Old Landmarks and Historic Personages of BostonJames R. Osgood and Company, 1873 - 484 páginas |
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... building of new streets on the water front , enough had been reclaimed by 1852 to amount to 600 acres , nearly the original area . Since that time the Back Bay improvement , which covers 680 acres , and Atlantic Avenue , which follows ...
... building of new streets on the water front , enough had been reclaimed by 1852 to amount to 600 acres , nearly the original area . Since that time the Back Bay improvement , which covers 680 acres , and Atlantic Avenue , which follows ...
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... buildings was extremely rude . They were of wood , with thatched roofs , and chimneys built of pieces of wood placed crosswise , the interstices and outside covered with clay . Such was the economy of the times , that Governor Winthrop ...
... buildings was extremely rude . They were of wood , with thatched roofs , and chimneys built of pieces of wood placed crosswise , the interstices and outside covered with clay . Such was the economy of the times , that Governor Winthrop ...
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... buildings beautiful and large , some fairly set forth with brick , tile , stone , and slate , and orderly placed with seemly streets , whose continual enlargement presageth some sumptuous city . " M. l'Abbé Robin , who accompanied the ...
... buildings beautiful and large , some fairly set forth with brick , tile , stone , and slate , and orderly placed with seemly streets , whose continual enlargement presageth some sumptuous city . " M. l'Abbé Robin , who accompanied the ...
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... building- fund . The building was to be of stone , and was to cost £ 25,000 ( old tenor ) . It was not to be commenced until £ 10,000 were subscribed . Among the first subscribers were Governor William Shirley , Sir Charles Henry ...
... building- fund . The building was to be of stone , and was to cost £ 25,000 ( old tenor ) . It was not to be commenced until £ 10,000 were subscribed . Among the first subscribers were Governor William Shirley , Sir Charles Henry ...
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... building covered with rough cast . It was the residence of some of the rectors of King's Chapel , and of Dr. Caner , the last one . This building was occupied by the Boston Athenæum in 1810 , and was taken down about forty years ago ...
... building covered with rough cast . It was the residence of some of the rectors of King's Chapel , and of Dr. Caner , the last one . This building was occupied by the Boston Athenæum in 1810 , and was taken down about forty years ago ...
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Página 205 - Each in his narrow cell for ever laid, The rude forefathers of the hamlet sleep. The breezy call of incense-breathing morn, The swallow twittering from the straw-built shed, The cock's shrill clarion, or the echoing horn, No more shall rouse them from their lowly bed.
Página 184 - Then the Master, With a gesture of command, Waved his hand; And at the word, Loud and sudden there was heard, All around them and below, The sound of hammers, blow on blow, Knocking away the shores and spurs. And see! she stirs! She starts,— she moves,— she seems to feel The thrill of life along her keel, And, spurning with her foot the ground, With one exulting, joyous bound, She leaps into the ocean's arms!
Página 214 - IN the ancient town of Bruges, In the quaint old Flemish city, As the evening shades descended, Low and loud and sweetly blended, Low at times and loud at times, And changing like a poet's rhymes, Rang the beautiful wild chimes From the Belfry in the market Of the ancient town of Bruges.
Página 181 - Others may use the ocean as their road, Only the English make it their abode, Whose ready sails with every wind can fly, And make a covenant with the inconstant sky : Our oaks secure, as if they there took root, We tread on billows with a steady foot.
Página 51 - Then to advise how war may best upheld Move by her two main nerves, iron and gold, In all her equipage...
Página 266 - Should the tempest of war overshadow our land, Its bolts could ne'er rend freedom's temple asunder; For, unmoved, at its portal would Washington stand. And repulse, with his breast, the assaults of the thuuder ! His sword from the sleep Of its scabbard would leap, And conduct, with its point, every flash to the deep ! For ne'er shall the sons of Columbia be slaves, While the earth bears a plant or the sea rolls its waves.
Página 34 - Here lies our Sovereign Lord the King, Whose word no man relies on ; Who never said a foolish thing, And never did a wise one.
Página 214 - Conant and some other gentlemen, that if the British went out by water, we would show two lanterns in the north church steeple; and if by land, one, as a signal; for we were apprehensive it would be difficult to cross the Charles River, or get over Boston neck.
Página 1 - THROUGH winter streets to steer your course aright, How to walk clean by day, and safe by night, How jostling crowds, with prudence to decline, When to assert the wall, and when resign...
Página 214 - It was then young flood, the ship was winding, and the moon was rising. They landed me on the Charlestown side. When I got into town, I met Colonel Conant, and several others ; they said they had seen our signals. I told them what was acting, and went to get me a horse ; I got a horse of Deacon Larkin.