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... once be accom- modated with a berth , owing to the crowded state of the harbour , she was moored in the middle of the stream , and being anxious to go on shore , I availed myself of the captain's offer to take me to the landing - place ...
... once be accom- modated with a berth , owing to the crowded state of the harbour , she was moored in the middle of the stream , and being anxious to go on shore , I availed myself of the captain's offer to take me to the landing - place ...
Page 39
... of many substantial buildings , several of the edifices being constructed of white marble . Having secured a passage on board a canal packet about to start , I at once embarked , and 40 AN ERIE - CANAL BOAT . in a few.
... of many substantial buildings , several of the edifices being constructed of white marble . Having secured a passage on board a canal packet about to start , I at once embarked , and 40 AN ERIE - CANAL BOAT . in a few.
Page 52
... , who was amongst the crowd , and who at once threw off his coat and plunged into the stream . This was very rapid , and , after a few moments battling with the turbid current , AND A MAN DROWNED . 53 he was overpowered ;
... , who was amongst the crowd , and who at once threw off his coat and plunged into the stream . This was very rapid , and , after a few moments battling with the turbid current , AND A MAN DROWNED . 53 he was overpowered ;
Page 53
... once damped the ardour of the crowd , although it did not discourage a female , who had taken a prominent part in the operations , and who , with that true womanly tenderness and solicitude which do honour to her sex , and which are 54 ...
... once damped the ardour of the crowd , although it did not discourage a female , who had taken a prominent part in the operations , and who , with that true womanly tenderness and solicitude which do honour to her sex , and which are 54 ...
Page 66
... I intimated , pretty loudly , that I should at once apply to a magis- trate on the subject , a threat , by - the - bye , that was little regarded , and only increased the showers of JOE SMITH . 67 abuse levelled at me . As.
... I intimated , pretty loudly , that I should at once apply to a magis- trate on the subject , a threat , by - the - bye , that was little regarded , and only increased the showers of JOE SMITH . 67 abuse levelled at me . As.
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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...