Southern Literature from 1579-1895: A Comprehensive Review, with Copions Extracts and Criticisms |
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... appearance of the American troops , on its way to Camden with despatches for Lord Rawdon . Captain M'Pherson commanded , an of- ficer highly and deservedly respected . Opposite to Fort Motte , to the north , stood another hill , where ...
... appearance of the American troops , on its way to Camden with despatches for Lord Rawdon . Captain M'Pherson commanded , an of- ficer highly and deservedly respected . Opposite to Fort Motte , to the north , stood another hill , where ...
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... appearance . He was a tall and very spare old man ; his head which was covered with a white linen cap , his shrivelled hands , and his voice , were all shaking under the influence of a palsy ; and a few moments ascertained to me that he ...
... appearance . He was a tall and very spare old man ; his head which was covered with a white linen cap , his shrivelled hands , and his voice , were all shaking under the influence of a palsy ; and a few moments ascertained to me that he ...
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... appearance , save only a rude shed at the entrance of the valley , on the door of which the oft- repeated brand of the horseshoe gave token of a smithy . There , too , the rivulet , increased by the innumerable springs which afforded to ...
... appearance , save only a rude shed at the entrance of the valley , on the door of which the oft- repeated brand of the horseshoe gave token of a smithy . There , too , the rivulet , increased by the innumerable springs which afforded to ...
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... and fine man- ners were rendered the more attractive by an uncommonly beautiful physiognomy , which gave him the appearance of great youth . 1 M'Cord entered upon his profession in co - partnership 202 SOUTHERN LITERATURE .
... and fine man- ners were rendered the more attractive by an uncommonly beautiful physiognomy , which gave him the appearance of great youth . 1 M'Cord entered upon his profession in co - partnership 202 SOUTHERN LITERATURE .
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... appearance in a coat of blue broad - cloth , astonishingly glossy , and with an unusual amount of plaited ruffle strut- ting through the folds of a Marseilles waistcoat . A wor- shipful finish is given to this costume by a large straw ...
... appearance in a coat of blue broad - cloth , astonishingly glossy , and with an unusual amount of plaited ruffle strut- ting through the folds of a Marseilles waistcoat . A wor- shipful finish is given to this costume by a large straw ...
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Albemarle County America army beautiful became bird born brave British Calhoun Captain character Charleston Church Clay College colony Congress Constitution death duty educated elected enemy eyes father fire Fort Motte friends gentlemen George Tucker Georgia governor hand happy hatchet heart heaven Henry History Horse-Shoe Indians Jefferson John JOHN CALDWELL CALHOUN JOHN PENDLETON KENNEDY king land Legislature Letters liberty Lieutenant lived Louisiana Marion married ment mighty morning Moses Waddell nation nature never night North o'er orator Orleans party passed patriot peace Poems political Powhatan President Ramsay Randolph Revolution RICHARD HENRY WILDE Roanoke ROBERT YOUNG HAYNE scene Senate sergeant ship slave song South Carolina speech spirit Star-Spangled banner style Texan Texas thee tion took tree troops Union United University University of Virginia Virginia Washington William WILLIAM HENRY DRAYTON Wirt Yemassee young youth
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Page 279 - This I sat engaged in guessing, but no syllable expressing To the fowl whose fiery eyes now burned into my bosom's core; This and more I sat divining, with my head at ease reclining On the cushion's velvet lining that the lamp-light gloated o'er, But whose velvet violet lining with the lamp-light gloating o'er She shall press, ah, nevermore ! Then, methought, the air grew denser, perfumed from an unseen censer Swung by seraphim whose foot-falls tinkled on the tufted floor. "Wretch...
Page 277 - ONCE UPON A MIDNIGHT dreary, while I pondered, weak and weary, Over many a quaint and curious volume of forgotten lore, — While I nodded, nearly napping, suddenly there came a tapping, As of some one gently rapping, rapping at my chamber door. " 'Tis some visitor," I muttered, "tapping at my chamber door; Only this, and nothing more.
Page 78 - The unity of government, which constitutes you one people, is also now dear to you. It is justly so, for it is a main pillar in the edifice of your real independence, the support of your tranquillity at home, your peace abroad, of your safety, of your prosperity, of that very liberty which you so highly prize.
Page 81 - Observe good faith and justice towards all nations; cultivate peace and harmony with all. Religion and morality enjoin this conduct; and can it be that good policy does not equally enjoin it?
Page 280 - Be that word our sign of parting, bird or fiend ! " I shrieked, upstarting. " Get thee back into the tempest and the Night's Plutonian shore ! Leave no black plume as a token of that lie thy soul hath spoken ! Leave my loneliness unbroken ! — quit the bust above my door ! Take thy beak from out my heart, and take thy form from off my door ! " Quoth the Raven,
Page 278 - Then this ebony bird beguiling my sad fancy into smiling By the grave and stern decorum of the countenance it wore, — "Though thy crest be shorn and shaven, thou," I said, " art sure no craven, Ghastly grim and ancient Raven wandering from the Nightly shore: Tell me what thy lordly name is on the Night's Plutonian shore ! " Quoth the Raven,
Page 279 - But the Raven still beguiling all my sad soul into smiling, Straight I wheeled a cushioned seat in front of bird, and bust, and door ; Then, upon the velvet sinking, I betook myself to linking Fancy unto fancy, thinking what this ominous bird of yore — What this grim, ungainly, ghastly, gaunt, and ominous bird of yore Meant in croaking "Nevermore.
Page 153 - O'er the land of the free, and the home of the brave! And where is that band who so vauntingly swore That the havoc of war and the battle's confusion A home and a country should leave us no more ? Their blood has washed out their foul footsteps
Page 81 - Of all the dispositions and habits which lead to political prosperity, religion and morality are indispensable supports. In vain would that man claim the tribute of patriotism, who should labour to subvert these great pillars of human happiness, these firmest props of the duties of men and citizens.
Page 153 - O'er the land of the free and the home of the brave? On the shore, dimly seen through the mists of the deep, Where the foe's haughty host in dread silence reposes, What is that which the breeze, o'er the towering steep, As it fitfully blows, half conceals, half discloses?