The soldier's destiny. To which is added The Scrabster family1853 |
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... scene was prepared - the men stood in lines around the barrack - yard . To the sounds of solemn music the farriers brought forth the criminal , the infamous cat was ready , and the justice of glory was to be vindi- cated . But how ? By ...
... scene was prepared - the men stood in lines around the barrack - yard . To the sounds of solemn music the farriers brought forth the criminal , the infamous cat was ready , and the justice of glory was to be vindi- cated . But how ? By ...
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... scenes of slaughter , plunder , violation and crime , with half the vivid force till now devoted to the glory of the con- quest , and we shall soon find an altered sentiment in the hearts of men upon the subject of war . From scenes of ...
... scenes of slaughter , plunder , violation and crime , with half the vivid force till now devoted to the glory of the con- quest , and we shall soon find an altered sentiment in the hearts of men upon the subject of war . From scenes of ...
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... scene , and the victorious army , sadly decimated , returned to the camp to celebrate a victory . A victory is celebrated in a civilized camp much in the same manner as in a savage village . Such festivities are not capable of ...
... scene , and the victorious army , sadly decimated , returned to the camp to celebrate a victory . A victory is celebrated in a civilized camp much in the same manner as in a savage village . Such festivities are not capable of ...
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... scene of horror and of death -to exact tribute from the corpses of the unburied slain . Great heaven ! Can it be believed that such things are ? Can such scenes have been contemplated as a part of the beautiful drama of thy beneficent ...
... scene of horror and of death -to exact tribute from the corpses of the unburied slain . Great heaven ! Can it be believed that such things are ? Can such scenes have been contemplated as a part of the beautiful drama of thy beneficent ...
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... scene of their early loves and toils ! —their own birth - place and that of their now dead children - the tomb of their happiness - the first field of woes and sufferings which there commenced , had been endured for years away from it ...
... scene of their early loves and toils ! —their own birth - place and that of their now dead children - the tomb of their happiness - the first field of woes and sufferings which there commenced , had been endured for years away from it ...
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Страница 19 - ... cause; whose support I do therefore commend unto you, not only at this time, in the collection which we are about to make, but by subscription, and in whatever way seemeth best to every one. As every one hath received the gift, even so let him minister the same, as stewards of the manifold grace of God, who is the father of the orphan, the husband of the widow, and the friend of the friendless in their habitation. But let me remember, before I close, that...