An Eastern Tour at Home.D McKay, 1889 - 286 من الصفحات |
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... stream . Each 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 ...
... stream . Each 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 ...
الصفحة 9
... stream has named the village which has grown up at the junction of the Read- ing and Jersey Central roads , and the place nestles under the shadow of a great ridge , with the Raritan washing its southern edge . The Lehigh Valley ...
... stream has named the village which has grown up at the junction of the Read- ing and Jersey Central roads , and the place nestles under the shadow of a great ridge , with the Raritan washing its southern edge . The Lehigh Valley ...
الصفحة 11
... stream , turning northward , it brings into full view both sides of the great river . On the left hand , the Jersey City front for miles is occupied by railway terminals , making successions of docks , ferry- houses , and grain ...
... stream , turning northward , it brings into full view both sides of the great river . On the left hand , the Jersey City front for miles is occupied by railway terminals , making successions of docks , ferry- houses , and grain ...
الصفحة 21
... stream known as Bronx River , which separates New York from West- chester county . The Harlem River and the winding nar- row strait of the Spuyten Duyvel separate Manhattan from the mainland . The rapid growth of the metropolis has ...
... stream known as Bronx River , which separates New York from West- chester county . The Harlem River and the winding nar- row strait of the Spuyten Duyvel separate Manhattan from the mainland . The rapid growth of the metropolis has ...
الصفحة 22
... stream , which carries a vast surging mass of humanity . At Cedar Street is the enormous Equi- table Life building , with the Mutual Life building on Nas- sau Street almost behind it , probably the most capacious of all these ...
... stream , which carries a vast surging mass of humanity . At Cedar Street is the enormous Equi- table Life building , with the Mutual Life building on Nas- sau Street almost behind it , probably the most capacious of all these ...
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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.