Famous quotes containing the words black, jack and/or brigade:
“Let the Brazos
Freeze solid! And the Wabash turn to a leaden
Cinder of ice! The MaraƱon is too tepid, we must
Is freezing slowly in the blasts. The black Yonne
Congeals nicely.”
—John Ashbery (b. 1927)
“This is the priest all shaven and shorn
That married the man all tattered and torn”
—Mother Goose (fl. 17th18th century. The House That Jack Built (l. 3738)
“[John] Broughs majority is glorious to behold. It is worth a big victory in the field. It is decisive as to the disposition of the people to prosecute the war to the end. My regiment and brigade were both unanimous for Brough [the Union party candidate for governor of Ohio].”
—Rutherford Birchard Hayes (18221893)
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