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, and to rest his limbs, allows them to float drowsily and unresistingly on the bosom of the sunny river

the contrast between the drying up of some clear and narrow brook, and the extinction of an inland river

Far in the north, among mountains of snow and rivers of ice, I sought what alone could gratify me.

any doubt, when Chaos had his acquaintance cut, and the morning stars sang together, and the little rivers

"The swamps of Santee" may refer to the fighting that took place near the Santee River in South Carolina

For more on Sing Sing prison, see: Lee Bernstein, "The Hudson River School of Incarceration: Sing Sing

Striker's Bay was a large mansion-house along the Hudson River on what is now Manhattan's Upper West

It was a cheerful sight, that river.

gradual reduction of duties until the year 1842, when they were to be 20 percent, or under" (Blair and River

Though we do not expect to set the North river on fire, we are free to confess, without vanity, that

One is the drying up of a clear transparent brooklet; and one the quenching of a river, more extensive

kindness and philosophy—sending our glance through the cool and verdant lanes, by the sides of the blue rivers

few days ago we were quietly treading our way among the bales, boxes and crates upon one of the East river

Upon the banks of a pleasant river stood a cottage, the residence of an ancient man whose limbs were

up from opposite directions, and stood together at a tomb built on a hill by the borders of a fair river

A boy again, and in the confiding heart of a boy, I walk with Eva by the river's banks.

conveyance stopped was in Brooklyn, near one of the ferries that led over to the opposite side of the river

I lay upon the ground, on a pier jutting out into the river.

I raised myself on my hands and knees, and my first thought was to throw myself over into the river,

Starting at one of the eastern wharves, is a street running up from the river—a narrow, dirty street,

My walk skirted the banks of the river.

found that she was a Swiss immigrant, a widow, and kept a little ale-house on the banks of the North river

how shall I describe the quiet beauties of the spot, with its long, low piazza looking out upon the river

Through the trees he occasionally caught glimpses of a majestic river; on the opposite bank of which

The gentle Violet and her son would frequently recreate themselves with a sail upon the river which passed

Thus it was: Evening had began to sprinkle her hue of gloom on the trees and the river.

Violet and her son were floating idly along the current of the river, in their boat, toward home.

More than ten hours have I been wandering up and down the banks of the river, and through the wood, to

The house of P ETER B ROWN was situated at one end of the village, near the river, in a pleasant place

He pointed as he spoke, to a spot forty or fifty rods distant, on the same side of the river, where they

The child, then quite small, was swept away by a freshet in a river, and A RROW -T IP had dashed into

"And lest I should oversleep myself," said the boy, "come to my window, which opens toward the river,

10th, the whole body of the detained merchantmen were allowed, by common consent, to proceed up the river

At four o'clock the next morning, she went to the river side to hire a boat to take her to the S ANDWICH

clients was an elderly widow, a foreigner." who kept a little ale-house, on the banks of the North River

how shall I describe the quiet beauties of the spot, with its long low piazza looking out upon the river

They would not bury him in the city, but away—by the solitary banks of the Hudson; The Hudson River flows

basement—perhaps she still lives there—in one of the streets leading down from B ROADWAY to the North river

an aged black woman, a widow, occupied a basement in one of the streets leading down to the North river

More than ten hours have I been wandering up and down the banks of the river, and through the wood, to

A little and verdant grass-patch, only, intervened between them and the river, which the dwelling fronted

He pointed as he spoke, to a spot forty or fifty rods distant, on the same side of the river where they

The child, then small, was swept away by a freshet in a river, and Arrow-Tip had dashed into the foaming

"And lest I should oversleep myself," said the boy, "come to my window, which opens on the river, and

He pushed open, a small, swinging door, and stood a few minutes gazing over the river, in the direction

The young men made themselves a rude raft, and were floating down the river toward their destination—for

through, so small was it—and gazed forth upon the land, and the trees, and a small strip of the bright river

gestures of wonder—and then both hurried away toward a path which led from the village along the river's

Paul's from the River,' and the 'Royal Exchange,' are unusually elegant specimens of steel engraving.

Some few miles off he could see a gleam of the Hudson river, and above it a spur of those rugged cliffs

graves of the dead, Down through chasms and gulfs profound, To the dreary fountain-head Of lakes and rivers

On a gentle elevation by the banks of the river flowing through the garden, stands the Human Father,

conveyance stopped was in Brooklyn, near one of the ferries that led over to the opposite side of the river

proprietors of the Pictorial World, to the best artist picturing 'the baptism of Christ, by immersion in the river

around—much like the sparkles of moonlight that you can see sometimes of a summer night dancing in the East River—or

any other river, I suppose when the water is smooth, and the moon bright.

Whitman alludes to the California Gold Rush of 1849, where the discovery of gold in the American River

much thought of then; but the world will be just as jolly, and the sun will shine as bright, and the rivers

up town," towards the quieter and more fashionable quarters, and see great changes—but off to the rivers

You learn that, "The Aqueduct commences at the Croton river, five miles from the Hudson river, in Westchester

It crosses the Harlem river on a magnificent bridge of stone, 1,450 feet in length, with 14 piers, 7

The water is of the purest kind of river water.

STREETS—ARCHITECTURE OF THE LANDING—HOLT'S HOTEL, AND THE BUILDER—THE CLERKS—THE BOAT—VIEW FROM THE RIVER—CROSSING

Fulton Street, stretching from Brooklyn Heights into lower Manhattan separated by the East River, is

Who has crossed the East River and not looked with admiration on the beautiful view afforded from the

She too, has her high banks, and they show admirably from the river.

Soon, now, will come the time for big cakes of ice in the river.

Sails of sloops bellied gracefully upon the river, with mellower light and deepened shadows.

In New York, closed in by rivers, pressing desperately toward the business center at its southern end

observations about the growing value of property in lower Manhattan, Trinity sold the park to the Hudson River

Fifth Avenue, Fourteenth Street, from river to river, Twenty-second and Twenty-third Streets and indeed

craned forward and tow-colored hair, stare and stumble; perhaps there is a bustle, like an eddy in a river

about the same from the principal steamboat landings—Peck Slip and Piers No. 4, and thereabouts, North River

; about three quarters of a mile to the Hudson River Railroad station at Chambers Street, corner College

Total force of the Allies, exclusive of 1,200 Costa Ricans, if, as alleged, on the river, 18,000.

, 250 were discharged, 435 were at Rivas on the 1st of May, and 80 surrendered or escaped down the river

How soothing and sweet the evening souse in the river, or the swimming bath, or along the sea-shore!

We would walk down “Love Lane,” and stand upon “Clover Hill,” and view the bay and river.

America not only contains the biggest rivers, the amplest lakes and prairies, the most prolific mines

from north to south, from east to west,—from Bangor to Galena, from the Penobscot to the Savannah river

their iron brothers, and scarcely move a muscle at their shrillest whistle; and so the miraculous river

Peter’s River way to the Missouri, every “extra claim” is taken up.

Every morning and evening the East and North Rivers ought to show not hundreds but thousands and tens

What has become confessedly needed over the wild and unknown regions that lie between the Missouri river

nobody travels, far below the great lines of travel—and thence run through the dreary deserts of Red River

as this of the Overland Mail, ought to have been Independence, (latitude 40 degrees,) on the Kansas river

Over the river, in New York city, among the people, the “Liberty Boys” were not content with the ringing