America, Picturesque and Descriptive, المجلد 3H.T. Coates & Company, 1900 |
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... railway turns northward at the elbow of the cape , where Chatham is on the ocean shore . Brewster is northward , and Eastham , noted for its fortified church , whose colonial pastor received by law , for his salary , part of every ...
... railway turns northward at the elbow of the cape , where Chatham is on the ocean shore . Brewster is northward , and Eastham , noted for its fortified church , whose colonial pastor received by law , for his salary , part of every ...
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... railway in New England was con- structed in 1826 , a line three miles long to Neponset River , the cars being drawn by horses . It is said . by the geologists that these hills of Milton are an older formation than the Alps , and their ...
... railway in New England was con- structed in 1826 , a line three miles long to Neponset River , the cars being drawn by horses . It is said . by the geologists that these hills of Milton are an older formation than the Alps , and their ...
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... , and its centre'is a fine new Union Railway Station , completed in 1897 . Near by is the massive City Hall , one of the chief public buildings in Rhode Island , a granite structure costing 110 AMERICA , PICTURESQUE AND DESCRIPTIVE .
... , and its centre'is a fine new Union Railway Station , completed in 1897 . Near by is the massive City Hall , one of the chief public buildings in Rhode Island , a granite structure costing 110 AMERICA , PICTURESQUE AND DESCRIPTIVE .
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... railway traffic , but only a small trade by sea , beyond bringing coal and cotton , though the city formerly enjoyed an extensive China trade . Like all the Rhode Island towns it has many mills and much wealth , and there are thirty or ...
... railway traffic , but only a small trade by sea , beyond bringing coal and cotton , though the city formerly enjoyed an extensive China trade . Like all the Rhode Island towns it has many mills and much wealth , and there are thirty or ...
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... railway station , and the fine buildings of the Massachusetts Lunatic Asylum standing on the highest hill in the suburbs . Its new white marble City Hall , completed in 1898 , is an imposing edifice . The huge Washburn & Moen Wire Works ...
... railway station , and the fine buildings of the Massachusetts Lunatic Asylum standing on the highest hill in the suburbs . Its new white marble City Hall , completed in 1898 , is an imposing edifice . The huge Washburn & Moen Wire Works ...
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الصفحة 168 - Were half the power that fills the world with terror, Were half the wealth bestowed on camps and courts, Given to redeem the human mind from error, There were no need of arsenals or forts!
الصفحة 53 - Her deck, once red with heroes' blood, Where knelt the vanquished foe, When winds were hurrying o'er the flood, And waves were white below, No more shall feel the victor's tread, Or know the conquered knee; — The harpies of the shore shall pluck The eagle of the sea ! Oh, better that her shattered hulk Should sink beneath the wave ; Her thunders shook the mighty deep.
الصفحة 168 - Down the dark future, through long generations, The echoing sounds grow fainter and then cease; And like a bell, with solemn, sweet vibrations, I hear once more the voice of Christ say, "Peace !" Peace ! and no longer from its brazen portals The blast of War's great organ shakes the skies ! But beautiful as songs of the immortals, The holy melodies of love arise.
الصفحة 163 - I only regret that I have but one life to lose for my country.
الصفحة 292 - THIS is the forest primeval. The murmuring pines and the hemlocks, Bearded with moss, and in garments green, indistinct in the twilight, Stand like Druids of eld, with voices sad and prophetic, Stand like harpers hoar, with beards that rest on their bosoms.
الصفحة 53 - AY, tear her tattered ensign down ! Long has it waved on high, And many an eye has danced to see That banner in the sky; Beneath it rung the battle shout, And burst the cannon's roar; — The meteor of the ocean air Shall sweep the clouds no more. Her deck once red with heroes...
الصفحة 57 - We come as Americans to mark a spot which must forever be dear to us and our posterity. We wish that whosoever, in all coming time, shall turn his eye hither, may behold that the place is not undistinguished where the first great battle of the Revolution was fought. We wish that this structure may proclaim the magnitude and importance of that event to every class and every age.
الصفحة 58 - ... not undistinguished, where the first great battle of the revolution was fought. We wish that this structure may proclaim the magnitude and importance of that event to every class and every age. We wish that infancy may learn the purpose of its erection from maternal lips, and that weary and withered age may behold it, and be solaced by the recollections which it suggests.
الصفحة 24 - Having undertaken, for the Glory of God and advancement of the Christian Faith and Honour of our King and Country, a Voyage to plant the First Colony in the Northern Parts of Virginia...
الصفحة 54 - Oh, better that her shattered hulk Should sink beneath the wave; Her thunders shook the mighty deep, And there should be her grave; Nail to the mast her holy flag, Set every threadbare sail, And give her to the god of storms, The lightning and the gale!