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The Writings of Abraham Lincoln in Seven Volumes Volume 7 of 7

By: Abraham Lincoln

...oolscap pages. The other two are written by a differ- ent person, at St. Joseph, Mo., and of the dates, respectively, October 12 and 13, 1863, and e... ...ne is plain in any event. The locality of nearly all this seems to be St. Joseph and Buchanan County. I wish you to give special attention to this ... ... letter addressed by the Secretary of State, with my approval, to the Hon. Joseph A. Wright, of Indiana, that patriotic and distinguished gentleman re... ...e force under Rosecrans is, or what it is doing? A. LINCOLN. TO WILLIAM B. CAMPBELL AND OTHERS. EXECUTIVE MANSION, W ASHINGTON, D. C., Oc- tober 22, 1... ...ECUTIVE MANSION, W ASHINGTON, D. C., Oc- tober 22, 1864. MESSRS WILLIAM B. CAMPBELL, THOMAS A. R. NELSON, JAMES T. P . CARTER, JOHN WILLIAMS, A. BLIZ... ... Ord’s assistance procure an interview with Messrs. Stephens, Hunter, and Campbell, or any of them, deliver to him or them the paper on which your ow... ...e instructed to inform the three gentlemen, Messrs. Stephens, Hunter, and Campbell, that a messenger will be dispatched to them at or near where they... ...a, there to meet and informally confer with Messrs. Stephens, Hunter, and Campbell, on the basis of my letter to F. P. Blair, Esq., of January 18, 18...

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Spoon River Anthology

By: Edgar Lee Masters

................................................................... 97 Calvin Campbell ..................................................................... ......................................................................... 120 Joseph Dixon ................................................................. ...hat the much-sought prize of eternal youth Is just arrested growth. Calvin Campbell YE who are kicking against Fate, Tell me how it is that on this hi... ... To remain a blasphemer, And a captain in the army? 121 Edgar Lee Masters Joseph Dixon WHO carved this shattered harp on my stone? I died to you, no ...

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The Writings of Abraham Lincoln in Seven Volumes Volume 5 of 7

By: Abraham Lincoln

...incoln: V ol Five ligible reason for. Y ours very truly, A. LINCOLN. TO A. CAMPBELL. SPRINGFIELD, June 28, 1858. A. CAMPBELL, Esq. MY DEAR SIR:—In 185... ...raham Lincoln: V ol Five TO J. GILLESPIE. SPRINGFIELD, July 16, 1858. HON. JOSEPH GILLESPIE. MY DEAR SIR:—I write this to say that from the specimens ... ...s very truly, A. LINCOLN. 8 The Writings of Abraham Lincoln: V ol Five TO JOSEPH GILLESPIE. SPRINGFIELD, JULY 25, 1858. HON. J. GILLESPIE. MY DEAR SI... ...acting in any hostility toward him. Y our obedient servant, A. LINCOLN. TO JOSEPH HOLT, EXECUTIVE MANSION, SEPTEMBER 12, 1861. HON. JOSEPH HOLT. DEAR ... ...ecease of Justices Daniel and McLean and one by the resignation of Justice Campbell. I have so far forborne making nominations to fill these vacancies...

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Life of John Coleridge Patteson : Missionary Bishop of the Melanesian Islands

By: Charlotte Mary Yonge

...nks Islanders as I told them that most excellent of all tales—the story of Joseph. How their eyes glistened! and they pushed out their heads to hear t... ...wo more recruits—Mr. John Palmer, a theological student at St. John’s, and Joseph Atkin, the only son of a settler in the neighbourhood, who had also ... ...staff therefore consisted of Mr. Pritt, Mr. Kerr, and Mr. Palmer, with Mr. Joseph Atkin, whose journal his family have kindly put at my disposal. The ... ...a matter for much thankfulness.’ To this may well be added an extract from Joseph Atkin’s journal, showing his likemindedness both in thoughtfulness a... ...u could have seen us there. I was witness for my son (Wate); he was called Joseph, so that I shall lose my name that I have kept so long.’ Joseph Wate... ...ge Patteson we Clergymen are careless and inaccurate, because, as old Lord Campbell said, “there is no reply to our sermons.” ‘What would I give to ha... ...nd a man needn’t be unbelieving because he doesn’t like to be credu- lous. Campbell’s book on the Atonement is very hard, chiefly because the man writ...

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Babbitt

By: Sinclair Lewis

...alled the case of drab Sunday School books: “Hetty, a Humble Heroine” and “Josephus, a Lad of Palestine;” he thumbed once more the high-colored text-c... ... her nails. She seemed accustomed to not being introduced. Paul grumbled, “Campbell Inn, on the South Side.” “Alone?” It sounded insinuating. “Yes! Un... ...Babbitt left him, left the hotel, in leisurely calm. But savagely he said “Campbell Inn!” to the taxi- driver. He sat agitated on the slippery leather... ...en bright corners in the unknown land south of the Loop. The office of the Campbell Inn was hard, bright, new; the night clerk harder and brighter. “Y... ...et his troubles. He sighed. He noted a book, “The Three Black Pennies,” by Joseph Hergesheimer. Ah, that was something like it! It would be an adventu...

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The New Machiavelli

By: H. G. Wells

...were two vigorous paragraphs upon the utter damnableness of the Rev. R. J. Campbell, a conta- gious damnableness I gathered, one wasn’t safe within a ... ...only on keeping his leadership, in spite of the vigor- ous attempts of Mr. Joseph Chamberlain to oust him there- from. I ceased to qualify my statemen...

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My Bondage and My Freedom by Frederick Douglass. With an Introduction. By James M'Cune Smith

By: Frederick Douglas

...osition to treat us as such. In jail, we were placed under the care of Mr. Joseph Gra- ham, the sheriff of the county. Henry, and John, and myself, we... ...y tour, hungry and tired, I went into an eating-house, near my friend, Mr. Campbell’s to get some refreshments. I was met by a lad in a white apron, “... ...ica, are to such an union. At the meeting where this speech was delivered, Joseph Sturge—a world-wide philan thropist, and a member of the society of ... ...se in different sec- tions of the world, was on the platform; and also Dr. Campbell (now of the British Banner) who combines all the humane tenderness... ...nd restore them to their long-lost rights. Dr Dr Dr Dr Dr. C . C . C . C . Campbell ampbell ampbell ampbell ampbell ’’ ’’’s R s R s R s R s Reply eply... ...ll ampbell ’’ ’’’s R s R s R s R s Reply eply eply eply eply From Rev. Dr. Campbell’s brilliant reply we extract the fol- lowing: FREDERICK DOUGLASS, ...

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The Life of John Sterling

By: Thomas Carlyle

...daughter of John Coningham, Esquire, Merchant in Derry, and of Eliza- beth Campbell his wife,” was wedded to Captain Sterling; she happiest to him hap... ...curo manner of procedure, like that of an Archimagus Cagliostro, or Kaiser Joseph Incognito, which his anonymous known-unknown thunderings in the Time...

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Verses 1889-1896

By: Rudyard Kipling

...nked his Western eye, and swore by a China storm: — “They ha’ rigged him a Joseph’s jury-coat to keep his honour warm.” The halliards twanged against ... ...man? There’s none at any port for me, by drivin’ fast or slow, Since Elsie Campbell went to Thee, Lord, thirty years ago. (The year the Sarah Sands wa...

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Chronicles of the Canongate

By: Sir Walter Scott

... am bound, in particu- lar, to acknowledge the unremitting kindness of Mr. Joseph T rain, supervisor of excise at Dumfries, to whose unwearied industr... ...d his generosity of disposition. Accordingly the divine sought out Captain Campbell at the barracks within the garrison. There was a gloomy melan- cho... ...nhappily committed. His an- swer was, ‘These are Highland visions, Captain Campbell, as unsatisfactory and vain as those of the second sight. An act o... ... effect.’ Such being the general’s unalterable purpose,” continued Captain Campbell, with a sigh, “be it your care, reverend sir, that your penitent p... ...government; and the latter having furnished him with a letter to Sir Colin Campbell, Sheriff of the county of Argyll, directed him to repair immediate... ...commanded in the Highlands to execute their orders with the utmost rigour. Campbell of Glenlyon, a captain in Argyll’s regiment, and two subalterns, w...

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In the South Seas

By: Robert Louis Stevenson

... it should be regarded from without with such a mental and implicit awe, and, when examined from within, should present so many apparent evidences of ... ...ar of their doctrine, I have nothing to say against it, and their life, it is above reproach.’ And for all that, Mormons they are, but of the earlier ... ...islanders are acquainted with any other mode of representation but photography; so that the picture of an event (on the old melodrama principle that ‘...

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Memoir of Fleeming Jenkin

By: Robert Louis Stevenson

...lena; meets King T om; service in the West Indies; end of his career – The Campbell- Jacksons – Fleeming’s mother – Fleeming’s uncle John. IN THE REIG... ...Charles Jenkin was in the same watch with another midshipman, Robert Colin Campbell Jackson, who introduced him to his family in Jamaica. The father, ... ...er’s side, counted kinship with some of the Forbeses. The mother was Susan Campbell, one of the Campbells of Auchenbreck. Her father Colin, a mer- cha... ...nother – a man at least of reasonable station, but not good enough for the Campbells of Auchenbreck; and the erring one was instantly discarded. Anoth... ... familiar phrase: ‘The Greeks were the boys.’ Dr. Bell – the son of George Joseph, the nephew of Sir Charles, and though he made less use of it than s... ...ame in the shape of the Styrian peasants, and in particular of his gillie, Joseph. This Joseph was much of a character; and his appreciations of Fleem... ... English theory (though indeed it was quite his own) of married relations, Joseph, ad- miring but unconvinced, avowed it was ‘gar schon.’ Joseph’s cou... ... big inn parlour; the refreshments chosen, the list of guests drawn up, by Joseph; the best music of the place in attendance; and hosts and guests in ... ...ic etiquette. Just as the ball at Alt Aussee was designed for the taste of Joseph, the parting feast at Attadale was ordered in every particular to th...

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Records of a Family of Engineers

By: Robert Louis Stevenson

...ale. The heir of Macgregor of Glenorchy, murdered about 1858 by the Argyll Campbells, appears to have been the original ‘Son of my love’; and his more... ...r, and the name in some sort identified with the idea of opposition to the Campbells. Twice afterwards, on some renewed aggres- sion, in 1502 and 1552... ...y took a name as a man takes an umbrella against a shower; as Rob Roy took Campbell, and his son took Drummond. But this case is different; Stevenson ... ...ine nor grieve for their loss.’ By the 29th of February, the Reverend John Campbell, a man of obvious sense and human value, but hateful to the presen... ...y] On the 25th of May the writer embarked at Arbroath, on board of the Sir Joseph Banks, for the Bell Rock, accom- panied by Mr. Logan senior, foreman... ... June] The wind still continued to blow very hard at E. by N., and the Sir Joseph Banks rode heavily, and even drifted with both anchors ahead, in Lei... ...e waited the return of the tide. [Saturday, 11th June] At six a.m. the Sir Joseph got under weigh, and at eleven was again made fast to the southern b... ...compass in the landing-master’s boat, we had, nevertheless, passed the Sir Joseph a good way, when, fortunately, one of the sailors 110 Robert Louis ... ...ght the following note to the writer from the landing-master’s crew:– ‘Sir Joseph Banks Tender.. ‘SIR, – We are informed by our masters that our allow...

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Biographical Essays

By: Thomas de Quincey

... public affairs. These persons wrote letters, like those of the celebrated Joseph Mede, which we find in Ellis’s Historical Collections, reporting to ... ...riods far more remote,) the house of Ben Jonson, in which probably, as Mr. Campbell sug- gests, might be parts of his correspondence, was also burned.... ...ur hundred pounds.” In the main drift of his objections we concur with Mr. Campbell. But as they are liable to some criticism, let us clear the ground... ...e week. Oh, fie, Miss Susanna, you came rather before you were wanted. Mr. Campbell’s comment upon the affair is, that “if this was the case, “viz., i... ...have been the last of all Shakspeare’s works. Even on that account, as Mr. Campbell feelingly observes, it has “a sort of sacred- ness;” and it is a m... ...f literature, though anomalies even here do arise, and men there are, like Joseph Scaliger, who form their own dictionaries and gram- mars in the mere... ...t point; at least the questions have reached us, and the answers have not. Joseph Warton supposed him- self to have ascertained four facts about her: ... ... TES NO NO NO NO NOTE 1. TE 1. TE 1. TE 1. TE 1. Dr. Johnson, however, and Joseph Warton, for reasons not stated, have placed his birth on the 22d. To... ...nding to six in the original; and this for two reasons: First, Because Dr. Joseph Warton has deliberately asserted, that in our whole litera- ture, “w...

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Mankind in the Making

By: H. G. Wells

... vitality. It is quite possible I misjudge the thing altogether. Sir Henry Campbell-Bannerman, for example, may hide the profoundest and most wide-rea... ...s called my attention to a short but most suggestive essay by Doctor Harry Campbell in the Lancet, 1898, ii., p. 678. He uses, of course, the common m... ...ith it was, no doubt, that the last of the Republicans, Mr. Bright and Mr. Joseph Chamber- lain, “kissed hands.” Then, presently, the frantic politics...

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The Writings of Abraham Lincoln in Seven Volumes Volume 6 of 7

By: Abraham Lincoln

...May 26, 1863. MAJOR-GENERAL BURNSIDE, Cincinnati, O.: Y our despatch about Campbell, Lyle, and others received and postponement ordered by you approve... ...M F. ELKIN, FRANCIS SPRINGER, B. A. W ATSON, ELIPHALET HA WLEY , AND JAMES CAMPBELL. GENTLEMEN:—Agree among yourselves upon any two of your own number... ...e examples: General John C. Breckinridge, General Robert E. Lee, Gen- eral Joseph E. Johnston, General John B. Magruder, General William B. Preston, G... ...O J. SEGAR. W AR DEPARTMENT, W ASHINGTON, D. C.. Septem- ber 5, 1863. HON. JOSEPH SEGAR, Fort Monroe, V a.: I have just seen your despatch to the Secr... ...rict, and the marshal who arrested him. I am also appealed to in behalf of Joseph S. Smith, of Company A, Elev- enth New Jersey V olunteers, by Govern... ...ne, to your other brother, the governor. Thanks to both you and our friend Campbell for your kind words and intentions. A second term would be a great...

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Don Juan

By: George Byron

...and allows Scope to all such as feel the inherent glow: Scott, Rogers, Campbell, Moore, and Crabbe will try ‘Gainst you the question with post... ... awkward blow, And then his only garment quite gave way; He fled, like Joseph, leaving it; but there, I doubt, all likeness ends between the p... ...ird so quaint and mouthy: With Crabbe it may be difficult to cope, And Campbell’s Hippocrene is somewhat drouthy: Thou shalt not steal from Sa... ...’s Don Juan “Canto Eleven” 246 Sir Walter reign’d before me; Moore and Campbell Before and after; but now grown more holy, The Muses upon ...

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Life of Johnson

By: James Boswell

... following let- ter to a son of one of his early friends at Lichfield, Mr. Joseph Simpson, Barrister, and authour of a tract entitled Reflections on t... ..., and authour of a tract entitled Reflections on the Study of the Law. ‘TO JOSEPH SIMPSON, ESQ. ‘DEAR SIR,—Your father’s inexorability not only grieve... ..., Madam, your most humble servant, ‘June 8, 1762.’ ‘SAM. JOHNSON.’ ‘TO MR. JOSEPH BARETTI, AT MILAN. ‘London, July 20, 1762. ‘SIR, However justly you ... ..., Mr. Gibbon, Sir William Jones, Mr. Colman, Mr. Steevens, Dr. Burney, Dr. Joseph Warton, Mr. Malone, Lord Ossory, Lord Spencer, Lord Lucan, Lord Palm... ...lected round him to hear his account of this memorable conversa- tion, Dr. Joseph Warton, in his frank and lively 190 Boswell’s Life of Johnson manne... ... to give me some assistance for the defence of Hastie, the schoolmaster of Campbelltown, for whom I was to appear in the house of Lords. When I came, ... ... fellow-subjects in America. For, as early as 1769, I was told by Dr. John Campbell, that he had said of them, ‘Sir, they are a race of convicts, and ... ...mwell, the Quaker, Mr. Langton, Mr. Miller, (now Sir John,) and Dr. Thomas Campbell, an Irish clergyman, whom I took the liberty of in- viting to Mr. ... ...h a comick look, ‘Ah! poor George the Second.’ I mentioned that Dr. Thomas Campbell had come from Ireland to London, principally to see Dr. Johnson. H...

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Great Expectations

By: Charles Dickens

...ng always considerate and thoughtful for us – though you may not think it, Joseph,” in a tone of the deepest reproach, as if he were the most callous ... ...” cried Uncle Pumblechook. “Well put! Pret- tily pointed! Good indeed! Now Joseph, you know the case.” “No, Joseph,” said my sister, still in a reproa... ...t think it – know the case. Y ou may consider that you do, but you do not, Joseph. For you do not know that Uncle Pumblechook, being sensible that for... ...egan my sister. “Yes I do, Mum,” said Pumblechook; “but wait a bit. Go on, Joseph. Good in you! Go on!” “What would present company say,” proceeded Jo... ...a patronizing laugh, “It’s more than that, Mum. Good again! Follow her up, Joseph!” “Then to make an end of it,” said Joe, delightedly handing the bag... ...the name of Provis. He replied, certainly not, and that the lodger was Mr. Campbell. He also explained that the utmost known of Mr. Campbell there, wa... ...hat the utmost known of Mr. Campbell there, was, that he (Herbert) had Mr. Campbell consigned to him, and felt a strong personal interest in his being... ...le and Clara were seated at work, I said nothing of my own interest in Mr. Campbell, but kept it to myself. When I had taken leave of the pretty gentl...

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The Writings of Abraham Lincoln in Seven Volumes Volume 2 of 7

By: Abraham Lincoln

...dd was married something more than a year since to a fellow by the name of Campbell, and who, Mary says, is pretty much of a “dunce,” though he has a ... ...t which has got wrong with one of our best friends. It is old Uncle Thomas Campbell of Spring Creek—(Berlin P .O.). He has received several documents ... .... Nearly half the leaders swear they won’t stand it. Of those are Ford, T. Campbell, Ewing, Calhoun and others. They don’t exactly say they won’t vote... ...dvance fee to attend to a case in the Supreme Court for him, against a Mr. Campbell, the record of which case was in the hands of Mr. Dixon of St. Lou... ...of the 15th. We have made no gains, but have lost “H. R. Robinson, Turner, Campbell, and four or five more.” Tell Arney to reconsider, if he would be ... ... but I feel a good deal of anxiety about it. Yours as ever, A. LINCOLN. TO JOSEPH GILLESPIE. SPRINGFIELD, Jan. 19, 1858. MY DEAR SIR: This morning Col...

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The Letters of Robert Louis Stevenson to His Family and Friends ; Selected and Edited with Notes and Introd. By Sidney Colvin : Volume 1

By: Robert Louis Stevenson

... the Vendetta first, for it really could not come after Prince Otto. Lewis Campbell has made some noble work in that Agamemnon; it surprised me. We ho... ...) Is the Royal George an ode, or only an elegy? It’s so good. (8) We leave Campbell to you. (9) If you take anything from Clough, but we don’t either ... ... monial. I am told quantity goes far. I have good ones from Rev. Professor Campbell, Professor Meiklejohn, Leslie Stephen, Lang, Gosse, and a very sha... ...rvations he has on the case (Trial of James Stewart in Appin for murder of Campbell of Glenure, 1752); if he has none, perhaps you could see – O yes, ... ...ire Trecothick and Parson V ance; it is as good, I think, as any- thing in Joseph Andrews. I have just come to the part where the highwayman with the ... ...e Letters of R. L. Stevenson: V ol. 1 Letter: TO THE REV . PROFESSOR LEWIS CAMPBELL [WENSLEYDALE, BOURNEMOUTH, NOVEMBER 1884] MY DEAR CAMPBELL, – The ...

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Young Folks, History of England

By: Charlotte Mary Yonge

...ing’s cousin, the Earl of Lancaster, “the old hog;” the Earl of Pembroke, “Joseph the Jew;” and the Earl of Warwick, “the black dog.” Meantime, the ki... ...to get well if once he was wounded. Help came at last. The brave Sir Colin Campbell, who had been sent out from home, brought the army to their rescue...

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Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant

By: Ulysses S. Grant

... be trans- ported in one trip, had to march. The road lay west of Lake St. Joseph. Three large bayous had to be crossed. They were rapidly bridged in ... ...my held Port Hudson and Vicksburg as a waste of time and material. General Joseph E. Johnston arrived at Jackson in the night of the 13th from T ennes... ...he Rapidan, confronting the Army of the Potomac; the second, under General Joseph E. Johnston, was at Dalton, Georgia, opposed to Sherman who was stil... ...sible to the east to co-operate with these forces; and, fi- nally, General Joseph E. Johnston, one of the ablest com- manders of the South though not ... ...oved to be Alexander H. Stephens, Vice-President of the Confederacy, Judge Campbell, Assistant-Secretary of War, and R. M. T. Hunt, formerly United St... ...Crawford. First Brigade, Col. Wm McCandless. Third Brigade, Col. Joseph W . Fisher. Fourth Division, Brig.-Gen. James S. Wadsworth. ...

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The 9/11 Commission Report Final Report of the National Commission on Terrorist Attacks Upon the United States

By: Thomas H. Kean

...achin Professional Staff Member & Team Leader Ernest R. May Senior Adviser Joseph McBride Intern James Miller Professional Staff Member Kelly Moore Pr... ...l (NSC), expanded to include Secretary of Transportation Norman Mineta and Joseph Allbaugh, the director of the Federal Emergency Manage- ment Agency ... ...Representative Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) Senator John McCain (R-Az.) Senator Joseph Lieberman (D-Conn.) Intelligence Oversight and the Joint Inquiry Sen... ...r Director,World Trade Center, Port Authority of New Y ork and New Jersey Joseph Morris, former Chief, Port Authority of New Y ork and New Jersey Po... ... Department Nicholas Scoppetta, Commissioner, Fire Department of New Y ork Joseph F . Bruno, Director, New Y ork City Office of Emergency Management T... ...g, see NSC memo, Biegun to executive secretaries, July 31, 2001; CIA memo, Campbell to McLaughlin, Pavitt, and others,Aug. 2, 2001.The White House tol...

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