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Links and Factoids

By: Sam Vaknin

...peting undertaker was an operator at the local (manual) telephone exchange. She re-routed calls to her husband, even when the caller asked for Stro... ...and Missouri - seceded but were controlled by the Union's army throughout the war. Maryland and Delaware were slave states but did not secede. ... ...re was caused by faulty chimney flues. Librarian Meehan wrote to Senator Pearce of Maryland, Chairman of the Joint Committee on the Library: "It ... ...gress in Basle in 1903. After bitter recriminations, the Congress decided (295 for, 178 against) to send an "investigatory commission" to the terri... ...ighway from Florence to the sea - built in the 20th century - follows precisely the route of a canal he envisioned. His scientific investigations - ... ...appropriate legislation. The District of Columbia was formed in 1802 from bits of Maryland and Virginia. http://www.vaix.net/~captainnemo/plan/23r...

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On the Babylonian Captivity of the Church

By: Martin Luther

... 49 St. Cyprian, “The Lapsed,” trans. Maurice Bévenot, S. J. (Westminster, Maryland, 1957), p. 31. (Vol. 25 of Ancient Christian Writers.) 50 inf... ...d the angels of paradise that their souls (the souls of pilgrims who died en route) be taken directly to the bliss of paradise, as being fully redeem... ..., his neighbor, against God’s command. Therefore, the “impediment of error” 178 enters in here, by which his marriage to the second woman is render... ... 177 Cf. p. 79. 178 With fine sarcasm Luther here plays off one impediment against anoth... ... 182 Cf. pp. 96–98. 183 Cf. p. 101 n. 178. either to submit to a divorce or to support the other man’s child ...

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The World Factbook: 1987

By: Central Intelligence Agency

...17:5 Netherlands 1 71 Netherlands Antilles 176 New Caledonia 177 New Zealand 178 Nicaragua 180 Niger 182 Nigeria 183 Niue IS I Norfolk Island 1 S5 Nor... ... 28,750 km 2 ; land area: 27,400 km 2 Comparative area: slightly larger than Maryland Land boundaries: 716 km total Coastline: 362 km Maritime claim: ... ...439 m Telecommunications: fair system of wire, radio-relay, and troposcatter routes; high frequency used extensively for military/ Cuban links; 2 Atla... ...ys: 5,150-8,046 km navi- gable waterways (includes 2,575-3,058 km main cargo routes) Ports: 2 sea (Chittagong, Chalna), 7 inland Pipelines: 650 km nat... ... 30,510 km 2 ; land area: 30,230 km 2 Comparative area: slightly larger than Maryland Land boundaries: 1,377 km total Coastline: 64 km Maritime claims... ...on Special notes: strategic location near Turkish Straits; controls key land routes from Europe to Middle East and Asia Population: 8,960,749 (July 19... ...ea: 27,830 km 2 ; land area: 25,650 km 2 Comparative area: about the size of Maryland Land boundaries: 974 km total Climate: temperate; warm; occasion... ...ard gauge, 129 km electrified; 1,171 km 1.067-meter gauge (in Newfoundland); 178 km 0.915-meter gauge (unused) Highways: 884,272 km total; 712,936 km ... ...kW capacity; 225 million kWh produced, 4,890 kWh per capita (1986) Exports: $178.7 million (f.o.b., 1980); mostly fish and fish products Imports: $222...

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The Vatican Conspiracy

By: Jonathan Cross

...er the meeting in New York, all shipments of narcotics from the Colombians, 178 J.Cross/Artemis as you already know, were canceled. I suppose th... ...rug trade with Colombia. The Colombians tried to bring in drugs through other routes; the Mafia tipped the DEA and they interdicted a ton of cocaine... ...the Tongs and Triads, and several tiers of leaders under them. All drug trade routes will be dismantled. The DEA and FBI have given assurances that t... ...ell me where you want the explosives and what kind. We will also provide safe routes for your men to whatever area you want them to go. After the bo... ...your mind." Their destination was a farmhouse in a rural area of Hagerstown, Maryland. Brand felt every bump, until the repetitive sound of the win...

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The Williams Record

By: Student Media

...i- dents of the student associations of Now England, New York, New Jersey, Maryland and Delaware; in addition are invited the Asso- ointion general an... ...h is a map showing the sur- rounding country, elevation of hills, tiamping routes, etc. The daily memorandum diary will be the same as that used in th... ...et so highly developed as to demand the use of lilies of shortest possible route l>e- tween all points on the carnpus. COMMUNICATION All communication... ... the baseball team brings home from the West concerning their treatment en route indicates that western hos- pitality can hardly be outdone by any tha... ... Btanklin and Marshall Cornell 47 Xiaj^ara Audover IS Cnshiug Aunapolis 12 Maryland A. C. THECRIMSON SATURDAY CALENDAR Dartmonth 10 New Hampshire Stat... ...USE Nov. 14- "The Lion and the M,pu8e." Nov. 22— David Belasoo's "Heart of Maryland. " WILLIAMS RECORD. THURSDAY. OCT. 31, 1907 if * v P.J. BOLAND&SO... ...19 6.1 169 LaMent rhb, 22 G.O 174 Peterson rhb, 19 6.1 174 Robbfb, 20 5.11 178 Pratt end, 20 5.10J 153 Averages 20.4 5.10^ 174,7 Williams-Wesieyan Sco... ...e membership of the associations increased 1(|8, 17H making a total of 437,178. and the weekly attendance at men's meet- ing whioh in 1900 was 52.000 ...

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Voices from the Past

By: Paul Alexander Bartlett

...w days. A sergeant repaired her sandals. They followed an ancient caravan route, asking for help. They lived with Gabra nomads—borrowing a white cam... ...stened to the waves and gulls. I have tried to I VOICES FROM THE PAST 178 find words suitable for fisherfolk, villagers, countrymen. I walked ... ...essful with their lives? These men know ambition and is ambition the safe route? Verily, verily “all is vanity and vexation of spirit,” if we listen... ...we returned to the manor, preferring the paths and the road to the tunnel route. How fitfully I slept while in Cesare Borgia’s camp...like Alexand... ...d, at the same $400 figure, pay for the slaves in the States of Delaware, Maryland, District of Columbia, Kentucky, and Missouri: VOICES FROM ...

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

By: Abraham Lincoln

... W ASHINGTON, November 2, 1863. His EXCELLENCY A. W. BRADFORD, Governor of Maryland. SIR:—Y ours of the 31st ult. was received yesterday about noon, ... ...any person offering to vote being put to any test not found in the laws of Maryland. This brings us to a difference between Missouri and Maryland. W... ...ided a test for the voter with refer- ence to the present rebellion, while Maryland has not. For example, General Trimble, captured fighting us at Ge... ...special danger of renewed troubles in that neighborhood, and thence on the route toward New Mexico. I am not impressed that the danger is very great o... ...family on Eastern Shore, or give me some good reason why not. A. LINCOLN. 178 The Writings of Abraham Lincoln: V ol Seven ADDRESS TO THE 166TH OHIO R... ...merchandise and other articles so purchased may be transported by the same route, and to the same place, from and by which the products sold and de- l... ... seizure, or for- feiture while being transported to the places and by the routes set forth in the said certificate. V . Generals commanding military ...

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

By: Abraham Lincoln

... General McDowell has been ordered to march upon that city by the shortest route. He is ordered, keeping himself always in position to save the capita... ...you will instruct your staff-officers to be prepared to supply him by that route. The President desires that General McDowell retain the com- mand of ... ... the city by organized and combined treasonable resistance in the State of Maryland. There was no adequate and effective organization for the public d... ...N. P. BANKS. W ASHINGTON, May 29, 1862. MAJOR-GENERAL BANKS, Williamsport, Maryland: General McDowell’s advance should, and probably will, be at or ne... ... up, will be about 20,000. Please have your force at Strasburg, or, if the route you are moving on does not lead to that point, as near Strasburg as t... ...S. WASHINGTON, May 30, 1862. 10.15 A.M. MAJOR-GENERAL BANKS, Williamsport, Maryland, via Harper’s Ferry: If the enemy in force is in or about Martinsb... ...e lowest possible point will always be a leading purpose in wise legisla- 178 The Writings of Abraham Lincoln: V ol Six tion. Convertibility, prompt ...

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North America Volume Two

By: Anthony Trollope

... the Capitol, Pennsylvania Avenue, New Jersey Avenue, Delaware Avenue, and Maryland Av- enue converge. They come from one extremity of the city to the... ...w Alexandria. It will be understood that the capital is on the eastern, or Maryland side of the river, and that Arlington Heights, Alexandria, and Mou... ... District of Columbia. The greater portion of this district was taken from Maryland, and on that the city was built. It comprised the pleasant town of... ...ight undertake this mili- tary duty. When he reached Kansas, having on his route made sundry violent abolition speeches, and proclaimed his intention ... ...ared to endure all the discomfort which light- ness of baggage entails. My route lay over the Alleghenies, 74 North America V ol. 2 by Pittsburg and ... ...m to me rather to admit than to deny the acts as stated by the committee. 178 North America V ol. 2 this would I consider myself justified in bringin... ...h the cities which I had visited in coming thither, and stayed again on my route, for a few days, at Baltimore, at Phila- delphia, and at New York. At...

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

By: Frederick Douglas

...triking words of hers treasured up.” From the depths of chattel slavery in Maryland, our au- thor escaped into the caste-slavery of the north, in New ... ... SLAVE-BOY AND THE SON OF A SLAVEHOLDER. In T albot county, Eastern Shore, Maryland, near Easton, the county town of that county, there is a small dis... ...en usually pronounce the word took, as tuck; Took-a-hoe, therefore, is, in Maryland parlance, Tuckahoe. But, whatever may have been its origin— 22 My... ..., nor denounces any attempted oppression of himself, without inviting the 178 My Bondage and My Freedom knife to his own throat, and asserting the ri... ...ON OUR MINDS—PATRICK HENRY— 179 Frederick Douglas SANDY BECOMES A DREAMER—ROUTE TO THE NORTH LAID OUT—OBJECTIONS CONSID- ERED—FRAUDS PRACTICED ON FRE... ...shermen, in the service of a master. On the other hand, by taking the land route, through the counties adjoining Delaware, we should be subjected to a... ... and to look around for means to get out of that condition by the shortest route. I was living among freemen; and was, in all respects, equal to them ...

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

By: Abraham Lincoln

...n’t get a single electoral vote anywhere, except, perhaps, in the State of Maryland. There is no use in saying to us that we are stubborn and obsti- n... ...tage for Naples before daylight in the morning, having come in by the same route after dark the evening, previous to the speaking, when I found you wa... ... and agreeable journey which I have had from home, on my rather circuitous route to the Federal capital. I am very happy that he was enabled in truth ... ... much here, indeed, under the circumstances, as I have been anywhere on my route—to witness this noble demonstration—made, not in honor of an individu... ... me to thank you for this splendid reception, and I now bid you farewell. 178 The Writings of Abraham Lincoln: V ol Five ADDRESS AT PEEKSKILL, NEW YO... ... with you and the Mayor of Baltimore rela- tive to preserving the peace of Maryland. Please come imme- diately by special train, which you can take at... ...LN. 224 The Writings of Abraham Lincoln: V ol Five ORDER TO DEFEND FROM A MARYLAND INSURRECTION ORDER TO GENERAL SCOTT . W ASHINGTON, April 25, 1861....

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Main Street

By: Sinclair Lewis

...ome here eighty years ago—Maine lumbermen, York traders, soldiers from the Maryland hills. “It’s a good country, and I’m proud of it. Let’s make it al... ... the party, but it’s getting late, and a doctor never knows when he’ll get routed out before morning.” (She remembered that he had given this explanat... ...ke conversation about politics, and he doesn’t even cuss, and Sam’s never 178 Main Street real comfortable unless he can cuss a little!” “In other wo... ... He galloped to the station, brought home rail- way maps, and traced motor-routes from Gopher Prairie to Winnipeg or Des Moines or Grand Marais, think... ...th lambrequins and a balcony. The Enchanted Mesa. An ancient stone mill in Maryland, at the turn of the road, between rocky brook and abrupt hills. An... ...o bed,” rather briefly. “I know. And rules are rules, these days. Kids get routed through the shop like a motor. But look here, sister; I’m one great ... ...e Canal, and the fact that District of Columbia cars had both District and Maryland licenses. She resolutely took him to her favorite white and green ...

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American Notes for General Circulation

By: Charles Dickens

...American Notes – Dickens 68 more questions in reference to your intended route (al ways pronounced rout); and wherever you are going, you invariabl... ...t agreeable when passed. We stopped to dine at Baltimore, and being now in Maryland, were waited on, for the first time, by slaves. The sensation of e... ...and breakings down in coaches were among the least. But, having a western route sketched out for me by the best and kind est authority to which I co... ...g himself, which is not at all a common case. This capital of the state of Maryland is a bustling, busy town, with a great deal of traffic of various ... ...estigations in a dung hill) was walking deliber American Notes – Dickens 178 ately on, profoundly thinking, when suddenly his brother, who was lyin... ... lakes, ’ as the phrase is, at a small town called Sandusky, to which that route would conduct us on our way to Niagara, we had to return from St. Lou... ...Supreme Court, arising out of the following facts. A gentleman residing in Maryland had allowed an aged pair of his slaves, substantial though not leg...

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The Age of Innocence

By: Edith Wharton

... Channel Island family, who had fought under Cornwallis and had settled in Maryland, after the war, with his bride, Lady Angelica Trevenna, fifth daug... ...r of the Earl of St. Austrey. The tie between the Dagonets, the du Lacs of Maryland, and their aristocratic Cornish kinsfolk, the Trevennas, had alway... ...nd Mrs. van der Luyden divided their time between Trevenna, their place in Maryland, and Skuytercliff, the great es- tate on the Hudson which had been... ...e had spoken of business to Beaufort simply to get rid of him; and to have routed Beaufort was something of a triumph. “I am here to talk about it,” h... ...o know Mr. Winsett.” “Oh, yes—I reached him some time ago; but not by that route,” Winsett said with his dry smile. The Marchioness shook her head rep... ...said simply. “There’s nothing to thank me for, Monsieur: it is I, rather— 178 The Age of Innocence ” M. Riviere broke off, as if speech for him too w...

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The Writings of Abraham Lincoln in Seven Volumes Volume 1 of 7

By: Abraham Lincoln

...ed the Potomac and in- 43 The Writings of Abraham Lincoln: V ol One vaded Maryland, Lincoln vowed in his heart that, if the Union army were now bless... ...gfield for home on Tuesday be- fore mentioned they did not take the direct route,—which, you know, leads by the butcher shop,—but that they fol- lowed... ...er condescen- sion, for the temporal, and perhaps eternal, salvation of a 178 The Writings of Abraham Lincoln: V ol One large, erring, and unfortunat...

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The Count of Monte Cristo Voulume One

By: Alexandre Dumas

...sible to learn; the despatch simply stated the fact of the landing and the route taken by the usurper.” “And how did this despatch reach you?” inquire... ...u, Jacopo?” returned the Captain. “Every one is The Count of Monte Cristo 178 free to ask what he pleases.” “That’s true,” replied Jacopo; “I only ma... ...ad. Edmond concluded that perhaps instead of having reached the end of the route he had only explored its beginning, and he therefore turned round and... ...had got into difficulties, and at the present time kept a small inn on the route from Bellegarde to Beaucaire. Having obtained the address of the pers... ...acco of Peters- burg to the black of Sinai, and so on along the scale from Maryland and Porto-Rico, to Latakia, — was exposed in pots of crackled eart...

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The Further Adventures of Robinson Crusoe

By: Daniel Defoe

... raising an alarm by the noise. As they expected it fell out; three of the routed army fled for life, and crossing the creek, ran directly into the pl... ...have poured in their shot con- tinually , the savages had been effectually routed; for the terror that was among them came principally from this, that... ... planting work, which he said he understood, having been an old planter at Maryland, and a buccaneer into the bargain. I encouraged the fellow by gran... ... price for it, paying us in gold by weight, some in small pieces of their 178 The Further Adventures of Robinson Crusoe own coin, and some in small w... ...winter journey of this kind. I was bound to England, not to Moscow, and my route lay two ways: either I must go on as the caravan went, till I came to...

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Democracy in America

By: Alexis de Tocqueville

... adopted in New England.*** *This was the case in the State of New York. **Maryland, the Carolinas, Pennsylvania, and New Jersey were in this situatio... ...s where the aristocracy 75 Tocqueville had the firmest hold. The State of Maryland, which had been founded by men of rank, was the first to proclaim ... ...n a few words: The existence of democracies is threatened by two dangers, 178 Democracy in America viz., the complete subjection of the legislative b... ...ery to the North: but even within those limits the slave system is shaken: Maryland, which is imme- diately below Pennsylvania, is preparing for its a... ... peopled countries, as long as it encounters no dense populations upon its route, through which it cannot work its way, it will assuredly continue to ...

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Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant

By: Ulysses S. Grant

...as intended to invade Mexico from the North. In that case the most natural route to take was the one which General T aylor selected. It entered a pass... ... CHAPULTEPEC—SAN COSME—EVACUATION OF THE CITY— HALLS OF THE MONTEZUMAS THE ROUTE FOLLOWED by the army from Puebla to the City of Mexico was over Rio F... ...ere made up to within gun-shot of El Penon, while engineers were seeking a route by the south side of Lake Chalco to flank the city, and come upon it ... ...ed. It was adjourned before com- pleting its labors, to meet in Frederick, Maryland. General Scott left the country, and never after had more than the... ...m the Union sentiment was so strong that it had to be suppressed by force. Maryland, Delaware, Kentucky and Missouri, all Slave States, failed to pass... ...the East, and the other leading south to all the cotton states. Still an- 178 Personal Memoirs other railroad connects Corinth with Jackson, in west ... ...orthern Virginia had defeated the army under General Pope and was invading Maryland. In the Centre General Buell was on his way to Louisville and Brag...

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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

...d slammed into the World Trade Center. 77 At 9:39, the FAA’s Cleveland Air Route Traffic Control Center overheard a second announcement indicating tha... ...ce between airborne aircraft. 91 Many controllers work at the FAA’s 22 Air Route Traffic Control Centers. They are grouped under regional offices and ... ...ish commu- nication with American 11. He became even more concerned as its route changed, moving into another sector’s airspace. Controllers immediate... ...fighters were scrambled to respond to the notifications about American 77, 178 United 93, or both.These statements were incorrect as well.The fighters... ... of Columbia Air National Guard, launched out of Andrews Air Force Base in Maryland in response to information passed to them by the Secret Service.Th... ...have made officials more cautious than might otherwise have been the case. 178 From May 1999 until September 2001, policymakers did not again actively... ...agent began an initial pat-down, Ressam panicked and tried to run away. 27 178 THE 9/11 COMMISSION REPORT for thievery , usually from tourists, but wa... ...e from Caldwell and took a practice flight from Fairfield to Gaithersburg, Maryland, a route that would have allowed them to fly near Washington, D.C.... ...ines Flight 77, to depart from Dulles, migrated from New Jersey to Laurel, Maryland, about 20 miles from W ashing- ton, D.C.They stayed in a motel dur...

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

By: Abraham Lincoln

...tmarsh and Fuller, report: That, as proved to their satisfaction, the mail routes from Milledgeville to Athens, and from Warrenton to Decatur, in the ... ...was right, in good faith commenced the transportation of the mail on these routes, and after difficulty arose, still trusting that all would be made r... ...ctors on their quarterly col- lecting orders; and, in case of private mail routes, in liti- gation concerning the misapplication of such funds to the ... ...mate, a glance at the map shows that there are five slave States—Delaware, Maryland, Virginia, Kentucky, and Missouri, and also the District of Columb... ... the Union as a slave State. Let the facts be the answer to the argument. 178 The Writings of Abraham Lincoln: V ol Two The principles of the Nebrask... ...ation all its lands lying northwest of the Ohio River. Jefferson, Chase of Maryland, and Howell of Rhode Is- land, as a committee on that and territor... ...1824 the free men of our State, led by Governor Coles (who was a native of Maryland and President Madison’s pri- vate secretary), determined that thos...

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North America Volume One

By: Anthony Trollope

...and then on to Quebec, and up through the two Canadas to Niagara; and this route we followed. From Boston to Portland we traveled by rail- road—the ca... ...rom Portland we made our way up to the White Moun- tains, which lay on our route to Canada. Now, I would ask any of my readers who are candid enough t... ...as been long settled; but the Massawhippi itself is not worth a visit. The route by which we returned occupies a longer time than the other, and is mo... ...rth consists of the nine States above named. But the North will also claim Maryland and Delaware, and the eastern half of Virginia. The North will cla... ...outh by joint participation in the great social institution of slavery—for Maryland, Dela- ware, and Virginia are slave States—and I think that the No... ...ave States—and I think that the North will ultimately make good its claim. Maryland and Delaware lie, as it were, behind the capital, and Eastern Virg... ...it has been burned down, and more of it has never been built up. It had a 178 North America V ol. 1 straggling, ill-conditioned, uncommercial aspect,...

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The Maine Woods

By: Henry David Thoreau

...fly the white pine, that had tempted any but the hunter to precede us on this route. Waite’s farm, thirteen miles from the Point, is an extensive and e... ...ng the boatmen and driver, who was Tom’s brother, to manage the concern. The route, which led through the wild pasture where the sheep were killed, wa... ...ver and lakes, by batteaux and canoes, was consid ered the only practicable route. We were about thirty miles by the river from the summit of Ktaadn,... ...ideand twenty or thirty feet long, crossed by other similar lines. I heard a Maryland yellow throat’s midnight strain, wood thrush, kingfisher (tweezer... ... we had so much the better night for the rain, since it kept the mosquitoes 178 The Maine Woods down. SUNDAY, August 2, — Was a cloudy and unpromisin... ...tail or reed mace), extremely abundant between Bangor and Portland. Sanicula Marylandica (black snake root), Moosehead carry and after. Aralia nudicau... ...rbler), one part of voyage. Muscicapa acadica (small pewee), common. Trichas Marylandica (Maryland yellow throat), every where. Coccyzus Americanus? (...

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Leaves of Grass

By: Walt Whitman

...n my house of adobie, Yet returning eastward, yet in the Seaside State or in Maryland, Yet Kanadian cheerily braving the winter, the snow and ice welc... ... the ceaseless rings and never be quiet again. Leaves of Grass –Whitman 178 BOOK X OUR O LD F EUILLAGE Always our old feuillage! Always Flori... ... star myriads roll through the sky. Leaves of Grass –Whitman 236 In spiral routes by long detours, (As a much tacking ship upon the sea,) For it the... ...ollowers there in embryo wait behind, We to day’s procession heading, we the route for travel clearing, Pioneers! O pioneers! O you daughters of ... ...the brigade of the youngest men, two thousand strong, Rais’d in Virginia and Maryland, and most of them known personally to the General. Jauntily forw... ... us, behold through the smoke Washington’s face, The brigade of Virginia and Maryland have march’d forth to intercept the enemy, They are cut off, mur... ... THE R OAD U NKNOWN A march in the ranks hard prest, and the road unknown, A route through a heavy wood with muffled steps in the darkness, Our army f...

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The Enormous Room

By: E. E. Cummings

...oor closing …. 24 The Enormous Room II II II II II EN R EN R EN R EN R EN ROUTE OUTE OUTE OUTE OUTE I PUT THE BED-ROLL DOWN. I stood up. I was myself... ...by a stone wall ten feet in height, which I had already remarked (while en route to les douches) as forming one end of the cour des femmes. The men’s ... ... “Lord Algie”—a lanky, effeminate, brittle, spotless crea- ture who was en route to becoming an officer and to whose finicky tastes the fat-jowled A. ... ...s little thing to look stern: the best he could do was to look poignantly 178 The Enormous Room sad. Which he did with great success, standing like a... ...smoke just as much as you like”—I pulled out all I had, one full paquet of Maryland, and a half dozen loose ones, and depos- ited them carefully in th...

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The History of Henry Esmond, Esq. : A Colonel in the Service of Her Majesty Queen Anne : Written by Himself

By: William Makepeace Thackeray

... easily enough; and, if she had come with bowl and dagger, would have been routed off the ground by the enemy with a volley of Billingsgate, which the... ...rties ran very high, Esmond was noted as a Jacobite, and very likely from 178 Henry Esmond vanity as much as affection took the side of his family. A... ...appointed as the general rendezvous of the army, and thither, by different routes, the whole forces of English, Dutch, Danes, and German auxilia- ries... ...d the army marching to its point of destination on the Danube by different routes, Esmond had not fallen in, as yet, with his com- mander and future c... ...onary amongst the Indians. He lies buried in our neigh- boring province of Maryland now, with a cross over him, and a mound of earth above him; under ...

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