Men of Mark in Virginia: Ideals of American Life; a Collection of Biographies of the Leading Men in the State, Volume 2Men of Mark Publishing Company, 1907 - Virginia |
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Page 362 - He hath a tear for pity, and a hand Open as day for melting charity...
Page 48 - Be thou familiar, but by no means vulgar. Those friends thou hast, and their adoption tried, Grapple them to thy soul with hoops of steel; But do not dull thy palm with entertainment Of each new-hatch'd, unfledged comrade.
Page 250 - He is also a member of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, and of the Grand Army of the Republic.
Page 167 - When not at school, he worked on his father's farm until he was sixteen years of age, when he took charge of his father's store.
Page 134 - He was a captain in the War of 1812, and was promoted to the rank of colonel at the close of the war.
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Page 196 - ... Lord Johnston in 1633; both were of the Peerage and served in the English House of Lords. The Johnstons and Scotts, it seems, were near neighbors in Scotland. Sir Walter Scott, in his "Fair Maid of Perth...
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Page 109 - C, in which institution he was graduated as a member of the class of 1887, with the degree of Bachelor of Arts. After leaving college he was...
Page 26 - ... and costs be paid. Thereupon petitioner sued out a writ of habeas corpus from the supreme court of the State, annexing a copy of the proceedings before the justice of the peace, and praying his discharge.