Reminiscences of Famous Georgians, Embracing Episodes and Incidents in the Lives of the Great Men of the State, Also and Appendix Devoted to Extracts from Speeches and Addresses ...Franklin-Turner Company, 1907 |
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... possessed broad states manship and ripe experience in public life , and was fur thermore characterized by an air of command which could not fail to make him conspicuous in any assemblage . In- deed , he was reputed to be the handsomest ...
... possessed broad states manship and ripe experience in public life , and was fur thermore characterized by an air of command which could not fail to make him conspicuous in any assemblage . In- deed , he was reputed to be the handsomest ...
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... possessed the rudiments of an English education when at the age of fourteen he came to Georgia ; and he may also have brought in his veins the blood of some Highland chieftain . But he continued to guide the plowshare until he was well ...
... possessed the rudiments of an English education when at the age of fourteen he came to Georgia ; and he may also have brought in his veins the blood of some Highland chieftain . But he continued to guide the plowshare until he was well ...
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... possessed the requisite qualifica- tions for dealing with the tremendous crisis . But , though he is best remembered for the part which he took in expunging the Yazoo fraud , Governor Jackson was unremittingly active at all times in ...
... possessed the requisite qualifica- tions for dealing with the tremendous crisis . But , though he is best remembered for the part which he took in expunging the Yazoo fraud , Governor Jackson was unremittingly active at all times in ...
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... possessed more territory than she ever expected to occupy . The sheer truth lies in the fact that the most outrageous frauds were perpetrated . Some of the lawmakers may have been clean - handed in support- ing the measure , but most of ...
... possessed more territory than she ever expected to occupy . The sheer truth lies in the fact that the most outrageous frauds were perpetrated . Some of the lawmakers may have been clean - handed in support- ing the measure , but most of ...
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... possessed many sturdy and robust characteristics . And whatever else he might have been , he was certainly not a hypocrite ; for he was scrupulously honest . He was also unfailingly generous and kind- hearted . And oftentimes in the ...
... possessed many sturdy and robust characteristics . And whatever else he might have been , he was certainly not a hypocrite ; for he was scrupulously honest . He was also unfailingly generous and kind- hearted . And oftentimes in the ...
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Reminiscences of Famous Georgians, Embracing Episodes and Incidents in the ... Lucian Lamar Knight Visos knygos peržiūra - 1907 |
Reminiscences of Famous Georgians Embracing Episodes and Incidents ..., 1 tomas Lucian Lamar Knight Visos knygos peržiūra - 1907 |
Pagrindiniai terminai ir frazės
address delivered Alexander H American amid army Atlanta battle Bill Arp blood brave brilliant brother campaign Colonel Colquitt Confederate Congress constitution convention court Crawfordville daughter death Democratic earth election eloquence enemy Extract eyes father Federal field fire friends genius Geor Georgia glory Gordon Governor Brown Governor Jackson Grady halls hands heart heaven Henry Hill honor Howell Cobb illustrious inspiration John Joseph Joseph E Joseph Henry Lumpkin Judge Dooly Lamar land Legislature liberty Liberty county lived memories ment military Milledgeville mountain never noble North orator party patriotic peace poet political President race Robert Toombs Savannah secession sleep soldier song soon South Southern speech spirit stand Stephens tell Thomas R. R. Cobb thought tion to-day Toombs Union United States Senate victory voice vote Washington Wilson Lumpkin words Yazoo Yazoo Act young
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585 psl. - The heroes' sepulchre. Rest on, embalmed and sainted dead! Dear as the blood ye gave ; No impious footstep here shall tread The herbage of your grave; Nor shall your glory be forgot While Fame her record keeps, Or Honor points the hallowed spot Where Valor proudly sleeps.
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534 psl. - There was news of the fight ; But none of Giffen. He did not write. I sometimes fancy that, were I king Of the princely Knights of the Golden Ring, With the song of the minstrel in mine ear, And the tender legend that trembles here, I'd give the best on his bended knee, The whitest soul of my chivalry, For " Little Giffen,
701 psl. - Abide, abide! The willful waterweeds held me thrall, The laving laurel turned my tide, The ferns and the fondling grass said Stay, The dewberry dipped for to work delay, And the little reeds sighed Abide, abide, Here in the hills of Habersham, Here in the valleys of Hall.
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534 psl. - The knightliest of the knightly race, That, since the days of old, Have kept the lamp of chivalry Alight in hearts of gold...