An Eastern Tour at Home.D McKay, 1889 - 286 من الصفحات |
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... border the little Eliza- beth River . In the heart of the town we diagonally cross the tracks of the Pennsylvania Railroad , also bound to New York . Elizabeth rapidly dissolves into Elizabethport as we run along the meadows and to the ...
... border the little Eliza- beth River . In the heart of the town we diagonally cross the tracks of the Pennsylvania Railroad , also bound to New York . Elizabeth rapidly dissolves into Elizabethport as we run along the meadows and to the ...
الصفحة 35
... borders , and then into uniform rows of most elaborate brownstone buildings , with imposing porticos reached by high ... border is the white marble Gothic building of the University of the City of New York . Adjoining is a fine Methodist ...
... borders , and then into uniform rows of most elaborate brownstone buildings , with imposing porticos reached by high ... border is the white marble Gothic building of the University of the City of New York . Adjoining is a fine Methodist ...
الصفحة 53
... border seeking an outlet along its shore to the Hudson River . Several bridges are thrown across , but the " High Bridge " is the chief , its tall granite piers and graceful arches showing with singular beauty from every point of view ...
... border seeking an outlet along its shore to the Hudson River . Several bridges are thrown across , but the " High Bridge " is the chief , its tall granite piers and graceful arches showing with singular beauty from every point of view ...
الصفحة 61
... border of the New York City Hall Park toward the middle of East River . On the outer side of the bridge are the wagon - roads , while between is the promenade for foot - passengers . Between each wagon- road and this footwalk a railroad ...
... border of the New York City Hall Park toward the middle of East River . On the outer side of the bridge are the wagon - roads , while between is the promenade for foot - passengers . Between each wagon- road and this footwalk a railroad ...
الصفحة 66
... border it , and Pierrepont , Rem- sen , Montague , and other noted streets extend at right an- gles from it to the edge of the bluff , where the Heights fall sharply off toward the river . Here , at seventy feet eleva- tion and ...
... border it , and Pierrepont , Rem- sen , Montague , and other noted streets extend at right an- gles from it to the edge of the bluff , where the Heights fall sharply off toward the river . Here , at seventy feet eleva- tion and ...
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acres adjacent afterward ancient attractive Beach beautiful border Boston bridge broad Broadway Brooklyn brownstone building built Cape Ann Casco Bay Castine Charles River charming chief church coast colony Coney Island Connecticut Cotton Mather cross distant East River eastern eastward edge elevated England enormous famous Fifth Avenue forests front governor grand granite green Hall harbor Harlem River hills houses Hudson huge hundred feet Indian Isles of Shoals Islesboro Kittery lakes land lived Long Island Long Island Sound magnificent Manhattan Massachusetts miles million Mount Desert mountains Nahant narrow Newport northward noted ocean Park passing peninsula Penobscot Bay picturesque Pilgrims pleasant Plymouth Puritan railway region resort rising rocks rocky rows Salem sand settlement Shawmut peninsula shore side slopes southward splendid spreading stands State-House stone Street stretching suburbs summer surface tower town trees valley Vanderbilt village 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 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 114 - Wisdom hath builded her house, she hath hewn out her seven pillars: She hath killed her beasts; she hath mingled her wine; she hath also furnished her table. She...
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 149 - Albany ; — a project, which every one knows, — who knows the simplest rules in arithmetic, — to be impracticable but at an expense little less than the market value of the whole territory of Massachusetts; and which, if practicable, every person of common sense knows would be as useless as a railroad from Boston to the Moon.
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. Loud from its rocky caverns, the deep-voiced neighboring ocean Speaks, and in accents disconsolate answers the wail of the forest.
الصفحة 238 - Steadfast, serene, immovable, the same Year after year, through all the silent night Burns on for evermore that quenchless flame, Shines on that inextinguishable light...
الصفحة 169 - This man was, indeed, of a particular humour, and he would never join himself to any of our churches, giving this reason for it: "I came from England, because I did not like the lord-bishops; but I can't join with you, because I would not be under the lord-brethren.
الصفحة 246 - Maine ! But many a keel shall seaward turn, And many a sail outstand, When, tall and white, the Dead Ship looms Against the dusk of land.