An Eastern Tour at HomeD. McKay, 1889 - 286 من الصفحات |
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... winding Bound Brook that feeds the latter . This 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 ...
... winding Bound Brook that feeds the latter . This 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 ...
الصفحة 17
... winding course and varying width , down to the East River , following the line of the ancient palisade wall , which it has replaced . Here are the bankers and brok- ers . Its chief point of concentrated attraction and the financial ...
... winding course and varying width , down to the East River , following the line of the ancient palisade wall , which it has replaced . Here are the bankers and brok- ers . Its chief point of concentrated attraction and the financial ...
الصفحة 21
... winding nar- row strait of the Spuyten Duyvel separate Manhattan from the mainland . The rapid growth of the metropolis has expanded it beyond the limits of Manhattan and built populous towns on the opposite shores of all the boundary ...
... winding nar- row strait of the Spuyten Duyvel separate Manhattan from the mainland . The rapid growth of the metropolis has expanded it beyond the limits of Manhattan and built populous towns on the opposite shores of all the boundary ...
الصفحة 51
... winding course past vista views and pretty lakes to the Mall , or general promenade . Here on pleasant days many thousands gather to listen to the music . To the westward are broad green surfaces , including a spacious ball - ground ...
... winding course past vista views and pretty lakes to the Mall , or general promenade . Here on pleasant days many thousands gather to listen to the music . To the westward are broad green surfaces , including a spacious ball - ground ...
الصفحة 52
... winding road leads to 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 ...
... winding road leads to 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 ...
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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 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 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 243 - I remember the sea-fight far away, How it thundered o'er the tide ! And the dead captains, as they lay In their graves, o'erlooking the tranquil bay Where they in battle died. And the sound of that mournful song Goes through me with a thrill: 'A boy's will is the wind's will, And the thoughts of youth are long, long thoughts.
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 188 - The buildings are handsome, joyning one to the other as in London; with many large streets, most of them paved with pebble stone. In the high street towards the Common, there are fair buildings, some of stone ; and, at the east end of the [2] town, one amongst the rest, built by the shore by Mr.
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 140 - The voice of Massachusetts! Of her free sons and daughters, Deep calling unto deep aloud, the sound of many waters! Against the burden of that voice what tyrant power shall stand? No fetters in the Bay State!
الصفحة 122 - I only regret that I have but one life to lose for my country.