"Lee" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... wolf about the size of a Newfoundland dog. The distant mountain scenery at times is very grand, and everywhere snow-capped. The air is very pure and keen. I much enjoyed the society of two fellow travellers over this part of my journey, Mr. Lee, of General Lee's family, of Virginia, and Mr. Hurley, Solicitor to the Directors of the line we were traversing. We passed the "Divide of the Continent" at an altitude of 7,100 feet, which is the dividing line of the running ...
— A start in life • C. F. Dowsett
... were, some sort of an officer was wavin' his sword an' cheerin' on his men; Dane saw him by a big flash that come by; he flung away his gun, give a leap, an' went at that feller as if he was Jeff, Beauregard, an' Lee, all in one. I scrabbled after as quick as I could, but was only up in time to see him git the sword straight through him an' drop into the ditch. You needn't ask what I did next, Ma'am, for I don't quite know myself; all I 'm clear about is, that I managed ...
— A Modern Cinderella - or The Little Old Show and Other Stories • Louisa May Alcott
... I have none, for I went the road Where women must harvest what men have sowed And they never come back when the field is mowed. They gave the lee of the cup to me But I was blind and would not ...
— Fighting the Traffic in Young Girls - War on the White Slave Trade • Various
... admirably represents the State that was the birthplace of Washington, whose personal character and whose family have given so much of additional lustre and glory to the State. [Applause and cheers for General Lee.] ...
— Modern Eloquence: Vol II, After-Dinner Speeches E-O • Various
... many a year ago, In a kingdom by the sea, That a maiden there lived whom you may know By the name of Annabel Lee; And this maiden she lived with no other thought Than to love and ...
— Four Famous American Writers: Washington Irving, Edgar Allan Poe, • Sherwin Cody
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