Word: linings
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...consideration of his subject into three parts-first, Emerson and Carlyle as men; second, as writers; third as moralists and teachers. The two men were widely different in the circumstances of their birth, ancestry, and early life. Emerson, the well-bern and liberally-trained, descendant of a long line of New England ministers, belonged definitely to the class of gentle-folk. Carlyle, although he was a graduate of Edinburgh University, and became the chief English man of letters, was a Scottish peasant by birth, and remained in some ways a peasant to the last. Emerson's life, by temperament...
Unquestionably the east was the best point of attack. But Grant was hampered by lack of cooperation from Washington, and unwisely dividing his army, found his line of communication broken by Forrest's brilliant raid, and was forced to retreat. Sherman was waiting for Grant in the swamps before Haines's Bluff, and not knowing the strength of the position tried to assault it. The assault failed, and the second part of the plan proved impracticable...
...behind, and with his whole column in light marching order, living on the country, he marched straight for Jachson. Napoleon himself never planned a bolder stroke. The enemy were confounded by its swiftness and sharpness. Johnson's force was scattered; Pemberton, bewildered, tried to cut, at Grand Bluff, a line of communication which never existed. Soon he, too, was overwhelmed by the triumphant Federal advance. At Champion's Hill he was routed and again at Black River Bridge. The remnants of the force were hurled back into their fortifications, and Haines's Bluff, outflanked, surrendered. Here Grant established the base...
...ready to make interiors of students' rooms. Remember that Pach Bros. have no equal in this line. Mr. Tupper, manager for the Pachs, has devoted the last fourteen years to Harvard photography and will guarantee all work. Please leave orders at studio. We have no outside agent...
...ready to make interiors of students' rooms. Remember that Pach Bros. have no equal in this line. Mr. Tupper, manager for the Pachs, has devoted the last fourteen years to Harvard photography and will guarantee all work. Please leave orders at studio. We have no outside agent...