The Heroine of the Confederacy; Or: Truth and Justice |
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HEROINE OF THE CONFEDERACY OR Florence J. O'Connor,Richard Hooker 1918- Wilmer, Former Ow No preview available - 2016 |
The Heroine of the Confederacy, Or, Truth and Justice Florence J. O'Connor,Richard Hooker Wilmer No preview available - 2015 |
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Albert la Branche arms army arrived assured await battle Beauregard beautiful bowed brave brow Butler Captain cause cheeks Clarence clasped Colonel Clifton command Confederacy Confederate Cornie Count Beauharnais dark darling dear dearest death earth enemy entered eyes fair farewell Farragut father fear Federal feel fell flag flag of Louisiana Flag-Officer Fort Jackson friends gaze gentlemen glorious hand happy harnais heart Heaven Hiestand honour hope hour Judge de Breuil kiss Lapstone leave look Louisiana Madame Bienvenu Madame de Breuil meet Miss Clifton Miss de Villerie Miss Laval Montijo morning mother Natalie negro never noble North officers once Orleans passed patriotic Port Hudson possession replied scene seated seemed sentiments smile soldiers soon sought South Southern spirit stood tears tell thee thou tion trust Union victory voice women wounded young ladies
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Page 20 - Gul in her bloom ; Where the citron and olive are fairest of fruit, And the voice of the nightingale never is mute, Where the tints of the earth, and the hues of the sky, In color though varied, in beauty may vie...
Page 346 - Merciful Heaven, Thou rather with thy sharp and sulphurous bolt Split'st the unwedgeable and gnarled oak Than the soft myrtle: but man, proud man, Drest in a little brief authority, Most ignorant of what he's most assured, His glassy essence, like an angry ape, Plays such fantastic tricks before high heaven As make the angels weep; who, with our spleens, Would all themselves laugh mortal.
Page 150 - Is not the whole land before thee? separate thyself, I pray thee, from me : if thou wilt take the left hand, then I will go to the right ; or if thou depart to the right hand, then I will go to the left.
Page 229 - Farewell! God knows when we shall meet again. I have a faint cold fear thrills through my veins, That almost freezes up the heat of life: I'll call them back again to comfort me.
Page 358 - It is hard to personate and act a part long ; for where truth is not at the bottom, nature will always be endeavouring to return, and will peep out and betray herself one time or other.
Page 348 - At your occupation, order, law, quiet, and peace sprang to this city, filled with the bravos of all nations, where for a score of years, during the profoundest peace, human life was scarcely safe at noon-day. By your discipline you illustrated the best traits of the American soldier, and enchained the admiration of those that came to scoff. Landing with a military chest containing but...
Page 224 - Forget not our wounded companions, who stood § In the day of distress by our side ; While the moss of the valley grew red with their blood, They stirred not, but conquered and died.
Page 229 - Araby's daughter ! (Thus warbled a Peri beneath the dark sea;) No pearl ever lay under Oman's green water More pure in its shell than thy spirit in thee. Oh ! fair as the sea-flower close to thee growing, How light was thy heart till love's witchery came, Like the wind of the south...
Page 322 - I would not, Cassius ; yet I love him well. — But wherefore do you hold me here so long ? What is it that you would impart to me? If it be aught toward the general good, Set honor in one eye, and death i...
Page 258 - ... with something of manliness and dignity, and you wish to humble and disgrace us by the performance of an act against which our nature rebels. This satisfaction you cannot expect to obtain at our hands. We will stand your bombardment, unarmed and undefended as we are The civilized world will consign to indelible infamy the heart that will conceive the deed and the hand that will dare to consummate it.