Old Landmarks and Historic Personages of BostonJames R. Osgood and Company, 1873 - 484 páginas |
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... appearance of the buildings seems strange to European eyes ; being built entirely of wood , they have not the dull and heavy appear- ance which belongs to those of our continental cities ; they are regu- lar and well - lighted , with ...
... appearance of the buildings seems strange to European eyes ; being built entirely of wood , they have not the dull and heavy appear- ance which belongs to those of our continental cities ; they are regu- lar and well - lighted , with ...
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... appearance of the town , writes : " There were no brick sidewalks , except in a part of the Main Street ( Washington ) near the Old South , then called Cornhill . The streets were paved with pebbles ; and , except when driven on one ...
... appearance of the town , writes : " There were no brick sidewalks , except in a part of the Main Street ( Washington ) near the Old South , then called Cornhill . The streets were paved with pebbles ; and , except when driven on one ...
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... appearance of the stone is due to the limited knowl- edge of the art of dressing it which then prevailed . Greenwood's little work on King's Chapel gives the follow- ing facts . It was first erected of wood in the year 1688 , en- larged ...
... appearance of the stone is due to the limited knowl- edge of the art of dressing it which then prevailed . Greenwood's little work on King's Chapel gives the follow- ing facts . It was first erected of wood in the year 1688 , en- larged ...
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... appearance at the Museum in 1847 , and after twenty - five years of service is still without a peer in his pecu- liar parts . Adelaide Phillips , whose triumphs on the lyric stage are well known , was a danseuse at the Museum in the ...
... appearance at the Museum in 1847 , and after twenty - five years of service is still without a peer in his pecu- liar parts . Adelaide Phillips , whose triumphs on the lyric stage are well known , was a danseuse at the Museum in the ...
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... appearance was elegant and attractive ; his voice , strong and melodious , often sounded in Faneuil Hall . — Mr. Otis was prominently identified with public affairs . In politics he was a Federalist , and a leader of that party in Con ...
... appearance was elegant and attractive ; his voice , strong and melodious , often sounded in Faneuil Hall . — Mr. Otis was prominently identified with public affairs . In politics he was a Federalist , and a leader of that party in Con ...
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Página 296 - Yes, that blessed name imparts Comfort to those, who in the grave have sown The seed, that they had garnered in their hearts, Their bread of life, alas ! no more their own. Into its furrows shall we all be cast, In the sure faith, that we shall rise again At the great harvest, when the...
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 183 - And around the bows and along the side The heavy hammers and mallets plied, Till after many a week, at length, Wonderful for form and strength, Sublime in its enormous bulk, Loomed aloft the...
Página 273 - IN that building, long and low, With its windows all a-row, Like the port-holes of a hulk, Human spiders spin and spin, Backward down their threads so thin Dropping each a hempen bulk. At the end, an open door; Squares of sunshine on the floor Light the long and dusky lane ; And the whirring of a wheel, Dull and drowsy, makes me feel All its spokes are in my brain. As the spinners to the end Downward go and reascend. Gleam...
Página 84 - I cry aloud to all and sundry, in my plainest accents, and at the very tiptop of my voice, Here it is, gentlemen! Here is the good liquor ! Walk up, walk up, gentlemen, walk up, walk up ! Here is the superior stuff!
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...
Página 75 - It being one chief project of that old deluder Satan to keep men from the knowledge of the Scriptures, as in former times by keeping them in an unknown tongue, so in these latter times by persuading from the use of tongues...
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.