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... roads leading to the entrance gates . Perhaps the unseasonable yells of his favorite old hound brought him out to see if some stranger was approaching the gates ; but , discovering nothing unusual , and nothing " out of tune , " he soon ...
... roads leading to the entrance gates . Perhaps the unseasonable yells of his favorite old hound brought him out to see if some stranger was approaching the gates ; but , discovering nothing unusual , and nothing " out of tune , " he soon ...
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... roads and serpentine paths , until he suddenly halted in a dark thicket , about one mile from the council house of the Sachem . " Dis isent de right way , " said Thomas . " It's too dark to find de tarkeys ' fore moon up ; " and the ...
... roads and serpentine paths , until he suddenly halted in a dark thicket , about one mile from the council house of the Sachem . " Dis isent de right way , " said Thomas . " It's too dark to find de tarkeys ' fore moon up ; " and the ...
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William Thomas Roberts Saffell. he feared to run , had a road been there . Staring into the darkness before him , with eyes resting on the imaginary battalion of veritable ghosts , and body leaning forward , he continued his speech a la ...
William Thomas Roberts Saffell. he feared to run , had a road been there . Staring into the darkness before him , with eyes resting on the imaginary battalion of veritable ghosts , and body leaning forward , he continued his speech a la ...
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... road up to the farmı house . " Who can it be ? " inquired one of the soldier's daughters , wring- ing her hands in wonder at the sight . " Who can it be ? " inquired another , throwing up her hands and raking down the person of a third ...
... road up to the farmı house . " Who can it be ? " inquired one of the soldier's daughters , wring- ing her hands in wonder at the sight . " Who can it be ? " inquired another , throwing up her hands and raking down the person of a third ...
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Hail Columbia, the Flag, and Yankee Doodle Dandy William Thomas Roberts Saffell No preview available - 2016 |
Hail Columbia, the Flag, and Yankee Doodle Dandy (1864) William Thomas Roberts Saffell No preview available - 2009 |
Hail Columbia, the Flag, and Yankee Doodle Dandy William Thomas Roberts Saffell No preview available - 2015 |
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Page 103 - Their blood has washed out their foul footsteps' pollution. No refuge could save the hireling and slave From the terror of flight, or the gloom of the grave: And the star-spangled banner in triumph doth wave O'er the land of the free, and the home of the brave...
Page 79 - that the flag of the thirteen United States be thirteen stripes, alternate red and white; that the union be thirteen stars, white in a blue field, representing a new constellation.
Page 103 - 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, now conceals, now discloses?
Page 103 - Oh, say, can you see by the dawn's early light What so proudly we hailed at the twilight's last gleaming; Whose broad stripes and bright stars, through the perilous fight, O'er the ramparts we watched, were so gallantly streaming? And the rockets' red glare, the bombs bursting in air, Gave proof through the night that our flag was still there.
Page 55 - Enjoyed the peace your valor won. Let independence be our boast, Ever mindful what it cost; Ever grateful for the prize, Let its altar reach the skies. Firm, united, let us be, Rallying round our Liberty; As a band of brothers joined, Peace and safety we shall find.
Page 56 - Behold the chief who now commands, Once more to serve his country, stands — The rock on which the storm will beat, The rock on which the storm will beat; But, armed in virtue firm and true, His hopes are fixed on Heaven and you.
Page 103 - Blest with victory and peace, may the heaven-rescued land Praise the Power that hath made and preserved us a nation. Then conquer we must, when our cause it is just ; And this be our motto :
Page 24 - The rebels — more's the pity, "Without a boat are all afloat, "And rang'd before the city. "The motley crew, in vessels new, " With Satan for their guide, sir. "Pack'd up in bags, or wooden kegs, "Come driving down the tide, sir. "Therefore prepare for bloody war, "These kegs must all be routed, "Or surely we despised shall be, "And British courage doubted.
Page 71 - When the fire is beginning to kindle, and your heart growing warm, propound these questions to it. Who is this invader? Have I a competent knowledge of him? Is he a man of good character; a man of sense?
Page 109 - I hold in my own right shall receive their freedom. To emancipate them during her life would, though earnestly wished by me, be attended with such insuperable difficulties, on account of their intermixture by...