 Massachusetts that you are the mother of five sons who have died gloriously on the field of battle. I feel how weak and fruitless must be any words of mine which should attempt to beguile you from the grief of a loss so overwhelming. But I cannot refrain...  The Book of Letters - 94 psl.autoriai: Mary Owens Crowther - 1923 - 272 psl.Visos knygos peržiūra - Apie šią knygą
 | Josiah Gilbert Holland - 1866 - 574 psl.
...onerous in the extreme, he found time to write the following letter: "EXECUTIVE MANSION, Washington, Nov. 21, 1864. "Dear Madam: — I have been shown, in the...mother of five sons, who have died gloriously on the fiel.! of battle. I feel how weak and fruitless must be any words of mine which should attempt to beguile... | |
 | Edward Parmelee Smith - 1869 - 602 psl.
...DEAR MADAM : I have been shown in the files of the War Department, a statement of the Adjutant-Genera! of Massachusetts that you are the mother of five sons who have died glori„ . e ously on the field of battle. Sacrifice. J the consolation that may be found in the thanks... | |
 | Richard Miller Devens - 1887 - 736 psl.
..."Dear Madam: I have been shown in the files of the War Department a statement of the Adjutant General of Massachusetts that you are the mother of five sons...gloriously on the field of battle. I feel how weak nnd fruitless must be any words of mine which should attempt to beguile you from the grief of a loss... | |
 | John Carroll Power - 1889 - 486 psl.
...reason I insert it here : EXECUTIVE MANSION, WASHINGTON, November 21, 1864. DEAR MADAM: — I have seen in the files of the War Department, a statement of...Massachusetts, that you are the mother of five sons, who died gloriously on the field of battle. I feel how weak and fruitless must be any words of mine, which... | |
 | Mary Ashton Livermore - 1889 - 726 psl.
...the war had bereaved of five sons? DEAR MADAM, — I have seen in the files of the War Depart ment :i statement of the Adjutant-General of Massachusetts that you are the mother of five sons who died gloriously on the field of battle. I feel how weak and comfortless must be any words of mine which... | |
 | Mary Ashton Livermore - 1890 - 636 psl.
...the war had bereaved of five sons? DEAR MADAM, — I have seen in the files of the War Depart ment a statement of the Adjutant-General of Massachusetts that you are the mother of five sons who died gloriously on the field of battle. I feel how weak and comfortless must be any words of mine which... | |
 | Lucius Eugene Chittenden - 1893 - 464 psl.
...as I trust, to Almighty God for having directed my countrymen to a right conclusion." To that Boston mother of " five sons who have died gloriously on the field of battle" he wrote among other comforting words: " I pray that our Heavenly Father may assuage the anguish of... | |
 | Abraham Lincoln - 1894 - 268 psl.
...soldiers and seamen, and their gallant and skilful commanders. A Letter to Mrs. Bixley, of Boston. November 21, 1864 Dear Madam, I have been shown in...died gloriously on the field of battle. I feel how r/i" weak and fruitless must be any words of mine which should attempt to beguile you from the grief... | |
 | Francis M. Stalker, Charles Madison Curry, Walter W. Storms - 1900 - 718 psl.
...(England) university halls as a specimen of the purest English and the most elegant diction extant: "Dear Madam: — I have been shown in the files of...mother of five sons who have died gloriously on the battle field. I feel how weak and fruitless must be any words of mine which should attempt to beguile... | |
 | 1900 - 654 psl.
...(England) university halls as a specimen of the purest English and the most elegant diction extant : "Dear Madam:— I have been shown in the files of...mother of five sons who have died gloriously on the battle field. I feel how weak and fruitless must be any words of mine which should attempt to beguile... | |
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