A Diamond in the Rough: Embracing Anecdote, Biography, Romance and HistoryW. B. Burford, printer, 1906 - 282 Seiten |
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A Diamond in the Rough; Embracing Anecdote, Biography, Romance and History John Worrell Keine Leseprobe verfügbar - 2017 |
Häufige Begriffe und Wortgruppen
Acadians Ajax Alamo Anna's army Atchafalaya Atchafalaya River Atlanta Basil battle beautiful Bible boat brave cabin cannon cavalry Christian church Colonel Fannin colonies command death east elected Evangeline Evangeline's exiles eyes father feet Florida force forever friends Goliad Governor greatly happy Harmony head heard heart hope Houston hundred independence of Texas Jackson Lampasas land leave lives Logan Longfellow Louisiana maiden massacre Mexican Mexico miles mission morning night Ohio Opelousas Opelousas of Louisiana Orleans Owen persons plantation Posey County prairie President prisoners reached rear Republic River Robert Owen Saginaw River Sam Houston San Antonio San Jacinto Santa Anna search of lost Senate sent shot Sister of Mercy soldiers soon sorrow soul spirit Stanbury Teche Tennessee Texans thence thousand tion traveled Travis troops United Urrea Vermillion River whilst wife wounded wrote
Beliebte Passagen
Seite 227 - Leaped like the roe, when he hears in the woodland the voice of the huntsman Where is the thatch-roofed village, the home of Acadian farmers, — Men whose lives glided on like rivers that water the woodlands...
Seite 281 - Still stands the forest primeval; but far away from its shadow, Side by side, in their nameless graves, the lovers are sleeping. Under the humble walls of the little Catholic churchyard, In the heart of the city, they lie, unknown and unnoticed.
Seite 271 - Patience and abnegation of self, and devotion to others, This was the lesson a life of trial and sorrow had taught her. So was her love diffused, but, like to some odorous spices, Suffered no waste nor loss, though filling the air with aroma.
Seite 63 - If this call is neglected. I am determined to sustain myself as long as possible and die like a soldier who never forgets what is due to his own honor and that of his country. VICTORY OR DEATH.
Seite 277 - And from her eyes and cheeks the light and bloom of the morning. Then there escaped from her lips a cry of such terrible anguish, That the dying heard it, and started up from their pillows. On the pallet before her was stretched the form of an old man. Long and thin and...
Seite 44 - Meantime I seek no sympathies, nor need — The thorns which I have reaped are of the tree I planted, — they have torn me, — and I bleed : I should have known what fruit would spring from such a seed.
Seite 155 - That man may consider himself born to no common destiny who has conquered the Napoleon of the West ; and it now remains for him to be generous to the vanquished.
Seite 281 - In the heart of the city, they lie, unknown and unnoticed. Daily the tides of life go ebbing and flowing beside them, Thousands of throbbing hearts, where theirs are at rest and...
Seite 173 - ... that they are now the only real bar to the formation of a society of virtue, of intelligence, of charity in its most extended sense, and of sincerity and kindness among the whole human family ; and that they can be no longer maintained except through the ignorance of the mass of the people, and the tyranny of the few over the mass.
Seite 228 - Ye who believe in affection that hopes, and endures, and is patient, Ye who believe in the beauty and strength of woman's devotion, List to the mournful tradition still sung by the pines of the forest; List to a Tale of Love in Acadie, home of the happy.