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... leaving England , to extend his travels by visiting some of the islands in the Caribbean Sea , a course which he regrets not having been able to follow , from unforeseen circumstances , which are partially related in the following pages ...
... leaving England , to extend his travels by visiting some of the islands in the Caribbean Sea , a course which he regrets not having been able to follow , from unforeseen circumstances , which are partially related in the following pages ...
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... leaving Jersey on the left , the battery as we entered the harbour being in the foreground . The guns bristled from this fortress with menacing aspect , and the sentinels , in light blue uniforms and Kosciusko caps , silently paced the ...
... leaving Jersey on the left , the battery as we entered the harbour being in the foreground . The guns bristled from this fortress with menacing aspect , and the sentinels , in light blue uniforms and Kosciusko caps , silently paced the ...
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... leaving this man's stand ; for , stepping into an open store close at hand , of which there are ranges on either side of the street , a sale of jewellery and watches was going on . A case of jewellery , containing , among other things ...
... leaving this man's stand ; for , stepping into an open store close at hand , of which there are ranges on either side of the street , a sale of jewellery and watches was going on . A case of jewellery , containing , among other things ...
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... leaving for the west . Everything wore a novel aspect . The number of foreigners seen in the thorough- fares , the tawdry flimsily - built carriages , which strangely contrast with the more substantial ones seen in England , and the ...
... leaving for the west . Everything wore a novel aspect . The number of foreigners seen in the thorough- fares , the tawdry flimsily - built carriages , which strangely contrast with the more substantial ones seen in England , and the ...
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... Leaving soon after , I pursued my way down Broadway , passing Peel's Museum and the Astor House , to the Battery Marine Promen- ade . This is a delightful spot , the finest in point of situation ( although not in extent ) of the kind I ...
... Leaving soon after , I pursued my way down Broadway , passing Peel's Museum and the Astor House , to the Battery Marine Promen- ade . This is a delightful spot , the finest in point of situation ( although not in extent ) of the kind I ...
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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...