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... beauty in the general outward appearance of the vessel herself , as she sails , like a huge bellowing monster , upon the water . And , to my mind , the eye that would compare one of them to a well modelled ocean steam - ship , must be ...
... beauty in the general outward appearance of the vessel herself , as she sails , like a huge bellowing monster , upon the water . And , to my mind , the eye that would compare one of them to a well modelled ocean steam - ship , must be ...
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... beauty , and wealth , displays more of American growth than any city in Europe— enjoyed a somewhat unenviable distinction in having the carriage - ways of many of its streets in great dis- repair . But Glasgow contrasts favourably in ...
... beauty , and wealth , displays more of American growth than any city in Europe— enjoyed a somewhat unenviable distinction in having the carriage - ways of many of its streets in great dis- repair . But Glasgow contrasts favourably in ...
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... beauty or dimensions as to attract much of the attention of a traveller , who has seen the architectural beauties of Great Britain . But there has been very recently erected at Cincinnati a building which deserves that honourable and ...
... beauty or dimensions as to attract much of the attention of a traveller , who has seen the architectural beauties of Great Britain . But there has been very recently erected at Cincinnati a building which deserves that honourable and ...
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... beauty , to remain there changeless and indelible , until its pulses cease to beat for ever . " Oh , how the strife and trouble of our daily life receded from my view , and lessened in the distance , during the ten memorable days we ...
... beauty , to remain there changeless and indelible , until its pulses cease to beat for ever . " Oh , how the strife and trouble of our daily life receded from my view , and lessened in the distance , during the ten memorable days we ...
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... beauty . Kingston stands at the commencement of the river St Lawrence , which forms the outlet of Lake Ontario . As therefore the Niagara forms the feeder , and the St Lawrence , as it were , the waste - pipe , of the same lake , it ...
... beauty . Kingston stands at the commencement of the river St Lawrence , which forms the outlet of Lake Ontario . As therefore the Niagara forms the feeder , and the St Lawrence , as it were , the waste - pipe , of the same lake , it ...
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Page 91 - It was not until I came on Table Rock, and looked — Great Heaven, on what a fall of bright green water ! — that it came upon me in its full might and majesty. Then, when I felt how near to my Creator I was standing, the first effect, and the enduring one — instant and lasting — of the tremendous spectacle, was peace. Peace of mind, tranquillity, calm recollections of the dead, great thoughts of Eternal rest and happiness : nothing of gloom or terror. Niagara was at once stamped upon my heart,...
Page 231 - It will be the duty of the Historian and the Sage in all ages to let no occasion pass of commemorating this illustrious man ; and until time shall be no more will a test of the progress which our race has made in wisdom and in virtue be derived from the veneration paid to the immortal name of WASHINGTON ! APPENDIX.
Page 183 - And these words, which I command thee this day, shall be in thine heart: And thou shall teach them diligently unto thy children, and shall talk of them when thou sittest in thine house, and when thou walkest by the way, and when thou liest down, and when thou risest up.
Page 244 - Oh yes ! his fatherland must be As the blue heaven wide and free ! Is it alone where freedom is, Where God is God and man is man ? Doth he not claim a broader span For the soul's love of home than this...
Page 180 - I enjoin and require that no ecclesiastic, missionary, or minister of any sect whatsoever, shall ever hold or exercise any station or duty whatever in the said College ; nor shall any such person ever be admitted for any purpose, or as a visitor, within the premises appropriated to the purposes of the said college...
Page 306 - This is my own, my native land"? Whose heart hath ne'er within him burned As home his footsteps he hath turned, From wandering on a foreign strand?
Page 180 - In making this restriction, I do not mean to cast any reflection upon any sect or person whatsoever; but as there is such a multitude of sects, and such a diversity of opinion amongst them...
Page 216 - But midst the crowd, the hum, the shock of men, To hear, to see, to feel, and to possess, And roam along, the world's tired denizen, With none who bless us, none whom we can bless ; Minions of...
Page 290 - Where'er a human heart doth wear Joy's myrtle-wreath or sorrow's gyves, Where'er a human spirit strives After a life more true and fair, There is the true man's birthplace grand, His is a world-wide fatherland...
Page 180 - I desire to keep the tender minds of the orphans, who are to derive advantage from this bequest, free from the excitement which clashing doctrines and sectarian controversy are so apt to produce ; my desire is, that all the instructors and teachers in the college shall take pains to instil into the minds of the scholars the purest principles of morality, so that, on their entrance into active life, they may, from inclination and habit, evince benevolence towards their fellow-creatures, and a love...