An Eastern Tour at Home.D McKay, 1889 - 286 من الصفحات |
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... bank has a canal or two , and long stretches of river are visible far up and down . A short distance above is another bridge , while below a narrow island is set in the scene , with the Trenton steeples and pottery - smokes making a ...
... bank has a canal or two , and long stretches of river are visible far up and down . A short distance above is another bridge , while below a narrow island is set in the scene , with the Trenton steeples and pottery - smokes making a ...
الصفحة 10
... bank of the Kill von Kull , with the attractive sloping shores of Staten Island on the opposite side . We have thus come upon Paulus Hook , the tongue of land , with its rocky backbone of Ber- gen Hill , which is thrust out between ...
... bank of the Kill von Kull , with the attractive sloping shores of Staten Island on the opposite side . We have thus come upon Paulus Hook , the tongue of land , with its rocky backbone of Ber- gen Hill , which is thrust out between ...
الصفحة 12
... bank in the grand escarpment of the Palisades , stretching to the northward . These remarkable columnar formations , ex- tending for twenty miles along the western shore of the river , are of trap rock , and in part appear to be built ...
... bank in the grand escarpment of the Palisades , stretching to the northward . These remarkable columnar formations , ex- tending for twenty miles along the western shore of the river , are of trap rock , and in part appear to be built ...
الصفحة 15
... bank and having a street - railway , fronts the ferry . It is muddy , and almost impassable from the jam of vehicles of all kinds trying to move in various directions , while a few sparsely - distributed policemen endeavor to maintain a ...
... bank and having a street - railway , fronts the ferry . It is muddy , and almost impassable from the jam of vehicles of all kinds trying to move in various directions , while a few sparsely - distributed policemen endeavor to maintain a ...
الصفحة 17
... bank- ing - houses of the country are at this street intersection- Drexel , Morgan & Co. at one corner , and , diagonally across , Kidder , Peabody & Co. and Brown Bros. & Co. Mr. J. Pierpont Morgan in the intervals of his financial ...
... bank- ing - houses of the country are at this street intersection- Drexel , Morgan & Co. at one corner , and , diagonally across , Kidder , Peabody & Co. and Brown Bros. & Co. Mr. J. Pierpont Morgan in the intervals of his financial ...
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acres adjacent afterward ancient Astor attractive banks Beach beautiful Berkshire Hills border Boston bridge broad Broadway Brooklyn brownstone buildings built Cape Cape Ann charming chief church coast colony Coney Island Connecticut Connecticut River cross distant East River EASTERN TOUR eastward edge elevated England enormous famous Fifth Avenue front grand granite green Hall harbor Harlem River hills houses Hudson Hudson River huge hundred feet Indian Isles of Shoals Islesboro Jersey lakes land Long Island Long Island Sound magnificent Manhattan Massachusetts miles million mills Mount mountains Narragansett Bay narrow Newport northward noted ocean Park pass peninsula Penobscot Penobscot Bay picturesque Pilgrims pleasant Puritan railway region rising rocks rocky rows settlement shore side slopes southward splendid spread square stands Staten Island stone Street stretching suburbs surface thousand dollars tower town trees valley Vanderbilt village West western westward winding York
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الصفحة 122 - I only regret that I have but one life to lose for my country.
الصفحة 129 - THIS is the Arsenal. From floor to ceiling, Like a huge organ, rise the burnished arms ; But from their silent pipes no anthem pealing Startles the villages with strange alarms. Ah ! what a sound will rise, how wild and dreary, When the death-angel touches those swift keys ! What loud lament and dismal Miserere Will mingle with their awful symphonies...
الصفحة 245 - Build me straight, O worthy Master, Staunch and strong, a goodly vessel, That shall laugh at all disaster, And with wave and whirlwind wrestle!
الصفحة 238 - The mariner remembers when a child, On his first voyage, he saw it fade and sink ; And when, returning from adventures wild, He saw it rise again o'er ocean's brink. Steadfast, serene, immovable, the same Year after year, through all the silent night, Burns on forevermore that quenchless flame, Shines on that inextinguishable light...
الصفحة 254 - 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 129 - A h ! what a sound will rise, how wild and dreary When the death-angel touches those swift keys ! What loud lament and dismal Miserere Will mingle with their awful symphonies ! I hear even now the infinite fierce chorus, The cries of agony...
الصفحة 170 - Westward the course of empire takes its way ; The four first acts already past, A fifth shall close the drama with the day ; Time's noblest offspring is the last.
الصفحة 188 - The buildings are handsome, joyning one to the other as in London; with many large streets, most of them paved with pebble stone. In the high street towards the Common, there are fair buildings, some of stone ; and, at the east end of the [2] town, one amongst the rest, built by the shore by Mr.
الصفحة 140 - The voice of Massachusetts! Of her free sons and daughters, Deep calling unto deep aloud, the sound of many waters! Against the burden of that voice what tyrant power shall stand? No fetters in the Bay State!
الصفحة 140 - We wash our hands forever of your sin and shame and curse. A voice from lips whereon the coal from Freedom's shrine hath been, Thrilled, as but yesterday, the hearts of Berkshire's mountain men : The echoes of that solemn voice are sadly lingering still In all our sunny valleys, on every wind-swept hill.