Transactions and Collections of the American Antiquarian Society, Volume 8American Antiquarian Society, 1901 - United States |
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Page 303 - to another, almost as fast as birds fly, fifteen or twenty miles an hour. A carriage will set out from Washington in the morning, the ^passengers will breakfast in Baltimore, dine at Philadelphia, and sup at
Page 165 - Canst thou bind the sweet influences of the Pleiades or loose the bands of Orion?
Page 303 - The time will come when people, will travel in stages moved by steam engines, from one
Page 338 - of Worcester, were the members present. We were all invited to dine with Mr. Winthrop, President of the Society. The Society always dine with him at the annual meetings, and he gives a prime entertainment.
Page 302 - sensations produced on seeing the train of cars come up. And when I started in them for Boston, it seemed like a dream. I blessed my stars that such a man as
Page 212 - an antiquity should be admitted. But how absurd to pile up old bureaus and chests, and stuff them with old coats and hats and high-heeled shoes ! The true history of all these things
Page 171 - this month was employed in assorting, arranging and preparing newspapers for the binder. I have devoted since the first of April twelve hours in each day to this business, and such is the number of
Page 177 - to preserve all those that they now subscribe for. In this way the collection must become exceedingly valuable. I suffer no traveller to visit me without enlisting him in
Page xviii - Evergreens, selected by the taste, and many of them planted by the hand of the late lamented Librarian form an interesting ornament to the neat and pleasantly situated structure ;—their perennial verdure is a fit symbol of the memory of that excellent officer, as cherished by the many who enjoyed the pleasure of his acquaintance, and most particularly by those, who from official association, intimately knew
Page 325 - library furnished with all the volumes that were not out of print, and that we shall receive above fifty of them. The whole set cost the British government