Old Landmarks and Historic Personages of BostonJames R. Osgood and Company, 1873 - 484 páginas |
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... original pos- sessor by a sufficiently clear connection , -supplied where broken by depositions , to the Mount Vernon proprietors . Copley , the celebrated painter , was once an owner of Blackstone's six acres , which were bounded by ...
... original pos- sessor by a sufficiently clear connection , -supplied where broken by depositions , to the Mount Vernon proprietors . Copley , the celebrated painter , was once an owner of Blackstone's six acres , which were bounded by ...
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... and altitude as to pre- sent a very different view from any quarter of approach ; as for the three coves , they have been converted into terra firma . The area of original Boston has been variously estimated . INTRODUCTION . 7.
... and altitude as to pre- sent a very different view from any quarter of approach ; as for the three coves , they have been converted into terra firma . The area of original Boston has been variously estimated . INTRODUCTION . 7.
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... original area . Since that time the Back Bay improvement , which covers 680 acres , and Atlantic Avenue , which follows the old Barricado line , have added as much more to the ancient territory , so that we may safely consider her original ...
... original area . Since that time the Back Bay improvement , which covers 680 acres , and Atlantic Avenue , which follows the old Barricado line , have added as much more to the ancient territory , so that we may safely consider her original ...
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... original condition may have been . The timber lay mainly along the Neck , with clumps of trees here and there . The great elm on the Common is doubtless one of native growth , and be- fore the Revolution of 1776 there was another almost ...
... original condition may have been . The timber lay mainly along the Neck , with clumps of trees here and there . The great elm on the Common is doubtless one of native growth , and be- fore the Revolution of 1776 there was another almost ...
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... original settlers . The general growth and progress of the New England metropolis has been steady and remarkable . The early settlers having built wholly of wood , were not long exempt from de- structive fires . In 1654 occurred what ...
... original settlers . The general growth and progress of the New England metropolis has been steady and remarkable . The early settlers having built wholly of wood , were not long exempt from de- structive fires . In 1654 occurred what ...
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Página 211 - Beneath those rugged elms, that yew-tree's shade Where heaves the turf in many a mouldering heap, Each in his narrow cell forever laid, The rude forefathers of the hamlet sleep.
Página 190 - 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 302 - 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 301 - Woodman, spare that tree ! Touch not a single bough ! In youth it sheltered me, And I'll protect it now. 'Twas my forefather's hand That placed it near his cot; There, woodman, let it stand, Thy axe shall harm it not.
Página 407 - Come join hand in hand, brave Americans all, And rouse your bold hearts at fair Liberty's call; No tyrannous acts, shall suppress your just claim, Or stain with dishonor America's name. In freedom we're born, and in freedom we'll live; Our purses are ready, Steady, Friends, steady, Not as slaves, but as freemen our money we'll give. Our worthy forefathers — let's give them a cheer — To climates unknown did courageously steer; Thro' oceans to deserts, for freedom they came, And, dying, bequeath'd...
Página 57 - Then to advise how war may best upheld Move by her two main nerves, iron and gold, In all her equipage...
Página 155 - In the fall of 1774 and winter of 1775, I was one of upwards of thirty, chiefly mechanics, who formed ourselves into a committee for the purpose of watching the movements of the British soldiers, and gaining every intelligence of the movements of the Tories. We held our meetings at the Green Dragon tavern.
Página 162 - Trivia, goddess, aid my song, Through spacious streets conduct thy bard along ; By thee transported, I securely stray Where winding alleys lead the doubtful way, The silent court and opening square explore, And long perplexing lanes untrod before.
Página 280 - 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.
Página 83 - Certain it is, that, some fifteen or twenty years after the settlement of the town, the wooden jail was already marked with weather-stains and other indications of age, which gave a yet darker aspect to its beetlebrowed and gloomy front. The rust on the ponderous iron-work of its oaken door looked more antique than anything else in the new world. Like all that pertains to crime, it seemed never to have known a youthful era.