Old England and New England: In a Series of Views Taken on the Spot, Volumen1R. Bentley, 1853 - 319 páginas |
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Página 78
... to High Bridge— that stupendous aqueduct across the Haerlem River , through which the Croton Water is conveyed from Westchester County to New York - you will read , a little before you turn out of the main road 78 OLD ENGLAND.
... to High Bridge— that stupendous aqueduct across the Haerlem River , through which the Croton Water is conveyed from Westchester County to New York - you will read , a little before you turn out of the main road 78 OLD ENGLAND.
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... starting , brought such shoals of people to gaze at its marble halls . A room , called a bridal - chamber ( originally intro- duced , we understood , in the huge steam - boats of various rivers ) , has been fitted up in the 82 OLD ENGLAND.
... starting , brought such shoals of people to gaze at its marble halls . A room , called a bridal - chamber ( originally intro- duced , we understood , in the huge steam - boats of various rivers ) , has been fitted up in the 82 OLD ENGLAND.
Página 83
In a Series of Views Taken on the Spot Alfred Bunn. various rivers ) , has been fitted up in the most luxurious and fascinating manner at the aforesaid ' St. Nicholas . ' Upholstery cannot be more expen- sively or more tastefully carried ...
In a Series of Views Taken on the Spot Alfred Bunn. various rivers ) , has been fitted up in the most luxurious and fascinating manner at the aforesaid ' St. Nicholas . ' Upholstery cannot be more expen- sively or more tastefully carried ...
Página 88
... River , its banks studded with all kinds of habitations , and its trees tinted with every variety of foliage , are so surpassingly beautiful , that the sight will repay you , even if in driving you should have your very liver jerked ...
... River , its banks studded with all kinds of habitations , and its trees tinted with every variety of foliage , are so surpassingly beautiful , that the sight will repay you , even if in driving you should have your very liver jerked ...
Página 97
... , and which , for the time being , all the waters of the Croton River could not allay , was this . We happened to be in New York at the VOL . I. F period of the Presidential election , and the scene was AND NEW ENGLAND . 97.
... , and which , for the time being , all the waters of the Croton River could not allay , was this . We happened to be in New York at the VOL . I. F period of the Presidential election , and the scene was AND NEW ENGLAND . 97.
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Página 228 - Both thy bondmen, and thy bondmaids, which thou shalt have, shall be of the heathen that are round about you ; of them shall ye buy bondmen and bondmaids. Moreover of the children of the strangers that do sojourn among you, of them shall ye buy, and of their families that are with you, which they begat in your land : and they shall be your possession.
Página 70 - At the end of every seven years, in the solemnity of the year of release, in the feast of tabernacles, when all Israel is come to appear before the Lord thy God in the place which he shall choose, thou shalt read this law before all Israel in their hearing.
Página 228 - And if a sojourner or stranger wax rich by thee, and thy brother that dwelleth by him wax poor, and sell himself unto the stranger or sojourner by thee, or to the stock of the stranger's family : 48 After that he is sold he may be redeemed again ; one of his brethren may redeem him...
Página 70 - And thou shalt bestow that money for whatsoever thy soul lusteth after, for oxen, or for sheep, or for wine, or for strong drink, or for whatsoever thy soul desireth: and thou shalt eat there before the LORD thy God, and thou shalt rejoice, thou, and thine household...
Página 16 - IN THE NAME OF GOD, AMEN. We whose names are underwritten, the loyal subjects of our dread sovereign lord King James, by the grace of God of Great Britain, France, and Ireland, king, defender of the faith, etc.
Página 17 - God and one of another, covenant and combine ourselves together into a civil body politic, for our better ordering and preservation, and furtherance of the ends aforesaid ; and by virtue hereof to enact, constitute, and frame such just and equal laws, ordinances, acts, constitutions, and offices, from time to time, as shall be thought most meet and convenient for the general good of the colony, unto which we promise all due submission and obedience.
Página 307 - Horribly beautiful ! but on the verge, From side to side, beneath the glittering morn, An Iris sits, amidst the infernal surge, Like Hope upon a death.bed, and, unworn Its steady dyes, while all around is torn By the distracted waters, bears serene Its brilliant hues with all their beams unshorn : Resembling, 'mid the torture of the scene, Love watching Madness with unalterable mien.
Página 17 - King, defender of the faith, &c., having undertaken, for the glory of God, and the advancement of the Christian faith, and honor of our King and country, a voyage to plant the first colony in the northern parts of Virginia...
Página 17 - Faith, etc., having undertaken, for the glory of God and advancement of the Christian faith, and honor of our King and country, a voyage to plant the first colony in the northern parts of Virginia, do by these presents solemnly and mutually, in the presence of God and one of another, covenant and combine ourselves together into a civil body politic...
Página 191 - Gentlemen, it did not happen to me to be born in a log cabin ; but my elder brothers and sisters were born in a log cabin, raised amid the snow-drifts of New Hampshire, at a period so early that, when the smoke first rose from its rude chimney, and curled over the frozen hills, there was no similar evidence of a white man's habitation between it and the settlements on the rivers of Canada.