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They visited us once in Beacon Street, afterwards. And I have heard that there are a great many good Southern families here in St. Louis." "You did not glean that from Judge Whipple's letter, mother," said Stephen, mischievously. "He was very frank in his letter," sighed Mrs. Brice. "I imagine he is always frank, to put it delicately."
The adjoining, or southern, house has greater architectural pretensions, and within is of more solid construction. Both have been much pulled about and altered at various times, and are now thrown together by passages through the walls. A chamber is traditionally pointed out as that in which Sir Isaac Newton died."
It was from a garret window still, but a storm-window now that Robert looked eastward across fields and sand-hills, to the blue expanse of waters not blue like southern seas, but slaty blue, like the eyes of northmen.
While Washington, during the early part of the year 1781, was thus contending with every species of discouragement and difficulty, prevented from acting offensively by want of means, and thus apparently wasting away the fighting season in comparative inaction the war was actively raging in the southern States.
By that time a century had elapsed, from the first landing of Caesar in Britain the victorious Romans had carried their arms through the southern part of the isle.
Now, however, that it was close at hand, the naked eye view of the planet was more wonderful than anything we had been able to see with telescopes when at a greater distance. We were approaching the southern hemisphere of Mars in about latitude 45 degrees south.
So Geoff in his gray Southern uniform, young and soldierly, laughed up at Sally and me from the shadowy lines beneath the glass, more like a vision of youth than like actual flesh and blood that had once been close and real.
The Falkland Islands were probably discovered by the famous navigator John Davis, who gave them the name Davis Southern Islands. Later Sir Richard Hawkins called them the Maidenland, after the Blessed Virgin.
While the whole Southern army sought protection from the deluge, the Army of the Potomac, still a hundred thousand strong, and carrying all its guns, marched in perfect order over the six bridges it had built, breaking the bridges down behind it, and camping in safety on the other side.
"MacCallum who, sir?" said the Justice. "Whom the Southern call the Duke of Argyle." "I know the Duke of Argyle very well to be a nobleman of great worth and distinction, and a true lover of his country. I was one of those that stood by him in 1714, when he unhorsed the Duke of Marlborough out of his command. I wish we had more noblemen like him.
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