America, Picturesque and Descriptive, 3. köideH.T. Coates & Company, 1900 |
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... elevation of Beacon Hill , whereon the colo- nists burnt their signal - fires , remains the crowning glory of the peninsula . BOSTON COMMON . When The city of Boston has a population of six hun- dred thousand , and the centre around ...
... elevation of Beacon Hill , whereon the colo- nists burnt their signal - fires , remains the crowning glory of the peninsula . BOSTON COMMON . When The city of Boston has a population of six hun- dred thousand , and the centre around ...
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... elevation of twenty - five hundred feet , and it flows four hundred and fifty miles southward to the Sound . Its Indian title was Quonektakat , or " the long tidal river , " from which the name has been derived . It is noted for ...
... elevation of twenty - five hundred feet , and it flows four hundred and fifty miles southward to the Sound . Its Indian title was Quonektakat , or " the long tidal river , " from which the name has been derived . It is noted for ...
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... elevation of four- teen hundred and fifty feet , then coming down a wild and picturesque defile made by a mountain brook flowing into Westfield River , which in turn flows into the Agawam . It is a route of magnificent scenery ...
... elevation of four- teen hundred and fifty feet , then coming down a wild and picturesque defile made by a mountain brook flowing into Westfield River , which in turn flows into the Agawam . It is a route of magnificent scenery ...
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... elevation . The broad vale beyond is the fertile land of Nonotuck , bought from the Indians in 1653 for " one hundred fathoms of wampum and ten coats . " Here to the westward of the river is Northampton , a most lovely and attractive ...
... elevation . The broad vale beyond is the fertile land of Nonotuck , bought from the Indians in 1653 for " one hundred fathoms of wampum and ten coats . " Here to the westward of the river is Northampton , a most lovely and attractive ...
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... elevation above the sea , a pond of about three acres , in which the great New England river has its head . These Connecticut Lakes are in an almost unbroken forest . THE WHITE MOUNTAINS . To the eastward of the Connecticut River ...
... elevation above the sea , a pond of about three acres , in which the great New England river has its head . These Connecticut Lakes are in an almost unbroken forest . THE WHITE MOUNTAINS . To the eastward of the Connecticut River ...
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Page 53 - Her deck, once red with heroes' blood, Where knelt the vanquished foe, When winds were hurrying o'er the flood, And waves were white below, No more shall feel the victor's tread, Or know the conquered knee; — The harpies of the shore shall pluck The eagle of the sea ! Oh, better that her shattered hulk Should sink beneath the wave ; Her thunders shook the mighty deep.
Page 292 - 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.
Page 168 - Were half the power that fills the world with terror, Were half the wealth bestowed on camps and courts, Given to redeem the human mind from error, There were no need of arsenals or forts: The warrior's name would be a name abhorred!
Page 163 - I only regret that I have but one life to lose for my country.
Page 58 - We wish that this structure may proclaim the magnitude and importance of that event to every class and every age. We wish that infancy may learn the purpose of its erection from maternal lips, and that weary and withered age may behold it, and be solaced by the recollections which it suggests.
Page 57 - We come as Americans to mark a spot which must forever be dear to us and our posterity. We wish that whosoever, in all coming time, shall turn his eye hither, may behold that the place is not undistinguished where the first great battle of the Revolution was fought. We wish that this structure may proclaim the magnitude and importance of that event to every class and every age.
Page 168 - 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...
Page 24 - Having undertaken, for the Glory of God and advancement of the Christian Faith and Honour of our King and Country, a Voyage to plant the First Colony in the Northern Parts of Virginia...
Page 168 - Down the dark future, through long generations, The echoing sounds grow fainter and then cease; And like a bell, with solemn, sweet vibrations, I hear once more the voice of Christ say, " Peace! " Peace! and no longer from its brazen portals The blast of War's great organ shakes the skies! But beautiful as songs of the immortals, The holy melodies of love arise.
Page 93 - No sea but what is vexed by their fisheries. No climate that is not witness to their toils. Neither the perseverance of Holland, nor the activity of France, nor the dexterous and firm sagacity of English enterprise, ever carried this most perilous mode of hardy industry to the extent, to which it has been pushed by this recent people...