Selections from the Miscellaneous Writings of Dr. George W. Bagby ...Whittet & Shepperson, 1885 |
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... land , received in boxes from home , we " flaxed " ' em handsomely in every encounter , and we continued to flax them . until we consumed our own bacon , and - thanks to the exertions of the commissary department at Rich- mond - were ...
... land , received in boxes from home , we " flaxed " ' em handsomely in every encounter , and we continued to flax them . until we consumed our own bacon , and - thanks to the exertions of the commissary department at Rich- mond - were ...
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... land is but a poisonous weed , whose deleterious ef- fects upon the body politic , though they may not be immediately perceptible , will inevitably end in the total destruction of your republican system . 66 Accept , sir , the assurance ...
... land is but a poisonous weed , whose deleterious ef- fects upon the body politic , though they may not be immediately perceptible , will inevitably end in the total destruction of your republican system . 66 Accept , sir , the assurance ...
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... lands . Plays " poker " on the Mis- sissippi , gets cheated , gets " strapped ; " returns home , eats bacon and greens , and determines to be a better man . But the first thing he knows he is off on a frolic in Richmond , where he loses ...
... lands . Plays " poker " on the Mis- sissippi , gets cheated , gets " strapped ; " returns home , eats bacon and greens , and determines to be a better man . But the first thing he knows he is off on a frolic in Richmond , where he loses ...
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... land in his native county . The traveller enters this domain through a ric ety " big - gate , ” partly upheld by mighty posts , which remind him of the Druidical remains at Stonehenge . The road leads apparently nowhere , through ...
... land in his native county . The traveller enters this domain through a ric ety " big - gate , ” partly upheld by mighty posts , which remind him of the Druidical remains at Stonehenge . The road leads apparently nowhere , through ...
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... land in Roanoke , -very good land , too , it is , sir , —and , if you'll only come up there and live , I've come to offer you our land , all of it , and we five men will work as your field hands , and you'll have very little trouble in ...
... land in Roanoke , -very good land , too , it is , sir , —and , if you'll only come up there and live , I've come to offer you our land , all of it , and we five men will work as your field hands , and you'll have very little trouble in ...
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Page 366 - T is but the flapping of the sail, And not a rent made by the gale ! In spite of rock and tempest's roar, In spite of false lights on the shore, Sail on, nor fear to breast the sea ! Our hearts, our hopes, are all with thee...
Page 344 - Westward the course of empire takes its way, The four first acts already past, A fifth shall close the drama with the day : Time's noblest offspring is the last.
Page 366 - Tis of the wave and not the rock; 'Tis but the flapping of the sail, And not a rent made by the gale ! In spite of rock and tempest's roar, In spite of false lights on the shore. Sail on, nor fear to breast the sea! Our hearts, our hopes, are all with thee.
Page 366 - Union, strong and great ! Humanity, with all its fears, With all its hopes of future years, Is hanging breathless on thy fate ! We know what Master laid thy keel, What workmen wrought thy ribs of steel, Who made each mast, and sail, and rope, What anvils rang, what hammers beat, In what a forge and what a heat, Were shaped the anchors of thy hope.
Page 365 - I saw an emblem of the devouring activity, and ceaseless, restless, beating whirlpool of existence in the United States. But into the moonlight sky there rose a cloud of spray twice as high as the Falls themselves, silent, majestic, immovable.
Page 18 - He must now learn to cut jackets, play hard-ball, choose partners for cat and chermany, be kept in, fight every other day, and be turned out for painting his face with pokeberry juice and grinning at the school-master. After a good whipping from his father, who threatens to apprentice him to a carpenter, he enjoys his holiday by breaking colts and shooting field-larks in the daytime and by possum-hunting or listening to ghost-stories from the negroes in the night. Returning to school, he studies...
Page 181 - Oh ! bloodiest picture in the book of Time Sarmatia fell unwept, without a crime ; Found not a generous friend, a pitying foe, Strength in her arms, nor mercy in her woe...
Page 35 - Of this hot and touchy nature is the native Virginian. Further it is said of the boar : " He hath a knack, when stabbed, of running up the shaft of the spear, so as to gore his slayer even in his own death-pang." Am I treading upon dangerous ground? Be not disturbed. The Virginian is not going to run up the shaft of the spear; he is not going to gore his slayer, for he is not going to be slain. Not less brave than other men, he nevertheless objects to dying while there is anything left to live for...
Page 164 - I could not if I would, and would not if I could, harm any one through the mental method of Mind-healing, or in any manner.
Page 365 - I looked on that ever-changing movement, and listened to that everlasting roar, I saw an emblem of the devouring activity, and ceaseless, restless, beating whirlpool of existence in the United States. But into the moonlight sky there rose a cloud of spray twice as high as the Falls...