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Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing) 539 1 Browse Search
Cambridge History of American Literature: volume 3 (ed. Trent, William Peterfield, 1862-1939., Erskine, John, 1879-1951., Sherman, Stuart Pratt, 1881-1926., Van Doren, Carl, 1885-1950.) 88 0 Browse Search
Cambridge History of American Literature: volume 1, Colonial and Revolutionary Literature: Early National Literature: Part I (ed. Trent, William Peterfield, 1862-1939., Erskine, John, 1879-1951., Sherman, Stuart Pratt, 1881-1926., Van Doren, Carl, 1885-1950.) 58 0 Browse Search
Thomas Wentworth Higginson, Women and Men 54 0 Browse Search
C. Edwards Lester, Life and public services of Charles Sumner: Born Jan. 6, 1811. Died March 11, 1874. 54 0 Browse Search
Thomas Wentworth Higginson, Book and heart: essays on literature and life 44 0 Browse Search
Adam Badeau, Grant in peace: from Appomattox to Mount McGregor, a personal memoir 39 1 Browse Search
Thomas Wentworth Higginson, The new world and the new book 38 0 Browse Search
George Bancroft, History of the United States from the Discovery of the American Continent, Vol. 7, 4th edition. 38 0 Browse Search
Bliss Perry, The American spirit in lierature: a chronicle of great interpreters 36 0 Browse Search
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The Daily Dispatch: March 20, 1861., [Electronic resource], Troubles in Arizona (search)
one side of which is a precipitate bank. They there found eighteen holes in the ground, which had been dug by the Indians as hiding places, and as the wagon approached they were enabled to fire upon them without being themselves observed in the darkness of early night. The two missing men were riding in front, driving some loose stock, while the remainder of the party were with the wagon, which contained about $1,800 worth of goods. But one volley was fired by the Indians. The two Americans in front, as ascertained by following their trail, were both wounded, and their horses taking fright, ran down the precipitous bank, and kept along the ravine several hundred yards, when the horsemen halted, as is supposed, unable to ride further. The body of one, John Page, was found on this spot. The blankets, pistol and knife of his companion were also found, but he and his horse were both missing. Page's horse had been killed, and, as it appeared, by the missing man, in order to que
The Daily Dispatch: March 20, 1861., [Electronic resource], The oil region of Virginia. (search)
places;" men who meet you with a knowing toss of the head, as much as to say, "that's me, that is, and who you are I don't know, and what's more, I don't want to know." It gives one an assurance of perfect public security to know that there are so many men in the country whose whole life is devoted to the preservation of society — who are always calling themselves by the pet names of "conservative," sometimes varying it by styling themselves "the good men of the nation," and occasionally, "Americans of the era of '76." What would become of the world without a profession which lives by Conservatism? They are the salt of the earth, the charcoal that keeps the State from decomposition, the chloride of lime that wards off cholera, plague, and yellow fever. The definition of conservative, as given in Worcester's popular Dictionary, (good Conservative authority,) is--"1st. That which preserves. 2d. One opposed to political changes in the State or Government — a story." To which the grea