Up to the Moon is cast— If he may know which way to go; For she guides him smooth or grim. See, brother, see! how graciously She looketh down on him.
Σελίδα 166 - I shall bo soon ; Beyond the shining and the shading, Beyond the hoping and the dreading, I shall be soon. Love, rest, and home ! Sweet hope ! Lord, tarry not, but come.
Σελίδα 1 - I call, therefore, a complete and generous education that which fits a man to perform justly, skillfully, and magnanimously all the offices both private and public, of peace and war.
Σελίδα 106 - I have no misgivings about, or lack of confidence in the cause in which I am engaged, and my courage does not halt or falter. I know how...
Σελίδα 166 - BEYOND the smiling and the weeping I shall be soon ; Beyond the waking and the sleeping, Beyond the sowing and the reaping, I shall be soon.
Σελίδα 105 - My Very Dear Sarah, The indications are very strong that we shall move in a few days — perhaps tomorrow. Lest I should not be able to write you again, I feel impelled to write a few lines that may fall under your eye when I shall be no more ... If it is necessary that I should fall on the battlefield for my Country, I am ready.