Old Landmarks and Historic Personages of BostonJames R. Osgood and Company, 1873 - 484 páginas |
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... feet , and shops and warehouses line its whole length . It communicates at right angles with the principal street of the town , which is long and wide , curving round towards the water ; on this street are many fine houses of two and ...
... feet , and shops and warehouses line its whole length . It communicates at right angles with the principal street of the town , which is long and wide , curving round towards the water ; on this street are many fine houses of two and ...
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Samuel Adams Drake. Wells had to be sunk a depth varying from fifteen feet on the low ground to one hundred and twenty feet on the elevated portions , and the water was usually brackish and more or less impregnated with salt . Water was ...
Samuel Adams Drake. Wells had to be sunk a depth varying from fifteen feet on the low ground to one hundred and twenty feet on the elevated portions , and the water was usually brackish and more or less impregnated with salt . Water was ...
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... feet into ye streete at y ° N. End of yo Towne . ” * In 1798 there were 98 chaises and 47 coaches , chariots , phaetons , & c . in all Boston . In October , 1631 , Governor Winthrop went on foot to Lynn and Salem , and until there were ...
... feet into ye streete at y ° N. End of yo Towne . ” * In 1798 there were 98 chaises and 47 coaches , chariots , phaetons , & c . in all Boston . In October , 1631 , Governor Winthrop went on foot to Lynn and Salem , and until there were ...
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... feet northwardly , also a piece of ground at the east side , on part of which then stood the Latin School . After a good deal of negotiation between the town and the church committee , the church erected a new school - house on the ...
... feet northwardly , also a piece of ground at the east side , on part of which then stood the Latin School . After a good deal of negotiation between the town and the church committee , the church erected a new school - house on the ...
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... feet , nailed down the lid to conceal his blunder . Another is related of a person who was asserted to have been buried alive . A hue - and - cry was raised , the corpse was exhumed in the presence of a mob which had gathered , and it ...
... feet , nailed down the lid to conceal his blunder . Another is related of a person who was asserted to have been buried alive . A hue - and - cry was raised , the corpse was exhumed in the presence of a mob which had gathered , and it ...
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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.