The Pictorial Sketch-book of Pennsylvania: Or, Its Scenery, Internal Improvements, Resources, and AgricultureW.P. Hazard, 1852 - 450 páginas |
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... affording access for carts by means of scaffold- ing erected to their upper stories . These are ice - houses . They are built with much care , the walls filled in with tan - bark to exclude the air , and capable of storing an immense ...
... affording access for carts by means of scaffold- ing erected to their upper stories . These are ice - houses . They are built with much care , the walls filled in with tan - bark to exclude the air , and capable of storing an immense ...
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... affords a cool retreat from the heat , and dust , and parched and sultry avenues of the city . There are several hotels , or places of refreshment , both in the village and on the Wissahickon , and there is no lack of material to ...
... affords a cool retreat from the heat , and dust , and parched and sultry avenues of the city . There are several hotels , or places of refreshment , both in the village and on the Wissahickon , and there is no lack of material to ...
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... afforded by the Rail- road , and the Schuylkill canal , which passes directly through the principal street , and supplies the water - power for all its manufactur- ing establishments . Some of these establishments are among the oldest ...
... afforded by the Rail- road , and the Schuylkill canal , which passes directly through the principal street , and supplies the water - power for all its manufactur- ing establishments . Some of these establishments are among the oldest ...
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... affording excellent facilities for transporting the lime to market , as well as for supplying the kilns with fuel . The lime kilns are large and substantial , but erected without much regard to ornament . They are generally placed on ...
... affording excellent facilities for transporting the lime to market , as well as for supplying the kilns with fuel . The lime kilns are large and substantial , but erected without much regard to ornament . They are generally placed on ...
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... affording 75 per cent . of metal , and being in general very free from any other . It has been met with in some of the Cornish copper mines , but only in small quantity - but in the Ural mountains it is an object of exten- sive ...
... affording 75 per cent . of metal , and being in general very free from any other . It has been met with in some of the Cornish copper mines , but only in small quantity - but in the Ural mountains it is an object of exten- sive ...
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The Pictorial Sketch-book of Pennsylvania: Or, Its Scenery, Internal ... Eli Bowen Vista completa - 1852 |
The Pictorial Sketch-book of Pennsylvania: Or, Its Scenery, Internal ... Eli Bowen Vista completa - 1852 |
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a-lumbering afforded Alleghany Alleghany mountain amount anthracite coal anthracite region axis banks basin beautiful beds bituminous coal boats branch bridge canal cars cent Chester County coal region coal strata coal trade coal veins commenced connected copper Creek Davy lamp Delaware deposits descending distance district dollars engine erected Erie extending formation furnace Harrisburg hills horses hundred and fifty hundred feet Indians iron Juniata Lancaster land Lehigh length limestone manufacture matter Mauch Chunk miles millions mineral mining Mount Carbon mountain navigation nearly Ohio pass Pennsylvania Philadelphia Phoenixville Pittsburg population Port Port Carbon Port Clinton portion Pottsville pounds present probably quantity rail railway Reading Railroad Ridge river road rocks scenery scenes Schuylkill county Schuylkill Haven side slope spring stone strata stream Susquehanna synclinal Tamaqua thirty thousand tion tons town twenty valley vicinity village western whole wood Wyoming
Pasajes populares
Página 194 - Hope springs eternal in the human breast; Man never Is, but always To be blest; The soul, uneasy and confined from home, Rests and expatiates in a life to come.
Página 97 - I appeal to any white man to say, if ever he entered Logan's cabin hungry, and he gave him not meat; if ever he came cold and naked, and he clothed him not. During the course of the last long and bloody war Logan remained idle in his cabin, an advocate for peace. Such was my love for the whites, that my countrymen pointed as they passed, and said, 'Logan is the friend of white men.
Página 43 - HAPPY the man whose wish and care A few paternal acres bound ; Content to breathe his native air, In his own ground. Whose herds with milk, whose fields with bread, Whose flocks supply him with attire ; Whose trees in summer yield him shade, In winter fire.
Página 17 - Awake, my St. John! leave all meaner things To low ambition, and the pride of kings. Let us (since life can little more supply Than just to look about us and to die) Expatiate free o'er all this scene of man; A mighty maze! but not without a plan; A wild, where weeds and flowers promiscuous shoot; Or garden tempting with forbidden fruit.
Página 122 - These are thy glorious works, Parent of good, Almighty, thine this universal frame, Thus wondrous fair; thyself how wondrous then ! Unspeakable, who sitt'st above these heavens, To us invisible, or dimly seen In these thy lowest works; yet these declare Thy goodness beyond thought, and power divine.
Página 97 - There runs not a drop of my blood in the veins of any living creature. This called on me for revenge. I have sought it : I have killed many : I have fully glutted my vengeance. For my country I rejoice at the beams of peace. But do not harbor a thought that mine is the joy of fear.
Página 58 - I elevated myself upon a platform, and addressed the assembly. I stated that I knew not what was the matter ; but if they would be quiet, and indulge me for half an hour, I would either go on, or abandon the voyage for that time.
Página 67 - Delightful task ! to rear the tender thought, To teach the young idea how to shoot, To pour the fresh instruction o'er the mind, To breathe the enlivening spirit, and to fix The generous purpose in the glowing breast.
Página 31 - Above the green elms, that a cottage was near, And I said, " if there's peace to be found in the world, A heart that was humble might hope for it here...
Página 57 - As I had occasion to pass daily to and from the buildingyard, while my boat was in progress, I have often loitered unknown near the idle groups of strangers, gathering in little circles, and heard various inquiries as to the object of this new vehicle. The language was uniformly that of scorn, or sneer, or ridicule.