Memoir of William Madison Peyton, of Roanoke: Together with Some of His Speeches in the House of Delegates of Virginia, and His Letters in Reference to Secession and the Threatened Civil War in the United States, Etc., EtcJ. Wilson, 1873 - 392 oldal |
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8. oldal
... of the mother of Zebedee's children , who brought her two sons to Christ , and said : " Grant that these may sit , the one on Thy right hand and the other on the left , in Thy Kingdom . " She 8 Memoir of William Madison Peyton .
... of the mother of Zebedee's children , who brought her two sons to Christ , and said : " Grant that these may sit , the one on Thy right hand and the other on the left , in Thy Kingdom . " She 8 Memoir of William Madison Peyton .
37. oldal
... hand . Some were disinterested and attracted solely by her personal charms and accom- plishments , but it is beyond doubt that others were drawn by the fortune . As several of the gallants of that day are still living , and have grown ...
... hand . Some were disinterested and attracted solely by her personal charms and accom- plishments , but it is beyond doubt that others were drawn by the fortune . As several of the gallants of that day are still living , and have grown ...
45. oldal
... hand tremble , and my eyes grow dim , as the memory of the past rises up out of the grave . Turning back to the period when I first remember him , now after the lapse of forty years , His every look , His every word , His very voice's ...
... hand tremble , and my eyes grow dim , as the memory of the past rises up out of the grave . Turning back to the period when I first remember him , now after the lapse of forty years , His every look , His every word , His very voice's ...
57. oldal
... hands with his old friends and making a few inquiries after their families , he advanced to the head of the table ... hand and seal were affixed . My brother then remarked that the notes which he took from the box had been given for his ...
... hands with his old friends and making a few inquiries after their families , he advanced to the head of the table ... hand and seal were affixed . My brother then remarked that the notes which he took from the box had been given for his ...
62. oldal
... hand in hand , Order'd the common weal ; where great men grew Up to their natural eminence , and none Saving the wise , just , eloquent , were great ; Where power was of God's gift , to whom he gave Supremacy of merit , the sole means ...
... hand in hand , Order'd the common weal ; where great men grew Up to their natural eminence , and none Saving the wise , just , eloquent , were great ; Where power was of God's gift , to whom he gave Supremacy of merit , the sole means ...
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Memoir of William Madison Peyton, of Roanoke: Together with Some of His ... John Lewis Peyton Nincs elérhető előnézet - 2015 |
Memoir of William Madison Peyton, of Roanoke: Together with Some of His ... John Lewis Peyton Nincs elérhető előnézet - 2015 |
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army Augusta Augusta County Balie Peyton believe Botetourt Breckinridge brother character citizens Colonel Peyton Confederate Congress constitution course daughter declared died dols duty Edward Edward Peyton election Elizabeth Elizabeth Preston Executive father favour Federal feelings France friends gentleman Government Governor Henry honour influence interest internal improvement Isleham James James River John de Peyton John Lewis Kenawha Kentucky labour lands lawyer left issue legislature Locofoco manner Margaret married Miss Mary mind minors Montgomery nation never North numbers opinion patriotism political present President Preston principles remark Republican party Richmond river Rives Roanoke Robert Peyton secession senate sentiments Sir John Sir John Peyton sons South Carolina spirit Staunton Sub-Treasury Suffolk Susan Thomas tion truth Ufford Union United United States army unmarried views Virginia vote Washington Whig wife William Madison Peyton William Peyton young
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231. oldal - What is a man, If his chief good and market of his time Be but to sleep and feed? a beast, no more. Sure he that made us with such large discourse, Looking before and after, gave us not That capability and god-like reason To fust in us unus'd.
210. oldal - But wherefore do you hold me here so long ? What is it that you would impart to me ? If it be aught toward the general good, Set honour in one eye and death i' the other, And I will look on both indifferently : For let the gods so speed me as I love The name of honour more than I fear death.
9. oldal - Better it is to be of an humble spirit with the lowly, than to divide the spoil with the proud.
88. oldal - List his discourse of war, and you shall hear A fearful battle render'd you in music : Turn him to any cause of policy, The Gordian knot of it he will unloose, Familiar as his garter...
42. oldal - I will bear my sorrows like a man, But I must also feel them as a man. I cannot but remember such things were, And were most dear to me.
59. oldal - What soul was his, when, from the naked top Of some bold headland, he beheld the sun Rise up, and bathe the world in light...
244. oldal - The whole South is in a state of revolution, into which Virginia, after a long struggle, has been drawn, and though I recognize no necessity for this state of things, and would have forborne and pleaded to the end for redress of grievances, real or supposed, yet in my own person I had to meet the question, whether I should take part against my native State.
231. oldal - How all occasions do inform against me, And spur my dull revenge ! What is a man, If his chief good and market of his time Be but to sleep and feed ? a beast, no more.
89. oldal - The Gordian knot of it he will unloose, Familiar as his garter — that, when he speaks, The air, a chartered libertine, is still, And the mute wonder lurketh in men's ears, To steal his sweet and honeyed sentences...
35. oldal - Digressions, incontestably, are the sunshine, they are the life, the soul of reading : take them out of this book, for instance, you might as well take the book along with them ; one cold eternal winter would reign in every page of it : restore them to the writer, — he steps forth like a bridegroom, — bids All hail ; brings in variety, and forbids the appetite to fail.