An Eastern Tour at Home.D McKay, 1889 - 286 من الصفحات |
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... Western prairie . Soon the river is reached at Yardley , the railway crossing upon a long trestle and bridge . Here , as the Delaware flows in almost straight course through the flat valley , is displayed a quiet rural view of forest ...
... Western prairie . Soon the river is reached at Yardley , the railway crossing upon a long trestle and bridge . Here , as the Delaware flows in almost straight course through the flat valley , is displayed a quiet rural view of forest ...
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... western shore of the river , are of trap rock , and in part appear to be built up of basalt , not unlike the vast amphitheatres adjacent to the Giant's Causeway in the north of Ireland . Occasionally patches of trees grow on their sides ...
... western shore of the river , are of trap rock , and in part appear to be built up of basalt , not unlike the vast amphitheatres adjacent to the Giant's Causeway in the north of Ireland . Occasionally patches of trees grow on their sides ...
الصفحة 21
... western bank of the Hudson . Various islands in East River also are utilized for the city's penal and charitable institutions . The capacious harbor , the converging rivers , and the numerous adjacent arms of the sea combine all the ...
... western bank of the Hudson . Various islands in East River also are utilized for the city's penal and charitable institutions . The capacious harbor , the converging rivers , and the numerous adjacent arms of the sea combine all the ...
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... Western Union building lifts its surmounting tower two hundred and thirty feet above the pavement . The crowded- in New Yorker , despairing of lateral expansion , thus seeks needed relief by going upward . These great houses have ...
... Western Union building lifts its surmounting tower two hundred and thirty feet above the pavement . The crowded- in New Yorker , despairing of lateral expansion , thus seeks needed relief by going upward . These great houses have ...
الصفحة 52
... western side , where it ascends Harlem Heights to a fine lookout . From this elevation far to the north can be seen the tall arches of the " High Bridge , " which brings the Croton Aqueduct over the Harlem River into the city , and the ...
... western side , where it ascends Harlem Heights to a fine lookout . From this elevation far to the north can be seen the tall arches of the " High Bridge , " which brings the Croton Aqueduct over the Harlem River into the city , and the ...
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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.