 We know something of that time now; we that have seen the muster of the village soldiery on the meeting-house green, and at railway stations ; and heard the drum and fife, and seen the farewells ; seen the familiar faces that we hardly knew, now that...  The Lakeside Monthly - Page 3591872Full view - About this book
 | English literature - 1872 - 692 pages
...something of that time now ; we that have seen the muster of the village soldiery on the meeting-house green, and at railway stations ; and heard the drum...seen the farewells ; seen the familiar faces that wo hardly knew, now that we felt them to be heroes ; breathed higher breath for their sakes ; felt... | |
 | Nathaniel Hawthorne - 1880 - 242 pages
...something of that time now; we that have seen the muster of the village soldiery on the meeting-house green, and at railway stations ; and heard the drum...their sakes ; felt our eyes moistened ; thanked them iu our souls for teaching us that nature is yet capable of heroic moments ; felt how a great impulse... | |
 | Nathaniel Hawthorne, Hawthorne - 1883 - 536 pages
...something of that tune now ; we that have seen the muster of the village soldiery on the meeting-house green, and at railway stations ; and heard the drum...seen the farewells ; seen the familiar faces that wo hardly knew, now that we felt them to be heroes; breathed higher breath for their sakes; felt our... | |
 | Nathaniel Hawthorne - American fiction - 1891 - 554 pages
...something of that time now; we that have seen the muster of the village soldiery on the meeting-house green, and at railway stations; and heard the drum...farewells; seen the familiar faces that we hardly kne\v, now that we felt them to be heroes; breathed higher breath for their sakes; felt our eyes moistened;... | |
 | Nathaniel Hawthorne - 1913 - 536 pages
...something of that time now; we that have seen the muster of the village soldiery on the meeting-house green, and at railway stations ; and heard the drum...moments ; felt how a great impulse lifts up a people, smd every cold, passionless, indifferent spectator,— lifts him up into religion, and makes him join... | |
 | Millicent Bell - Literature and society - 2005 - 238 pages
...something of that time now; we that have seen the muster of village soldiery on meeting-house greens, and at railway stations; and heard the drum and fife,...we hardly knew, now that we felt them to be heroes . . . felt how a great impulse lifts up a people, and every cold, passionless, indifferent spectator,... | |
| |
