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... dollars for the relief of the suffering at the hospital . Did anybody know what he was worth ? A cotton - broker present knew of his making " thirty thousand dollars clean " in one operation in the winter of 1858. Did he own any real ...
... dollars for the relief of the suffering at the hospital . Did anybody know what he was worth ? A cotton - broker present knew of his making " thirty thousand dollars clean " in one operation in the winter of 1858. Did he own any real ...
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... dollars for . I wish I could meet your views in regard to the en- listment of black troops ; but - but - that pear isn't yet ripe . Failing that , you shall have any place you want in the Butler and Farragut ex- pedition against New ...
... dollars for . I wish I could meet your views in regard to the en- listment of black troops ; but - but - that pear isn't yet ripe . Failing that , you shall have any place you want in the Butler and Farragut ex- pedition against New ...
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... dollars of the money left by Mr. Winslow for her in my possession , and this she sent to Cailloux with a letter . He wrote her in reply , that he wished no better end than to die fighting for the Union and for the elevation of his race ...
... dollars of the money left by Mr. Winslow for her in my possession , and this she sent to Cailloux with a letter . He wrote her in reply , that he wished no better end than to die fighting for the Union and for the elevation of his race ...
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... dollar ef yer'll do it right off an ' ahx no questions ; an ' ef he dars ter make a noise you jes put yer fingers har - d'ye see— and pinch his win'pipe tight . Doan let him git away on no account whatsomebber . ' " Seein ' as how jobs ...
... dollar ef yer'll do it right off an ' ahx no questions ; an ' ef he dars ter make a noise you jes put yer fingers har - d'ye see— and pinch his win'pipe tight . Doan let him git away on no account whatsomebber . ' " Seein ' as how jobs ...
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... was lifted to the ceiling before my eyes in the clear moonlight . A white man offered him a hundred dollars if he would show him the same thing ; but it couldn't be . No sooner had the white man gone than the boy 94 PECULIAR .
... was lifted to the ceiling before my eyes in the clear moonlight . A white man offered him a hundred dollars if he would show him the same thing ; but it couldn't be . No sooner had the white man gone than the boy 94 PECULIAR .
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Página 148 - For thou hast delivered my soul from death, mine eyes from tears, and my feet from falling.
Página 148 - Princes have persecuted me without a cause: but my heart standeth in awe of thy word. 162 I rejoice at thy word, as one that findeth great spoil. 163 I hate and abhor lying: but thy law do I love. 164 Seven times a day do I praise thee, because of thy righteous judgments.
Página 72 - Stern Lawgiver ! yet thou dost wear The Godhead's most benignant grace; Nor know we anything so fair As is the smile upon thy face: Flowers laugh before thee on their beds And fragrance in thy footing treads ; Thou dost preserve the stars from wrong; And the most ancient heavens, through Thee, are fresh and strong.
Página 309 - Give me health and a day, and I will make the pomp of emperors ridiculous.
Página 108 - Let me have men about me that are fat ; Sleek-headed men, and such as sleep o' nights. Yond' Cassius has a lean and hungry look ; He thinks too much : such men are dangerous.