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James Redpath, The Public Life of Captain John Brown, Chapter 3: the man. (search)
e city, the watchman walketh in vain. I hate vain thoughts, but thy law do I love. The last chapter of Ecclesiasticus was a favorite one, and on Fast days and Thanksgivings he used very often to read the fifty-eighth chapter of Isaiah. When he would come home at night, tired out with labor, he would, before going to bed, ask some of the family to read chapters, (as was his usual course night and morning,) and would most always say, Read one of David's Psalms. His favorite hymns (Watts's) were these-- I give the first lines only: Blow ye the trumpet, blow. Sweet is Thy work, my God, my King. I'll praise my Maker with my breath. O, happy is the man who hears. Why should we start, and fear to die. With songs and honors sounding loud. Ah, lovely appearance of death. He was a great admirer of Oliver Cromwell. Of colored heroes, Nat Turner and Cinques stood first in his esteem. How often, writes a daughter, have I heard him speak in admiration of
Waitt, Ernest Linden, History of the Nineteenth regiment, Massachusetts volunteer infantry , 1861-1865, Roster of the Nineteenth regiment Massachusetts Volunteers (search)
on Oct. 1, ‘62. Waters, Horace, priv., (—), Dec. 4, ‘62; 36; N. F.R. Waters, Thos., priv., (—), July 29, ‘63; 37; sub. B. F. Dewing. Waters, Thos., priv., (G), Aug. 1, ‘63; 33; sub.; transf. to 20 M. V. Jan. 14, ‘64. Watkins, Samuel K., priv., (C), Aug. 27, ‘61; 18; deserted July 25, ‘62. Watkins, Wm. B., priv., (D), July 25, ‘61; 32; deserted May 3 as William D. while on 10 days furlough. Watson, Chas., priv., (G), May 13, ‘64; 23; sub. J. H. Hunt; died Jan. 16, ‘64, Salisbury, N. C. Watts, Benj S., priv., (G), Oct. 10, ‘61; 34; disch. disa. Feb. 16, ‘63. Weichert, Chas. A., priv., (K), Jan. 24, ‘65; 21; M. O. June 30, ‘65; disch. as 1st sergt. Mar. 15, 1864 for promotion; re-en. Dec. 21, ‘63. Welch, Chas. P., priv., (G), Aug. 19, ‘61; 22; disch. Nov. 10, ‘62 at Harrisburg, Pa. to enlist in Co. E 2nd Batt. 15 U. S. Inf. for unexpir. term of regt. and disch. Feb. 10, ‘64 to enlist at Chattanooga, Tenn.; re-en. Feb. 16, ‘64 and disc
Allan Pinkerton, The spy in the rebellion; being a true history of the spy system of the United States Army during the late rebellion, revealing many secrets of the war hitherto not made public, compiled from official reports prepared for President Lincoln , General McClellan and the Provost-Marshal-General ., Chapter 21: (search)
when I started to come home, the Provost-Marshal arrested me, and I had to take the oath of allegiance before I could get away. You don't tell me that you took the oath, Sam? Yes, I did, laughed Sam. I would take twenty oaths before I would be locked up; and then he added: I tell you, we are all spotted here in this city, and who is doing it we can't find out. What makes you think that? inquired Webster, doubtfully. Many things. Why, only the other day I was taken before Lieutenant Watts, who has charge of the station-house, and the questions he put to me about the gang, convinced me that he knew a great deal more than was good for us. Did he ask anything about me? queried Webster. No, replied Sam, and if he had I wouldn't have told him anything, you may be sure. I can readily believe that, said the detective, but if it is so dangerous here, how am I going to deliver these letters? I can help you there, said Sloan, after a moment's consideration; John Ea
Lydia Maria Child, Letters of Lydia Maria Child (ed. John Greenleaf Whittier, Wendell Phillips, Harriet Winslow Sewall), Standard and popular Library books, selected from the catalogue of Houghton, Mifflin and Co. (search)
eridge and Keats, 2 vols. Cowper, 2 vols. Dryden, 2 vols. Gay, I vol Goldsmith and Gray, I vol. Herbert and Vaughan, I vol. Herrick, I vol. Hood, 2 vols. Milton and Marvell, 2 vols. Montgomery, 2 vols. Moore, 3 vols. Pope and Collins, 2 vols. Prior, i vol. Scott, 5 vols. Shakespeare and Jonson, I vol. Chatterton, I vol. Shelley, 2 vols. Skelton and Donne, 2 vols. Southey, 5 vols. Spenser, 3 vols. Swift, 2 vols. Thomson, I vol. Watts and White, i vol. Wordsworth, 3 vols. Wyatt and Surrey, I vol. Young, i vol. John Brown, M. D. Spare Hours. 3 vols. 16mo, each $1.50. Robert Browning. Poems and Dramas, etc. 14 vols. $19.500. Complete Works. New Edition. 7 vols. (in Press.) Wm. C. Bryant. Translation of Homer. The Iliad. 2 vols. royal 8vo, $9.00. Crown 8vo, $4.50. 1 vol. 12mo, $3.00. The Odyssey. 2 vols. royal 8vo, $9.00. Crown 8vo, $4.50, 1 vol. 12mo, $3.00. John Burroughs. Wake-R
Francis Jackson Garrison, William Lloyd Garrison, 1805-1879; the story of his life told by his children: volume 1, Chapter 11: first mission to England.—1833. (search)
d to Mr. Wilberforce, his pygmean dimensions would have excited feelings almost bordering on the ludicrous, if we had not instantly been struck with admiration to think that so small a body could contain so large a mind! We realized the truth of Watts's spiritual phrenology, if we may so term it, (and Watts, like the apostle Paul, was weak and contemptible in his bodily appearance,) as set forth in the following verse: Were I so tall to reach the pole, Or grasp the ocean with my span, I muWatts, like the apostle Paul, was weak and contemptible in his bodily appearance,) as set forth in the following verse: Were I so tall to reach the pole, Or grasp the ocean with my span, I must be measured by my soul: The mind's the standard of the man. Wilberforce was as frail and slender in his figure as is Dr. Channing, and lower in stature than even Benjamin Lundy, the Clarkson of our country. His head hung droopingly upon his breast, so as to require an effort of the body to raise it when he spoke, and his back had an appearance of crookedness: hence, in walking, he looked exceedingly diminutive. In his earlier years he was probably erect and agile; but feeble health, long
Mary Thacher Higginson, Thomas Wentworth Higginson: the story of his life, XV: journeys (search)
e very disaster which Gray's bard predicted. Such are the anxieties of the wanderer; and when I think how many opportunities I have missed of attending a prescribed worship in Dublin, N. H., I feel that I may have erred in wandering too far and must next year confine my sober wishes to Dublin. Ever faithfully, in any one dialect, Your Warden. A London letter written in August reports:— The Colonel and Margaret had a delightful afternoon with Swinburne. The house where he and Watts-Dunton live is full of Rossetti's pictures. Swinburne devoted himself to Margaret and showed her many treasures. The rest of our time was spent in the south of England. From Wells, Colonel Higginson went to Glastonbury partly to see Mrs. Clarke, John Bright's daughter, whom I saw in America, a strong reformer and Anti-Imperialist. At Ottery St. Mary, he enjoyed taking tea at Lord Coleridge's house which was full of interesting portraits and other memorials of the Coleridges. In Lor
The picturesque pocket companion, and visitor's guide, through Mount Auburn, Monuments. (search)
be disregarded. Our engravings, though intended to represent all the principal classes of monuments at least, are hardly of a nature — it is not in the power of the art, indeed — to do what may be called poetical justice to these things. They do not even convey the effect of certain arrangements of conspicuous decorations; as, for example, of the family groups of tombs, which, in several signal instances, are reared with reference to each other, and enclosed together. Those of Waterston, Watts, and Hayes, on the charming slope which overlooks Consecration Dell, There are several monuments on this part of the grounds to which we should ask attention, did our limits allow of it; that of Martha coffin Derby --belonging, however, to a class represented in the cuts — is among them. are a specimen of this sort; and the monument of Francis Stanton, already mentioned, in the same vicinity, is supported in like manner by those of Messrs. Blake and Hallet. We should commend attention to<
George Ticknor, Life, letters and journals of George Ticknor (ed. George Hillard), Chapter 18: (search)
man in London can find in his own library, however ample and luxurious that library may be. For only think of having a dozen walking bibliographical indexes,—like Watts, Nichols, and the rest of them,—ready, each in his department, to tell you just what books you should ask for out of the million at your command, and then to turn ther people want particular books and ask for them, I do not know what I want, except that I want books I have never heard of in old Spanish literature. So kind Mr. Watts took me to the place where they stand, far in one of the recesses of that vast pile of building, and gave me the services of one of his assistants. This person . . . . July 21.—. . . . I worked some time in the British Museum, where the way seems lengthening as I go, under the leading of Panizzi and that living index, Watts. . . . . But I am determined not to wear myself out there much more. . . . . I dined at Senior's. . . . . Several interesting people were at table: the Bishop of H<
Margaret Fuller, Memoirs of Margaret Fuller Ossoli (ed. W. H. Channing), Appendix. (search)
panied with the flute, enjoying music with almost passionate delight. Arriving at Canton, we were always joyously greeted by the bright and sunny face of my aged grandmother, who lived with a maiden aunt, and the uniformity of whose life was very agreeably varied by these visits, while my father never neglected to bring generous supplies for her rather meagre larder. She was a very pious woman, in the simplicity and devotion of the Baxter school, whose Saint's Rest, as well as the works of Watts and Doddridge, were very familiar and precious to her, and formed, with her ever-diligently conned and well-worn Bible, almost the whole range of her literary acquirement. She was very fond of singing devotional hymns. Among others, I remember China was a great favorite, sung even with her last failing voice upon her death bed. As she sang it, the minor cadence and its reference to the grave rather affrighted and repelled my childish taste; but I have since been able to appreciate the sent
Edward H. Savage, author of Police Recollections; Or Boston by Daylight and Gas-Light ., Boston events: a brief mention and the date of more than 5,000 events that transpired in Boston from 1630 to 1880, covering a period of 250 years, together with other occurrences of interest, arranged in alphabetical order, Boston events. (search)
hington to Eliot st., Dec., 1825 South, Removed from Eliot to Common street, March, 1826 South, Removed to Boylston street, about, 1845 South Occupied as Police Station, No. 4, May 26, 1854 One built on Canton street, July, 1844 One occupied as Police Station, No. 5, May 26, 1854 One built at East Boston, Dec., 1846 Watch House One occupied at South Boston, Dec., 1835 Rattles provided for the department, May, 1796 Retained by the police, until May, 1868 Watts, Doctor the psalmist; news of death received, April 8, 1849 Water, Aqueduct Jamaica Pond Company incorporated, Feb. 27, 1795 Logs laid in the streets in Boston, May, 1796 Very useful at fires, Dec., 1799 Superseded by the Cochituate, Oct. 25, 1848 Purchased by the City of Boston, May, 5, 1851 Bailie appointed by the town, Aug. 15, 1636 Course (Roxbury canal), to be kept open forever, Oct. 11, 1698 Filled up as a nuisance, 1880 Project. Advocated by Mayor Lyman, 1
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