"In the younger days of the Republic there……" — Augustus Baldwin Longstreet
"In the younger days of the Republic there lived in the county of - two men, who were admitted on all hands to be the very best men In the county; which, in the Georgia vocabulary, means they could flog any other two men in the county."
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Augustus Baldwin Longstreet
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11 Quotes by Augustus Baldwin Longstreet
Augustus Baldwin Longstreet has 11 quotes on this site.
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He was a horse of goodly countenance, rather expressive of vigilance than fire; though an unnatural appearance of fierceness was…
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Ned made a tremendous rattling, at which Bullet took fright, broke his bridle, and dashed off in grand style; and…
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Language cannot describe the scene that followed; the shouts, oaths, frantic gestures, taunts, replies, and little fights; and therefore I…
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All the knowing ones were consulted as to the issue, and they all agreed, to a man, in one of…
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I looked, and saw that Bob had entirely lost his left ear, and a large piece from his left cheek.…
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But there were women in the world, and from them each of our heroes had taken to himself a wife.…
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During the session of the Supreme Court, in the village of -, about three weeks ago, when a number of…
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It is said that a hundred gamecocks will live in perfect harmony together it you do not put a hen…
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The former measured six feet and an inch in his stockings, and, without a single pound of cumbrous flesh about…
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There's no sort o' mistake in little Bullet. He can pick up miles on his feet, and fling 'em behind…
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