Camp, March and Battle-field; Or, Three Years and a Half with the Army of the PotomacJ.B. Rodgers, 1865 - 413 páginas |
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artillery battle battle of Williamsburg battle-field beautiful become bloody boys Brandy Station brave brigade camp Chaplain Christian comfort commenced condition corps dead dear death doubt duty effort encamped enemy erected excitement feel field fire Fortress Monroe Fredericksburg friends front grand army ground halted Harper's Ferry Harrison's Landing horses hospital hundred interest James river killed labor late LITTLE MAC living look matter McClellan meeting ment miles military months morning nearly never night officers once passed past perhaps picket Pittsburg position Potomac prayer preaching present quiet rain ready rear rebellion rebels red tape regiment religious Richmond Sabbath Salem Heights scene seemed sick sleep soldiers soon speedily strange TENNELLY tent thing thousand tion trees troops Uncle Sam Union army various Virginia wagons Warrenton Washington weary week whiskey whole Williamsburgh woods worship wounded young
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Página 96 - For we that are in this tabernacle do groan, being burdened: not for that we would be unclothed, but clothed upon, that mortality might be swallowed up of life.
Página 392 - Ye mountains of Gilboa, let there be no dew, neither let there be rain upon you, nor fields of offerings ; for there the shield of the mighty is vilely cast away, the shield of Saul, as though he had not been anointed with oil.
Página 91 - ON Linden, when the sun was low, All bloodless lay the untrodden snow, And dark as winter was the flow Of Iser, rolling rapidly. But Linden saw another sight, When the drum beat, at dead of night, Commanding fires of death to light The darkness of her scenery.
Página 120 - The style of architecture is that of the last half of the twelfth century, the latest variety of the rounded style, as it is found immediately anterior to its merging into the early Gothic, and is known as the Norman, the Lombard, or Romanesque. The semi-circular arch, stilted, is employed throughout — in doors, windows, and other openings. It is the first edifice in the style of the twelfth century, and of a character not ecclesiastical, ever erected in this country.
Página 318 - For he who fights and runs away May live to fight another day ; But he who is in battle slain Can never rise and fight again.
Página 34 - How goodly are thy tents, O Jacob, and thy tabernacles, O Israel! As the valleys are they spread forth, as gardens by the river's side, as the trees of lign aloes which the Lord hath planted, and as cedar trees beside the waters.
Página 44 - Whence and what art thou, execrable shape, That darest, though grim and terrible, advance Thy miscreated front athwart my way To yonder gates ? through them I mean to pass, That be assured, without leave asked of thee. Retire, or taste thy folly, and learn by proof, Hell-born, not to contend with Spirits of Heaven...
Página 202 - Count it all joy when ye fall into divers temptations : knowing that the trying of your faith worketh patience, &c.
Página 120 - The structure is in the style of architecture belonging to the last half of the twelfth century, the latest variety of rounded style, as it is found immediately anterior to its merging into the early Gothic, and is known as the Norman, the Lombard, or Romanesque. The semicircular arch, stilted, is employed throughout — in doors, windows, and other openings. The main building is 205 feet long by 57 feet wide, and, to the top of the corbel course, 58 feet high.
Página 267 - Islington there was a man, Of whom the world might say That still a godly race he ran, Whene'er he went to pray. A kind and gentle heart he had, To comfort friends and foes; The naked every day he clad, When he put on his clothes. And in that town a dog was found, As many dogs there be, Both mongrel, puppy, whelp and hound, And curs of low degree.