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... effects of the autumnal equinox rendering it more than probable that the passage would be tempestuous . The result soon . proved the correctness of this surmise , for soon after the vessel departed from Kingroad , and before she got ...
... effects of the autumnal equinox rendering it more than probable that the passage would be tempestuous . The result soon . proved the correctness of this surmise , for soon after the vessel departed from Kingroad , and before she got ...
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... effect . His appear- ance as he passed along attracted little notice , such vagaries being common in America . My ... effects , which are often fatal to Europeans at the time of the summer solstice . C 18 BROADWAY , In perambulating the ...
... effect . His appear- ance as he passed along attracted little notice , such vagaries being common in America . My ... effects , which are often fatal to Europeans at the time of the summer solstice . C 18 BROADWAY , In perambulating the ...
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... effect . The shops and stores are fitted up in the Parisian style , appear well attended by customers , and are crowded with the choicest description of goods . Astor's Hotel , built by the so - called millionaire of that name , is a ...
... effect . The shops and stores are fitted up in the Parisian style , appear well attended by customers , and are crowded with the choicest description of goods . Astor's Hotel , built by the so - called millionaire of that name , is a ...
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... effect the same pur- pose . The senator kept shaking hands with all around , repeating over and over again , " Glad to see you , citizens , glad to see you . " Amongst others , a gentlemanly - dressed negro with a gold- headed cane ...
... effect the same pur- pose . The senator kept shaking hands with all around , repeating over and over again , " Glad to see you , citizens , glad to see you . " Amongst others , a gentlemanly - dressed negro with a gold- headed cane ...
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... effect , how- ever , is not good ; its exposure to 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 ...
... effect , how- ever , is not good ; its exposure to 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 ...
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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...