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Rebellion Record: a Diary of American Events: Documents and Narratives, Volume 6. (ed. Frank Moore), chapter 159 (search)
Lieutenant Allen is at the house of Dr. Grant, at Pattersonville. The paroled men report that they were very kindly treated during their short imprisonment. They were kept in a guard-house thatched with palmetto leaves, and fed on corn bread and salt meat. Every attention was paid to the wounded by the women of Pattersonville. Every thing in their power to bestow was freely given, although they said that there was not a barred of flour in the place to make a dish of gruel from. They promised to cook the articles sent up to the wounded, and see that they were provided for. Colonel Gray was in command of the post. Ninety-nine of our men were paroled. Their names have not yet been sent in to the Adjutant-General's office. There are several companies of Arizonian and Camanche Indians at the rebel camp. They are filthy and ragged, armed with every kind of weapon, and nearly all drunk when the Calhoun was at Pattersonville. The Diana has been sent to Franklin. Horatius.
Knight's Mechanical Encyclopedia (ed. Knight), A. (search)
eral lines, in a metaphor which compares the different grades of society to the different values of the counters in the several rows. The counters were pebbles, beans, or coins, especially the former. The Greek word for the counters of the abacus was derived from a word signifying a pebble. Pythagoras, the great arithmetician, hated beans, — an antipathy he derived from the Egyptian priests, his instructors. About the same time Daniel was eating pulse in Babylon without grumbling, and Horatius was hewing down the bridge of the Janiculum. The Roman word calculus, from which we derive our word calculate, was the diminutive of calx, a stone, and referred to the pebbles which formed the counters of the abacus. Sometimes the counters were shifted to the right in counting, sometimes to the left. It is stated that the Greek and Roman practices differed in this respect. Several varieties of instruments are represented on the ancient monuments. The step was easy from a flat boa
Knight's Mechanical Encyclopedia (ed. Knight), W. (search)
across the Euphrates, at Babylon, described by Herodotus as built by Nitocris, consisted of wooden spans supported on stone piers. The latter were constructed during a temporary deviation of the river into a vast basin excavated to form a lake. (Herodotus, 1.186.) The bridge across the Tiber, the Pons Sublicius, was made of wooden beams, as its name indicates. It was built by Ancus Martius when he united the Janiculum to the city of Rome, and is renowned as the scene of the exploit of Horatius, when Rome was attacked by Lars Porsenna of Clusium. It was still a wooden bridge in the time of Augustus, and was carried away by a flood in the time of Otho. It was situated at the foot of the Aventine mount. Caesar's bridge, over the Rhine, 55 B. C., was of wood, built upon piles (Fig. 924, a). Caesar tells us that two timbers, 18 inches square, and pointed at their lower ends, were sunk into the river, and afterward driven 2 feet distant from each other by machines; these piles wer
James Parton, The life of Horace Greeley, Chapter 30: Appearance—manners—habits. (search)
is rustic manners town Eccentricities Horace Greeley in Broadway—Horatius at church Horace Greeley at home. Horace Greeley stands five f The following is a part of one of his letters home. He describes Horatius at church, and does it well: I have seen Horace Greeley, sistprick up my ears, and resolve to follow him wherever he goes. Horatius, let me assure you, is a person in whose mind there lingers none oantly attired on Saturdays, when people in general are shabbiest. Horatius is no such person. No fine gentleman could be brought on any termearly, and only a few of the Independent Christians have arrived. Horatius, I see, has taken the seat nearest the door, and is already absorbrm, stands up to begin, the people fumbling for their hymn-books. Horatius gives no sign; the Times possesses him wholly. Will he read all t and have her rights, and the weary wanderer find repose at last. Horatius neither stands at the singing, nor during the prayer does he assum
Laura E. Richards, Maud Howe, Florence Howe Hall, Julia Ward Howe, 1819-1910, in two volumes, with portraits and other illustrations: volume 1, Chapter 3: Newport 1879-1882; aet. 60-63 (search)
complish evening dress after the play. Dear Flossy went with me. Another performance of that summer is not noted in the Journal; an impromptu rendering of Horatius at the bridge, in the green parlor at Oak Glen, with the following cast:-- HoratiusF. Marion Crawford. Spurius LartiusJ. W. H. HerminiusMaud Howe. The green parlor was an oval grass plot, thickly screened by tall cedars. Laura recited the ballad, keeping her voice as she could while the heroes waged desperate combat, but breaking down entirely when Horatius plunged headlong in the tide, and swam with magnificent action across — the greensward! September 18. Preached in Tiverton to-day. Text: The fashion of this world passeth away. Subject: Fashion, an intense but transient power; in contradistinction, the eternal things of God. September 25. Spent much of this day in composing a poem in commemoration of President Garfield's death. Spared no pains with this and succeeded better than I had expected.
Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 14. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones), chapter 21 (search)
ns he did not hesitate, on more than one occasion, to criticise, publicly and severely, military movements and instructions which did not commend themselves to his approbation. To such an extent did this show of insubordination obtain that he was suspended from the command of his brigade to await the determination of charges preferred. He resumed his command, however, at the memorable battle of Second Manassas, and at Sharpsburg held the bridge with the courage and pertinacity of a modern Horatius. In the latter engagement he was wounded. In both battles he behaved with conspicuous gallantry, and received the commendation of General Lee. On the 4th of March, 1863, he resigned his commission in the army and returned to Georgia. General Toombs was not in accord with President Davis's administration of public affairs, nor did he acquiesce in the propriety of some of the most important enactments of the Confederate Congress. Although his affections, his hopes, and his aspirations w
Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 21. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones), chapter 1.21 (search)
A modern Horatius. [from the Louisville, Ky., courier-journal, January 9, 1894.] Defence of a Bridge by one Confederate against an attack by Forty Federals. He Kills three and wounds eight of his assailants after losing a hand. [This article has been received from a distinguished Confederate officer. If the account may be questioned, let it be disproved.—Ed.] [Correspondence of the Courier-Journal.] Bristol, Tenn., January 7, 1894. I had an interview yesterday with a man who performed an act of heroism during the civil war, of equally cool courage, and under circumstances of far greater personal danger, than that for which Horatious Codes has been celebrated in song and story for more than 2,000 years, for the soldiers of Lars Porsenna were not armed with modern guns, as were the assailants of this Nineteenth century hero—neither was he equipped with shield and coat of mail, as was the brave defender of the bridge across the Tiber. James Keelin was a member of
Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 26. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones), General Joseph Wheeler. (search)
wn Beheld thy fall, and from the battle's rage Plucked and transferred thee to its lyric page; Intent to bind thy brows with oaken crown, And hand thy name in crimson glory down, Kindling the narrative from age to age To fire the hearts of hero, saint, and sage Above the fear of tyrants or their frown. Come, take thy station by th' intrepid twain That shout o'er th' Athenian tyrants slain By that bold boy, that braved Porsena's flame, And burned his way through torture to his fame— By him, Horatius, stalwart to the last— These are thy kin, these great souls of the past. General Wheeler has never posed as an orator, but his polished address, delivered with much force and earnestness, held his audience still-bound, save by several irrepressible outbursts of cheering, until the close, when he was given another ovation as he turned to go to his seat. Fine speech by De-Armond. This was not to be the end of the feast of good things, however, though in the ordinary course it would
Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 27. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones), A noble life. (search)
ns for us,—All for God. Wheresoever the gospel of faith and love has been and shall be preached, a little deed that a woman did has been and shall be told for a memorial of her; so for faith and devotion the name of Mary of Bethany shall forever stand. Thus stands St. John for love; St. Peter for repentance unto good works; St. Paul for lion-like courage and holy zeal. Aeneas, with old Anchises on his back, stands for filial piety; Curtius for self-sacrifice; Lucretia for purity; Horatius for courage; Cato, noblest Roman of them all, stands for stern integrity. These illustrate that ancient story and tell us why man's memory endures. Here in a newer land and a later age, the name of a great Virginian stands for the qualities that mark a grand character, and by these he will be remembered when men have forgotten the operations on the Delaware that won great Frederick's admiration, and the march from the Hudson to the York that broke the yoke of tyranny for mankind. Nee