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...Crosse, Wisconsin and lived with his domineering and fanatically religious mother, Augusta, and his older brother, Henry, on a 195- acres family hom... ...ainfield, Wisconsin. His father, George, a no-good alcoholic, and much despised by Augusta, died in 1940, aged 67. His brother abruptly followed su... ...iters (about 7 gallons). Massachusetts had a prohibition law between 1838 and 1840. Maine followed in 1846- 1851 and then was imitated by a host of o...

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...nanimitie) having beene grievously offended by the Limosins, though he by maine force tooke and entered their Citie, could by no meanes be appeased, ... ...ether with his troup, and that fire the Castle was given to the Mine, the maine props of the Castle failing, it was utterly overthrowne and carried ... ...h as hee ever saw him retire and give ground before him, and to avoid the maine battell. To whom Indathirsez (for so was his name) answered, that 'T... ...ne/1xvii.htm (2 of 3)4/10/2005 3:32:23 AM Montaigne's Essays could and by maine strength of oares to save themselves, untill such time, as being arri... ... it was such a steepie downe-fall, and by meere strength hewen out of the maine rocke, that by reading of the first six words, me thought I was carr... ...VII: OF THE RECOMPENSES OR REWARDS OF HONOUR. HOSE which write the life of Augustas Cæsar note this in his military discipline, that he was exceeding... ...on, nor we endure to drinke as the Swizzers. A Germane pleased me well at Augusta to raile against the commodity of our chimnies, using the same rea...

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...rnon, Washington, Webster, West Baton Rouge, West Carroll, West Feliciana, Winn Maine: Tax Deed State 16 Counties Androscoggin, Aroostook, Cumberl... ...ounties Accomack, Albemarle, Alleghany, Amelia, Amherst, Appomattox, Arlington, Augusta, Bath, Bedford, Bland, Botetourt, Brunswick, Buchanan, Buck...

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...ularly opposed by the people but rejected by many distinguished writers of the Augustan Age. Formaleoni claims that the Venetians discovered the West ... ...STORIES ABOUT SPECTRAL CREWS. Occasionally the spectres come in companies. The Maine fishermen have a story of the Hascall, a fishing vessel which bro... ...dmiral Rodney, April 12th, 1782, the ship commanded by Bougainville, named The Augusta, suffered most severely. But through the resoluteness of her co...

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...Excerpt: ON THE 31st of August, 1846, I left Concord in Massachusetts for Bangor and the backwoods of Maine, by way of the railroad and steamboat, intending to accompany a relative of mine engaged in the lumber-trade in Bangor, as far as a dam on the west branch of the Penobscot, in which property he was interested. From this...

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...ugust, 1846, I left Concord in Massachusetts for Bangor and the backwoods of Maine, by way of the railroad and steamboat, intending to accompany a rel... ...f fashion able travel sets that way. The mountainous region of the State of Maine stretches from near the White Mountains, northeasterly one hundred ... ...l in this direction 1 Chapter first published in Union Magazine, 1848. 2 The Maine Woods will carry the curious to the verge of a primitive forest, mo... ...t the falls of the Penobscot; which furnish the principal power by which the Maine woods are converted into lumber. The mills are built directly over ... ...trate forests. Through this steel riddle, more or less coarse, is the arrowy Maine forest, from Ktaadn and Chesuncook, and the head waters of the St. ... ... interesting about himself. It appeared that he had represented his tribe at Augusta, and also once at Washing ton, where he had met some Western chi... ...Washing ton, where he had met some Western chiefs. He had been consulted at Augusta, and gave advice, which he said was followed, respecting the east...

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...nating will, sedentary and corpulent in her habit, had philosophically re- mained at home. But the cream-coloured house (supposed to be modelled on th... ...e together she had permitted herself to say to her son: “I’m thankful that Augusta Welland received us alone.” These indications of inward disturbance... ... of the affront inflicted on Mrs. Lovell Mingott. “Of course,” she ended, “Augusta W elland and Mary Mingott both felt that, especially in view of New... ...f-ball hand. “Ah, ah—so you kicked over the traces, did you? And I suppose Augusta and Welland pulled long faces, and behaved as if the end of the wor... ...ed to persuade May to spend the summer on a remote island off the coast of Maine (called, appropriately enough, Mount Desert), where a few hardy Bosto... ...itable. “If only I could keep it from your father-in-law: he always says: `Augusta, for pity’s sake, don’t destroy my last illusions’ —and how am I to... ...s of impa- tience often are; and Mr. Welland was upon them with a pounce. “Augusta,” he said, turning pale and laying down his fork, “have you any oth...

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...nberry laws of Indiana, the oyster laws of Virginia, or the liquor laws of Maine. I have said these things over and over again, and I repeat them here... ...e Grand Prairie, where they will not grow, be- cause they cut pine logs in Maine, where they do grow? The Judge says this is a new principle started i... ...at I made speeches within six of the seven days at Henry, Marshall County, Augusta, Hancock County, and Macomb, McDonough County, including all the ne...

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...he 6th received. If life and health con- tinue I shall pretty likely be at Augusta on the 25th. Things look reasonably well. Will tell you more fully ... ...has written Colfax that two members of Congress will, he fears, be lost in Maine, the first and sixth districts; and that Washburne’s majority for gov... ...- 143 The Writings of Abraham Lincoln: V ol Five ing a desperate fight in Maine, which would end in a splendid victory for us. Such a result as you s... ... a splendid victory for us. Such a result as you seem to have predicted in Maine, in your letter to Colfax, would, I fear, put us on the down-hill tra... ...g” which I now have. It relieved me some from a little anxiety I had about Maine. Jo Medill, on August 3oth, wrote me that Colfax had a letter from Mr... ...Hamlin saying we were in great danger of losing two members of Congress in Maine, and that your brother would not have exceeding six thousand majority...

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... DEPART- MENT, W ASHINGTON, D. C., September 13, 1864. HON. J. G . BLAINE, Augusta, Me.: On behalf of the Union, thanks to Maine. Thanks to you perso... ... 1864. HON. J. G . BLAINE, Augusta, Me.: On behalf of the Union, thanks to Maine. Thanks to you personally for sending the news. A. LINCOLN. P . S.—S... ...t, California, Connecticut, Dela- ware, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kentucky, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, New Hamp- sh...

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...from some Northern country; I won’t say which.” “Perhaps from the State of Maine,” said Rowland. “No, she ‘s not an American, I ‘ll lay a wager on tha... ...er. In this way they had become almost intimate. Miss Blanchard’s name was Augusta; she was slender, pale, and elegant looking; she had a very pretty ... ...shing him to get married. She never saw him without whispering to him that Augusta Blanchard was just the girl. It seemed to Rowland a sort of foresha... ... to have heard the sandaled tread of the good brother, but as the monk re- mained watching him, he at last looked up. It was not the ignoble old man w... ...tell me at once? You would have saved me a great deal of trouble. And poor Augusta Blanchard too!” And herewith Madame Grandoni communicated a pertine... ...lanchard too!” And herewith Madame Grandoni communicated a pertinent fact: Augusta Blanchard and Mr. Leavenworth were going to make a match. The young...

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...deem needful to sustain our government. Israel W ashburn, Jr., Governor of Maine. H. S. Berry, Gov- ernor of New Hampshire. Frederick Holbrook, Govern... ...onfidential.) W AR DEPARTMENT, July 3, 1862.10.30 A.M. GOVERNOR W ASHBURN, Maine [and other governors] I should not want the half of 300,000 new troop... ... W AR DEPARTMENT, W ASHINGTON, D. C., Septem- ber 25, 1863. J. G . BLAINE, Augusta, Me.: Thanks both for the good news you send and for the sending of... ...whether he would accept it. I have tendered the collectorship at Portland, Maine, to your other brother, the governor. Thanks to both you and our frie...

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...ttle spared in France, that land of jest and sarcasm. Half dead he reached Maine, where, by some accident of the civil war, the revolutionary governme... ...im. The Lenoncourt family were nobly generous to him, and with them he re- mained some months, struggling to hide his sufferings dur- ing that first p... ...worth at least twenty-four thousand francs a year. Gravelotte, the farm in Maine, which Monsieur de Mortsauf had recovered after the emigration, was r... ... The fields were bare, the leaves of the poplars falling, the few that re- mained were rusty, the vine-stalks were burned, the tops of the trees were ... ...Chauvry, Princesse de The Thirteen Madame Firmiani Brandon, Lady Marie Augusta The Member for Arcis La Grenadiere Chessel, Madame de The Gov...

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...he effect, i.e. men are not generally religious in England or Mota. I have Maine’s Book of “Ancient Law” among the half-dozen books I have brought on ... ...Mankind,” Dollinger’s “First Ages of the Church,” and “Ecce Homo.” I tried Maine’s “Ancient Law,” but it is too tough for the tropics, unless I chance... ...a Coleridge’s old-fashioned silver cream-jug, and the cup and saucer which Augusta sent out years ago, my old christening spoon, and the old silver te...

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... 4 CHAPTER II: NEWPORT?RHODE ISLAND ................................................................................................. 20 CHAPTER III: MAINE, NEW HAMPSHIRE, AND VERMONT ............................................................................ 34 CHAPTER IV: LOWER CANADA .........................................................................................

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............................................................. 20 CHAPTER III: MAINE, NEW HAMPSHIRE, AND VERMONT............................................. ...oor jewelers of Attleborough have gone altogether to the wall. CHAPTER III MAINE, NEW HAMPSHIRE, AND VERMONT Perhaps I ought to assume that all the wo... ...tion of the United States called New England consists of the six States of Maine, New Hamp- shire, Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and Rhode Isla... ...y efforts ever led to grander results? We determined to go to Portland, in Maine, from thence to the White Mountains in New Hampshire—the American Alp... ...t. This town is not the capital of the State in a political point of view. Augusta, which is farther to the north, on the Kennebec River, is the seat ... ... the north, on the Kennebec River, is the seat of the State government for Maine. It is very generally the case that the States do not hold their legi... ...old their legislatures and carry on their government at their chief towns. Augusta and not Port- land is the capital of Maine. Of the State of New Yor...

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...R I From Miss Mireanda Mope, in Paris, to Mrs. Abraham C. Mope, at Bangor, Maine. September 5th, 1879. My dear mother—I have kept you posted as far as... ...e to be braced up. CHAPTER VI From Miss Evelyn Vane, in Paris, to the Lady Augusta Fleming, at Brighton. Paris, September 30th. Dear Lady Augusta—I am... ...d them in almost as recognisable a form in a young woman from the State of Maine, in the province of New England, with whom I have had a good deal of ...

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...t while he cursed. He had counted, where long years ago Queen Maeve’s nine Maines had been nursed, A pair of lapwings, one old sheep, And not a house ... ... between the tables Speaking to a drunken audience high nonsensical words; Augusta Gregory seated at her great ormolu table, Her eightieth winter appr... ...herever I had looked I had looked upon My permanent or impermanent images: Augusta Gregory’s son; her sister’s son, Hugh Lane, ‘onlie begetter’ of all... ...ale As though some ballad singer had sung it all; IV Mancini’s portrait of Augusta Gregory, ‘Greatest since Rembrandt,’ according to John Synge; A gre... ... 337 VI (An image out of Spenser and the common tongue). John Synge, I and Augusta Gregory, thought All that we did, all that we said or sang Must com... ...He replied, ‘I am from those rivers and I bid you call The children of the Maines out of sleep, And set them digging under Bual’s hill. We shadows, wh... ...bodies came out of the air Suddenly, and ran at them and harried them. The Maines’ children dropped their spades, and stood With quaking joints and te... ...rror stricken faces, Till Maeve called out, ‘These are but common men. The Maines’ children have not dropped their spades Because Earth, crazy for its...

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..., 51 U. S. Grant volunteers for one year commenced arriving. The army re- mained at Matamoras until sufficiently reinforced to war- rant a movement i... ... drill. When they were ready to go to Springfield I went with them and re- mained there until they were assigned to a regiment. There were so many mor... ...mpaign; the latter I relieved after the battle of Chattanooga. Rawlins re- mained with me as long as he lived, and rose to the rank of brigadier gener... ...hat time it was not prudent to travel beyond that point by night, so I re- mained in Nashville until the next morning. Here I met for the first time A... ...and to cut off Lee’s army from the West by way of the road running through Augusta to Atlanta and thence south-west. I was preparing to hold Atlanta w... ...t move to transfer Canby’s troops to act upon Savannah, whilst you move on Augusta. I should like to hear from you, however, in this matter. U. S. Gra... ...lied promptly: “If I could be sure of finding provisions and ammunition at Augusta, or Columbus, Georgia, I can march to Milledgeville, and compel Hoo... ...olumbus, Georgia, I can march to Milledgeville, and compel Hood to give up Augusta or Ma- con, and then turn on the other. * * * If you can manage to ... ...he other. * * * If you can manage to take the Savannah River as high up as Augusta, or the Chattahoochee as far up as Columbus, I can sweep the whole ...