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... Child , 78. Character of Chatham , 79. Vision of Belshazzar , • · · • · PAGE • J. Pierpont , 110 · · H. S. Legare , 111 W. C. Bryant , 112 J. G..Percival , 114 • · • • • • • Campbell , 116 O. W. Holmes , 117 • Hood , 118 . Hood , 127 ...
... Child , 78. Character of Chatham , 79. Vision of Belshazzar , • · · • · PAGE • J. Pierpont , 110 · · H. S. Legare , 111 W. C. Bryant , 112 J. G..Percival , 114 • · • • • • • Campbell , 116 O. W. Holmes , 117 • Hood , 118 . Hood , 127 ...
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... Child , Ocean , Overthrow of Belshazzar , His Captors to Andrè , Katy - did , Death of Aguilar , Universal Freedom , The Toast , The Inquiry , Death of De Argentine , The Song of the Bell , Home , · • The Pioneer , The Trooper's Dirge ...
... Child , Ocean , Overthrow of Belshazzar , His Captors to Andrè , Katy - did , Death of Aguilar , Universal Freedom , The Toast , The Inquiry , Death of De Argentine , The Song of the Bell , Home , · • The Pioneer , The Trooper's Dirge ...
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... children to it , to teach them the hardships endured by the generations which have gone before them . I love to dwell on the tender recollections , the kindred ties , the early affections , and the touching narratives and incidents ...
... children to it , to teach them the hardships endured by the generations which have gone before them . I love to dwell on the tender recollections , the kindred ties , the early affections , and the touching narratives and incidents ...
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... children , and men to the mercy of the deep ! Four hours there were from the catastrophe of the collision to the catastrophe of SINKING ! Oh , what a burial was here ! Not as when one is borne from his home , among weeping throngs , and ...
... children , and men to the mercy of the deep ! Four hours there were from the catastrophe of the collision to the catastrophe of SINKING ! Oh , what a burial was here ! Not as when one is borne from his home , among weeping throngs , and ...
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... child he did discover , One lovely hand she stretched for aid , And one was round her lover . " Come back ! come back ! " he cried in grief , " Across this stormy water , And I'll forgive your Highland chief ; My daughter ! oh , my ...
... child he did discover , One lovely hand she stretched for aid , And one was round her lover . " Come back ! come back ! " he cried in grief , " Across this stormy water , And I'll forgive your Highland chief ; My daughter ! oh , my ...
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