 DEAR MADAM : I have been shown in the files of the War Department a statement of the Adjutant-General of Massachusetts that you are the mother of five sons who have died gloriously on the field of battle. I feel how weak and fruitless must be any words...  An American Bible - Page 112edited by - 1918 - 372 pagesFull view - About this book
 | 1901 - 714 pages
...(England) university halls as a specimen of the purest English and the most elegant diction» extant : — "DEAR MADAM : — I have been shown in the files of...of the adjutant-general of Massachusetts, that you were the mother of five sons who have died gloriously on the battle field. I feel how weak and fruitless... | |
 | 1918 - 314 pages
...joined the street beggars in DelmenhorsOldenburg, to get a living. World Democracy Linroln's Letter Dear Madam — I have been shown in the files of the War Department a statement of the Adjutant General of Massachusetts that you are the mother of five sons who have died gloriously on... | |
 | 1900 - 282 pages
...when the angel of death had visited almost every household in the land, and was hovering over himself. I have been shown, in the files of the War Department, a statement that you are the mother of five sons who have died gloriously on the field of battle. I feel 206 how... | |
 | Joseph Hodges Choate - 1901 - 48 pages
...hovering over him. " I have been shown," he says, " in the files of the War Department a statement that you are the mother of five sons who have died gloriously 011 the field of battle. I feel how weak and fruitless must be any words of mine which should attempt... | |
 | William Eleroy Curtis - 1902 - 482 pages
...his letter to Mrs. Bixby, of Boston, who, it was then supposed, had given five sons to her country: " DEAR MADAM :—I have been shown, in the files of...words of mine which should attempt to beguile you from a loss so overwhelming. But I cannot refrain from tendering to you the consolation that may be found... | |
 | Fred Newton Scott, Joseph Villiers Denney - 1902 - 404 pages
...MADAM: — I have been shown in the files of the War Department a statement of the adjutant general of Massachusetts, that you are the mother of five...you from the grief of a loss so overwhelming. But I cannot refrain from tendering to you the consolation that may be found in the thanks of the republic... | |
 | Jean Sherwood Rankin - 1902 - 256 pages
...thought, its beauty and simplicity of expression, have become a part of your own mental possessions. Dear Madam : — I have been shown in the files of...of the adjutant-general of Massachusetts, that you were the mother of five sons who have died gloriously on the battlefield. I feel how weak and fruitless... | |
 | Henry T. Loomis - 1902 - 284 pages
...Mrs. Bixby, Boston, Massachusetts. It ran thus : Executive Mansion, Washington, November 21, 1864. Dear Madam : — I have been shown in the files of the War Department a statement of the adjutant general of Massachusetts that you are the mother of five sons who have died gloriously on... | |
 | Fred Newton Scott, Joseph Villiers Denney - 1902 - 410 pages
...is not needed for a definite understanding of the thoughts as they come along in orderly succession. DEAR MADAM : — I have been shown in the files of the War Department a statement of the adjutant general of Massachusetts, that you are the mother of five sons who have died gloriously on... | |
 | Henry T. Loomis - 1902 - 284 pages
...Mrs. Bixby, Boston, Massachusetts. It ran thus : Executive Mansion, Washington, November 21, 1864. Dear Madam :—I have been shown in the files of the War Department a statement of the adjutant general of Massachusetts that you are the mother of five sons who have died gloriously on... | |
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