American Monthly Knickerbocker, Volume 57Charles Fenno Hoffman, Timothy Flint, John Holmes Agnew, Lewis Gaylord Clark, Kinahan Cornwallis 1861 - American periodicals |
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Page 73
... miles from the city of New - York is a headland jutting out into Long Island Sound , fortified against the wash of the sea by huge boulders of rock . The banks of the shore are rough and rugged , and bear marks of the wear and tear of ...
... miles from the city of New - York is a headland jutting out into Long Island Sound , fortified against the wash of the sea by huge boulders of rock . The banks of the shore are rough and rugged , and bear marks of the wear and tear of ...
Page 74
... mile . Guided by his voice a figure groped its way through the rocks and bushes , and stopped at his door . The Dutchman was always on the look - out for plots and pitfalls on the part of his foes , and was prepared for emergencies . He ...
... mile . Guided by his voice a figure groped its way through the rocks and bushes , and stopped at his door . The Dutchman was always on the look - out for plots and pitfalls on the part of his foes , and was prepared for emergencies . He ...
Page 79
... mile distant ; and yet the voice seemed to be scarcely fifty feet off . Nick dropped his oars and listened . ' B - o - a - t a - h - 0-0-0 - y ! ' again sounded across the water from the same direction , and yet apparently close at hand ...
... mile distant ; and yet the voice seemed to be scarcely fifty feet off . Nick dropped his oars and listened . ' B - o - a - t a - h - 0-0-0 - y ! ' again sounded across the water from the same direction , and yet apparently close at hand ...
Page 100
... miles or so from Brotherly Love - a city of this continent , a delectable city — a place of burial , ' Laurel Hill ' by name . On a sweeter spot the great sun never threw the day - spring of the morn- ing , nor the blush of the evening ...
... miles or so from Brotherly Love - a city of this continent , a delectable city — a place of burial , ' Laurel Hill ' by name . On a sweeter spot the great sun never threw the day - spring of the morn- ing , nor the blush of the evening ...
Page 102
... miles of dim extension , there is some grandeur in the thing . But what is it to hear a blast , half - choked with the smoke and soot of the city , wheez- ing down a contemptible chimney - pot , or round a corner , where the wind , that ...
... miles of dim extension , there is some grandeur in the thing . But what is it to hear a blast , half - choked with the smoke and soot of the city , wheez- ing down a contemptible chimney - pot , or round a corner , where the wind , that ...
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