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...ES OF THE WAR .......................................................................................................... 47 CHAPTER IV: WASHINGTON TO ST. LOUIS ....................................................................................................... 70 CHAPTER V: MISSOURI............................................................................................

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.............................................. 47 CHAPTER IV : W ASHINGTON TO ST. LOUIS .................................................................... ... is wild, trackless, unbridged, uninhab- ited, and desolate. Massachusetts Avenue runs the whole length of the city, and is inserted on the maps as a ... ...meets. I do not think that Congress makes much difference to Massachusetts Avenue. I believe that the city never contains as many as eighty thousand, ... ...mmodating its own increasing proportions? Was it not well to lay down fine avenues and broad streets, so that future citi- zens might find a city well... ...hough the same name should be given to two streets, one of which en- tered St. James’s Park at Buckingham Gate, while the other started from the Park ... ..., Mobile, Richmond, and Memphis. I do not name such towns as Baltimore and St. Louis, which stand in slave States, but which have raised themselves to... ...of the “Civilization” should be held as being equal to five and twenty of “Nicholas Nickleby,” and that a single “In Memoriam” may fairly weigh down h...

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...the gateway of the domain of an exiled pretender. I drove along a straight avenue, through a disfeatured park,—the park of Chambord has twenty- one mi... ...f a city than the salient points of a single building. You emerge from the avenue and find yourself at the foot of an enormous fan- tastic mass. Chamb... ...ountry and the tangled, melancholy park, with the rotation of its straight avenues. Then you walk about the roof, in a complication of galleries, ter-... ...cale, is strange and striking. Begun by Philip Augustus, and terminated by St. Louis, the Chateau d’Angers has of course a great deal of history. The ... ...iers (for my prevision of Notre Dame la Grande and of the little temple of St. John was of the dimmest), I ought to have stopped at Angouleme for the ... ...e, are to be found more fine sarcophagi than in any collection but that of St. John Lateran. In two or three of the Roman fragments there is a notice-... ...rit, or the Hotel- Dieu, simply, as they call it there, founded in 1443 by Nicholas Rollin, Chancellor of Burgundy. It is adminis- tered by the sister... ...nd Roger van der Weyden,—given to the hospital in the fifteenth century by Nicholas Rollin aforesaid. I learned, however, to my dismay, from a sympath... ...eir “Flemish Painters.” I learn from them also—what I was ignorant of—that Nicholas Ronin, Chancellor of Bur- gundy and founder of the establishment a...

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...s direct insinuation, that even such anathema may be diverted by devotion to St. Nicholas. Here the interest of the Monk plainly gets the better of th... ...rect insinuation, that even such anathema may be diverted by devotion to St. Nicholas. Here the interest of the Monk plainly gets the better of the ju... ...ck marble of Alfonso the Good, one of their former princes, in the church of St. Nicho las. “Villain! What sayest thou?” cried Manfred, starting from... ...bterraneous passage which led from the vaults of the castle to the church of St. Nicholas. Could she reach the altar before she was overtaken, she kne... ...raneous passage which led from the vaults of the castle to the church of St. Nicholas. Could she reach the altar before she was overtaken, she knew ev... ...mal as it is, we cannot miss our way; it leads directly to the church of St. Nicholas. But, per haps,” added the Princess modestly, “you have no rea ... ...astle of Otranto — Walpole 28 Coming to himself, he gave orders that every avenue to the castle should be strictly guarded, and charged his domestic...

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...infant with his maid had strayed one morning to a mile’s distance from the avenue of Brere-wood Lodge, his father’s seat. Their attention was attracte... ...nued, ‘I remember well to have seen one that knew and loved him. Miss Lucy St. Aubin lived and died a maid for his sake, though one of the most beauti... ...g, retained its pristine and savage character. It was tra- versed by broad avenues, in many places half grown up with brushwood, where the beauties of... ...rhaps served as an apology to himself, he used to pursue one of these long avenues, which, after an as- 27 Sir Walter Scott cending sweep of four mil... ...r have shot nor hunted with less skill, and he might have made the roof of St. Stephen’s echo to longer orations than were com- prised in those zealou... ...reille, as Captain Vinsauf used to say— vinum primæ notæ, the Principal of St. Andrews denominated it. And, once more, Captain Waverley, right glad am... ... for his guilt as a rebel, and that he was condemned and executed. NOTE 3.—NICHOLAS AMHURST Nicholas Amhurst, a noted political writer, who conducted ...

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...roar has long since ceased to frighten one. First we went to the Church of St. Roch, to see a famous piece of mosaic-work there. It is a famous work ... ...king, as we passed, at Joinville’s black squadron, and the white houses of St. Mary’s across the bay, with the hills of Medina Sidonia and Granada ly... ...y passed yesterday into Cadiz bay, and to-morrow will give them a sight of St. Vincent. One of their steam-vessels has been lost off the coast of Afr... ... starlight, these militaries rode onward, leading the way through the huge avenues of strange diabolical-looking prickly pears (plants that look as if... ...eaded eagle is displayed. The place is under the patronage of the Emperor Nicholas; an Imperial Prince has stayed in these rooms; the Russian consul ... ...ia; and, above all, six or seven numbers of Punch!There might have been an avenue of Pompey’s Pillars within reach, and a live sphinx sporting on the ... ...wide-planted plain of the Ezbekieh; where are gardens, canals, fields, and avenues of trees, and where the great ones of the town come and take their ...

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...infer from this that either side is taken here; either that of the Emperor Nicholas against Poland, or that of Po- land against the Emperor. It would ... ...atic salons, faithful to instructions, imitated the silence of the Emperor Nicholas, who held that all Polish exiles were vir- tually dead and buried.... ...e terms during the Emigration, merely because it was said that the Emperor Nicholas gave him the cold shoulder. Between the caution of the court and t... ...to bring it out. There is, probably, more real con- versation in Vienna or St. Petersburg than in Paris. Equals do not need to employ delicacy or shre... ...ea, the tossing waves of what we call society, the century, Paris, London, St. Petersburg,—or what you will. If the axiom that architecture is the exp... ...ll dine together to-morrow for the last time. If I don’t start at once for St. Petersburg I shall have to make the journey by land, and I am not rich,... ... he said, presently. “My eyes will never again see the ever- greens of the avenue de Mademoiselle, nor the acacias nor the cedars of the rond-points. ...

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...displayed in the cap- ture since 21st December, 1861, of Forts Jackson and St. Philip, city of New Orleans, and the destruction of various rebel gunbo... ...ded by Flag-officer Farragut which led to the capture of Forts Jackson and St. Philip, city of New Orleans, and the destruction of rebel gunboats, ram... ...he hope of immediate conciliation. Immediately afterward all the roads and avenues to this city were obstructed, and the capital was put into the cond... ...r, Tucker, Lewis, Braxton, Upsbur, Randolph, Mason, Putnam, Kanawha, Clay, Nicholas, Cabell, Wayne, Boone, Logan, Wyoming, Webster, Fayette, and Ralei... ...agement of the mortar flotilla during the bombardment of Forts Jackson and St. Philip. Captain Silas H. Stringharn, now on the retired list, for dis- ... ...MENT, W ASHINGTON D.C., July 14, 1863. ROBERT T. LINCOLN: New Y ork, Fifth Avenue Hotel: Why do I hear no more of you? A. LINCOLN. INTIMATION OF ARMIS... ...EPARTMENT, W ASHINGTON, D. C, Septem- ber 21, 1863. MRS. A. LINCOLN. Fifth Avenue Hotel. New Y ork: The air is so clear and cool and apparently health...

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... that have at all succeeded in engaging the attention of men, are those of St. Augustine and of Rousseau. The very idea of breathing a record of human... ...e. Impassioned, therefore, should be the tenor of the composition. Now, in St. Augustine’s Confes- sions is found one most impassioned passage, viz., ... ...res exhausted? Had I seen Rome? Had I read Milton? Had I heard Mozart? No. St. Peter’s, the “Paradise Lost,” the divine melodies of “Don Giovanni,” al... ...d I decipher to the reader by what particular 109 Autobiographic Sketches avenue it was that the sublimity which I fancy in the passage reached my he... ...nder that one rule which seemed singly sufficient to foreclose all natural avenues to truth?—the rule, I mean, by which it is forbidden to address a q... ...t all events, you are seen. But after passing the final posthouse on every avenue to London, for the latter ten or twelve miles, you become aware that... ... his capture, Lord Edward Fitzgerald was appre- hended at the house of Mr. Nicholas Murphy, a merchant in Dublin, but after a very desperate resistanc...

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...he principal men of the University of Ox- ford) her body to be reburied in St, Mary’s Church in Ox- ford, with great pomp and solemnity. It is remarka... ...me in this lonely grove, Immured in shameful privity? “No more thou com’st with lover’s speed, Thy once beloved bride to see; But be she alive, ... ... so choice, were counted but as a cup of bastard at the Groyne, or at Port St. Mary’s. You should travel, mine host, if you would be deep in the myste... ...sistance of a heavy oak door moving on rusty hinges.” They stood now in an avenue overshadowed by such old 35 Sir Walter Scott trees as we have descr... ...ark and melancholy boughs, upon the road which they once had screened. The avenue itself was grown up with grass, and, in one or two places, interrupt... ...n the neighbouring park, and was here stacked for drying. Formal walks and avenues, which, at different points, crossed this principal approach, were,... ...rtist, “and I know the cause. Y our master has eaten of the manna of Saint Nicholas. I know the cure too—my master shall not say I studied in his labo... ...iers at the charge of ten modern lackeys.” “He must not count cost to-day, Nicholas,” said the Earl in reply. “I am beholden to Raleigh for his care. ... ...he stricture of my purse-strings. Marry, I neither defy the manna of Saint Nicholas, nor can I dispense with it. The first task must be to prepare som...

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...tishman of rank is said to have stooped so low as to plot the surprisal of St. James’s Palace, and the assassination of the royal family. While these ... ...nt of being very quiet, began to feel abominably dull. It was, as thou say’st, as if the Quakers had put the sun in their pock- ets—all around was sof... ... thee, thou art welcome to make use of it—a permission for which thou need’st not thank me much, as thou wouldst not have failed to assume it whether ... ...y, of Foxley Hall, has been of the quorum these twenty years,’ said Master Nicholas. ‘Then he ought to know, or you, sir, as his clerk, should inform ... ...n, the result was much less favourable. He consulted in a whisper with Mr. Nicholas, his clerk—pshawed, hemmed, and elevated his eyebrows, as if in sc... ...es to ride, and I care not to ride darkling in these parts. You and I, Mr. Nicholas, must be jogging.’ The Justice fumbled with his gloves, in endeavo... ... ease, Collier, who rode ahead, passed back the word that they were at the avenue to Fairladies—’Was he to turn up?’ Committing the charge of Fairford... ...ving been taken than just to remove them out of the direct approach to the avenue. The great stone pillars, glimmering white in the moonlight, had som... ...nd, gave an un- comfortable idea of the habitation to those who passed its avenue. ‘There used to be no gate here,’ said Skelton, finding their way un...

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...nd where they always prudently shortened sail and implored the protection of St. Nicholas when they crossed, there lies a small market town or rural p... ...here they always prudently shortened sail and implored the protection of St. Nicholas when they crossed, there lies a small market town or rural port,... ...ve but one vulnerable point, or door of access; while others have a thousand avenues, and may be captured in a thousand different ways. It is a great ... ... frame in full motion, and clattering about the room, you would have thought St. Vitus himself, that blessed patron of the dance, was figuring be for...

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...nd and a group of white beeches is leading a footpath animated by travelers.” “A learned man in a cynical and torn dress holding an open book in his h... ...hing, surprised by the two old man. In the back- ground the lapidation of the condemned.” (“Lapidation” is good; it is much more elegant than “ston- i... ...landscape along a navigable river which perfuses it till to the background.” “Some peasants singing in a cottage. A woman lets drink a child out of a ... ...as no joint in it; such a clock helps out the picture, but you cannot tell the time of day by it. Between the curving line of hotels and the lake is a... ...trees. The lake-front is walled with masonry like a pier, and has a railing, to keep people from walking overboard. All day long the vehicles dash alo... ... WHO PUT UP AT GADSBY’S WHEN MY ODD FRIEND Riley and I were newspaper correspon- dents in Washington, in the winter of ’67, we were coming down Pennsy... ...nd to his misery by drowning himself. Presently we passed the place where a man of better odor was born. This was the children’s friend, Santa Claus, ... ...er that he might reflect upon pious themes without being dis- turbed by the joyous and other noises from the nursery, doubt- less. Judging by Pilate a... ...construction of hermits; they seem made out of all kinds of material. But Pilate attended to the matter of expiating his sin while he was alive, where...

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...y said that in these recreant days we cannot expect to find the majesty of St. Paul beneath the cassock of a curate. If we look to our clergymen to be... ...esign it, and betook himself manfully to the duties of the small parish of St. Cuthbert’s, in the city, of which he was vicar, con- 12 Barchester Tow... ...s were for the future. Mr Harding replied that he intended to be rector of St. Cuthbert’s in Barchester; and so that matter dropped. Then the newspape... ...t, and is all but surrounded by the branches of lime trees, which form the avenue leading up to the house from both sides. This avenue is magnificent,... ... sec- ond visit. Mrs Quiverful, as soon as she saw his horse coming up the avenue from the vicarage gate, hastily packed up her huge basket of needlew... ...ld. He was not long in finding her. She was walking to and fro beneath the avenue of elms that stood in the archdeacon’s grounds, skirting the churchy... ...ort of episto- lary intimacy. He thought that he might safely apply to Sir Nicholas Fitzhiggin; and he felt sure that if Sir Nicho- las chose to exert... ...throwing himself at her feet. Then he had to solicit the assistance of Sir Nicholas Fitzwhiggin and Mr Towers, and he went directly from the bishop’s ... ... be given in full. ‘Palace, Barchester, Sept 185-, ‘(Private) ‘My dear Sir Nicholas,—I hope that the intercourse which has been between us will preclu...

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...ried to. She only recalled having stood a long time on the corner of Fifth Avenue, in the harsh winter radiance, waiting till a break in the torrent o... ... Nick’s sake; and if only Ellie would come back, and carry off Clarissa to St. Moritz or Deauville, the disagreeable episode on which their happiness ... ...ating spirits over the annual difficulty of deciding between Deauville and St. Moritz, Biarritz and Capri. Nick was not surprised to learn that it was... ...there—if they’d let her!—long enough to gather up her things and start for St. Moritz. The memory of this announcement had the effect of curbing Susy’... ...k bank of V anderlyn & Co., and had exchanged his sumptuous house in Fifth Avenue for another, more sump- tuous still, in Mayfair; and the young man l... ...ir modest funds, put the letter into an envelope, and addressed it to Mrs. Nicholas Lansing. As he did so, he reflected that it was the first time he ... ...ng; and was told, after enquiries in the post- office department, that Mr. Nicholas Lansing had given no address since that of the Palazzo V anderlyn,... ...ys in Apex City, when, on being brought home to her new house in Aeschylus Avenue, her first thought had been: “How on earth shall I get all those win... ...s—” Susy’s eye flew im- patiently on over the long list of titles—”and Mr. Nicholas Lansing of New Y ork, who has been cruising with Mr. and Mrs. Hick...

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...o the suspicion of having attained his dotage, by all those who throng the avenues to court patronage, even in the remotest corners of that vast empir... ... in future to speak and act for themselves. CHAPTER III “All that thou see’st is Natures handiwork; Those rocks that upward throw their mossy brawl Li... ... I see thee in thy winding-sheet walking by my bedside to-night. What say’ st thou, Bess? Am I compos men- tis or not? Fit to charge a grand jury, or,... ...ere will be a visit from Santa Claus* to-night.” *The periodical visits of St. Nicholas, or Santa Claus, as he is termed, were never forgotten among t... ...will be a visit from Santa Claus* to-night.” *The periodical visits of St. Nicholas, or Santa Claus, as he is termed, were never forgotten among the i... ...cold dreary stone walls of the building, as she approached them through an avenue of young and leafless poplars, Elizabeth felt as if all the loveline... ... in the direction of our walk,” said Elizabeth, “unless you call the short avenues through these pine bushes by that name. Surely you do not contempla...

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... beg to offer the following translation: 9 Sir Walter Scott “The curse of St Withold upon these infernal porkers!” said the swine-herd, after blowing... ... ease, altogether regard- less of the voice of their keeper. “The curse of St Withold upon them and upon me!” said Gurth; “if the two-legged wolf snap... ...dance, and takes a Norman name when he becomes matter of enjoy- ment.” “By St Dunstan,” answered Gurth, “thou speakest but sad truths; little is left ... ...d by dint of caution and attention, brought the party safely into a wilder avenue than any they had yet seen; and, pointing to a large low irregular b... ... that of a prison. “By St Dunstan,” said Gurth, as he stumbled up the dark avenue, “this is no Jewess, but an angel from heaven! Ten zecchins from my ... ... the shade of these infer- nal bushes, that I might at least see any of St Nicholas’s clerks before they spring on my shoulders.” Gurth accordingly ha... ...honest fellow,” replied the robber, “I warrant thee; and we worship not St Nicholas so devoutly but what thy thirty zecchins may yet escape, if thou d... ...en the prize is won.” A target was placed at the upper end of the southern avenue which led to the lists. The contending archers took their sta- tion ... ...ch he seemed to be. “With six men, and good hope of booty, if it please St Nicholas.” “Devoutly spoken,” said Locksley; “and where is Allan-a- dale ?”...

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...the leading incidents in Montaigne’s life seemed, in the presence of Bayle St. John’s charming and able biography, an attempt as difficult as it was u... ...nd twelve o’clock in the day, the last of February 1533, at the chateau of St. Michel de Montaigne. His father, Pierre Eyquem, esquire, was successive... ... addressed to him by Charles at the time he was admit- ted to the Order of St. Michael, which was, as he informs us himself, the highest honour of the... ...itude that glitters in Virtue, shines throughout all her appurtenances and avenues, even to the first entry and ut- most limits. Now, of all the benef... ...hich I think those ergotisms and petty sophistries, by pre- possessing the avenues to it, are the cause. And people are much to blame to represent it ... ...ive, if he know but the way, through shady, green, and sweetly-flourishing avenues, by a pleasant, easy, and smooth descent, like that of the celestia... ...nments, and services done to the crown of France by this famous constable? Nicholas Denisot—[Painter and poet, born at Le Mans,1515.]—never concerned ...

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...ndles. In summer time, the town is sweet to see; full of fine maples— long avenues of green and gold. And in August, high in air, the beautiful and bo... ... touching the grand belief; in that we all join hands.” “Splice, thou mean’st splice hands,” cried Peleg, drawing nearer. “Y oung man, you’d better sh... ... thou knowest, Peleg, what it is to have the fear of death; how, then, can’st thou prate in this ungodly guise. Thou beliest thine own heart, Peleg. T... ...hoon on Japan, that same voyage when thou went mate with Captain Ahab, did’st thou not think of Death and the Judgment then?” “Hear him, hear him now,... ...o idiot imbecility they have imparted potency. But when, as in the case of Nicholas the Czar, the ringed crown of geographical empire encircles an imp... ...rosses all adroop (like canted yards of anchored fleets); and her suburban avenues of house-walls lying over upon each other, as a tossed pack of card...