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... citizens , who seemed , by the way , on the occasion I refer to , to regard him as a sort of divinity . I could not , however , succeed in getting near enough to accomplish my object , although I strove hard for it . It was quite ...
... citizens , who seemed , by the way , on the occasion I refer to , to regard him as a sort of divinity . I could not , however , succeed in getting near enough to accomplish my object , although I strove hard for it . It was quite ...
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... the elements having given it a blurred or chalky appearance . It is surmounted by a small but elevated cupola , constructed of wood , which some time ago , I was 22 PRIVATE EXECUTIONS . informed by a citizen , caught.
... the elements having given it a blurred or chalky appearance . It is surmounted by a small but elevated cupola , constructed of wood , which some time ago , I was 22 PRIVATE EXECUTIONS . informed by a citizen , caught.
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... citizen , caught fire at a pyrotechnic exhibition , and endangered the whole edifice , since which , displays of fire - works have been pro- hibited in the Park by the civic authorities . At the entrance there is a spacious vestibule ...
... citizen , caught fire at a pyrotechnic exhibition , and endangered the whole edifice , since which , displays of fire - works have been pro- hibited in the Park by the civic authorities . At the entrance there is a spacious vestibule ...
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... citizen soldiers are not , perhaps , to be equalled in any other country . From the Navy - yard I proceeded to Hoboken ; this is a place of great resort in fine weather , and is situate nearly opposite the city of New York , or rather ...
... citizen soldiers are not , perhaps , to be equalled in any other country . From the Navy - yard I proceeded to Hoboken ; this is a place of great resort in fine weather , and is situate nearly opposite the city of New York , or rather ...
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... citizens of New York and its neighbourhood , it must be recorded that they are not so ready to fly to this disgraceful alternative as their ensanguined brethren in the Southern or Slave States . My stay in New York being limited by pre ...
... citizens of New York and its neighbourhood , it must be recorded that they are not so ready to fly to this disgraceful alternative as their ensanguined brethren in the Southern or Slave States . My stay in New York being limited by pre ...
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Page 131 - O'er all there hung a shadow and a fear ; A sense of mystery the spirit daunted, And said, as plain as whisper in the ear, The place is Haunted!
Page 32 - THE STEAMBOAT SEE how yon flaming herald treads The ridged and rolling waves, As, crashing o'er their crested heads, She bows her surly slaves ! With foam before and fire behind, She rends the clinging sea, That flies before the roaring wind Beneath her hissing lee. The morning spray, like sea-born flowers, With heaped and glistening bells, Falls round her fast, in ringing showers, With every wave that swells ; And, burning o'er the midnight deep, In lurid fringes thrown, The living gems of ocean...
Page 189 - Jonathan he composed a tune, and with much gravity recommended it to the officers, as one of the most celebrated airs of martial music. The joke took, to the no small amusement of the British corps. Brother Jonathan exclaimed it was nation fine...
Page 1 - A few short hours, and he will rise To give the morrow birth ; And I shall hail the main and skies, But not my mother earth. Deserted is my own good hall, Its hearth is desolate ; Wild weeds are gathering on the wall, My dog howls at the gate.
Page 188 - ... on the left of the British Army — some with long coats, some with short coats, and others with no coats at all...