An Eastern Tour at Home.D McKay, 1889 - 286 من الصفحات |
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... rising more boldly as the route skirts the level land stretching to their bases . Forests cover their sides , and occasionally they go far away from us . Little houses may be seen among the trees , and some peep out on their sum- mits ...
... rising more boldly as the route skirts the level land stretching to their bases . Forests cover their sides , and occasionally they go far away from us . Little houses may be seen among the trees , and some peep out on their sum- mits ...
الصفحة 11
... rising behind them that are the stranger's first view of New York . Directly opposite is Castle Garden , the low , circular building origi- nally a fort and afterward a place of amusement , but now the dépôt where the immigrants land on ...
... rising behind them that are the stranger's first view of New York . Directly opposite is Castle Garden , the low , circular building origi- nally a fort and afterward a place of amusement , but now the dépôt where the immigrants land on ...
الصفحة 21
... rising at Washington Heights to two hundred and thirty - eight feet , where there is a grand outlook . Originally there were ponds and marshes on the southern part of the island , and it was also considerably widened there by reclaiming ...
... rising at Washington Heights to two hundred and thirty - eight feet , where there is a grand outlook . Originally there were ponds and marshes on the southern part of the island , and it was also considerably widened there by reclaiming ...
الصفحة 63
... the compact city of New York , the tall buildings and towers of lower Broadway rising up in the background , with the square tower of the Produce Exchange marking its southern extremity , beyond which is the distant hazy.
... the compact city of New York , the tall buildings and towers of lower Broadway rising up in the background , with the square tower of the Produce Exchange marking its southern extremity , beyond which is the distant hazy.
الصفحة 68
... rising into a central pinnacle over one hundred feet high . With the wings this entrance is one hundred and forty - two feet wide and covers two gateways , there being over each gate and on each side basso - rilievi representing gospel ...
... rising into a central pinnacle over one hundred feet high . With the wings this entrance is one hundred and forty - two feet wide and covers two gateways , there being over each gate and on each side basso - rilievi representing gospel ...
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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.