America, Picturesque and Descriptive, 3. köideH.T. Coates & Company, 1900 |
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... noted for its fortified church , whose colonial pastor received by law , for his salary , part of every stranded whale coming upon the shore . To the left is Welfleet , on the bay shore , and to the right the triple lighthouses of ...
... noted for its fortified church , whose colonial pastor received by law , for his salary , part of every stranded whale coming upon the shore . To the left is Welfleet , on the bay shore , and to the right the triple lighthouses of ...
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... noted " Blue Hills of Milton , " their highest dome - like summit elevated six hundred and fifty feet and surmounted by an Ob- servatory . These are granite hills , having the pic- turesque town of Quincy stretching down to the sea ...
... noted " Blue Hills of Milton , " their highest dome - like summit elevated six hundred and fifty feet and surmounted by an Ob- servatory . These are granite hills , having the pic- turesque town of Quincy stretching down to the sea ...
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... noted Jerusalem Road is the chief highway of Cohasset , following the coast - line around to the west- ward . Here projects the narrow and strange penin- sula of Nantasket Beach , five miles out into the sea to Point Allerton , then ...
... noted Jerusalem Road is the chief highway of Cohasset , following the coast - line around to the west- ward . Here projects the narrow and strange penin- sula of Nantasket Beach , five miles out into the sea to Point Allerton , then ...
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... noted vessel belonging to Governor Winthrop , and considered a wonder in her time . The first solid wharf was built in 1673. It was Governor Winthrop who put into one of his official messages this chunk of wisdom : " The best part of a ...
... noted vessel belonging to Governor Winthrop , and considered a wonder in her time . The first solid wharf was built in 1673. It was Governor Winthrop who put into one of his official messages this chunk of wisdom : " The best part of a ...
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... noted Boston Common was the ancient Puritan pasture - ground , and it is rich in traditions . In the colonial wars , the captured hostile Indians were put to death here , their grinning heads impaled on stakes for a public warn- ing ...
... noted Boston Common was the ancient Puritan pasture - ground , and it is rich in traditions . In the colonial wars , the captured hostile Indians were put to death here , their grinning heads impaled on stakes for a public warn- ing ...
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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...