An Eastern Tour at Home.D McKay, 1889 - 286 من الصفحات |
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... runs into New Jersey , and , moving over the dark - red soils beyond the river , the low , outcropping spurs of the Highlands come gradually into sight to the north- ward . Then higher hills are seen , at first dimly blue in the long ...
... runs into New Jersey , and , moving over the dark - red soils beyond the river , the low , outcropping spurs of the Highlands come gradually into sight to the north- ward . Then higher hills are seen , at first dimly blue in the long ...
الصفحة 9
... run along the meadows and to the northward see Newark spread broadly across the view . As the terminals on the kills and the sounds are approached , the railway - tracks multiply , and the long lines of coal - cars show the trade that ...
... run along the meadows and to the northward see Newark spread broadly across the view . As the terminals on the kills and the sounds are approached , the railway - tracks multiply , and the long lines of coal - cars show the trade that ...
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... run , and we are soon on the way through Liberty Street to Broad- way . This wonderful highway , the artery of the metropolis , is quickly reached , and , turning southward , a few steps take us to the " Westminster Abbey " of New York ...
... run , and we are soon on the way through Liberty Street to Broad- way . This wonderful highway , the artery of the metropolis , is quickly reached , and , turning southward , a few steps take us to the " Westminster Abbey " of New York ...
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... runs into Chatham Street , over which the Brooklyn bridge terminal comes down , with elevated and surface rail- roads in ample supply all about . This Chatham Street is the location of cheap shops and concert - halls , and is pro ...
... runs into Chatham Street , over which the Brooklyn bridge terminal comes down , with elevated and surface rail- roads in ample supply all about . This Chatham Street is the location of cheap shops and concert - halls , and is pro ...
الصفحة 35
... runs the mansion , and behind it is a large picture - gallery . At Twenty - first Street is the wealthy and exclusive Union Club , with the Lotus Club in a more modest house across the way . As Madison Square is approached , stores.
... runs the mansion , and behind it is a large picture - gallery . At Twenty - first Street is the wealthy and exclusive Union Club , with the Lotus Club in a more modest house across the way . As Madison Square is approached , stores.
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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.