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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
Paul's from the River,' and the 'Royal Exchange,' are unusually elegant specimens of steel engraving.
On a gentle elevation by the banks of the river flowing through the garden, stands the Human Father,
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
More than ten hours have I been wandering up and down the banks of the river, and through the wood, to
The young men made themselves a rude raft, and were floating down the river toward their destination—for
"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
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
conveyance stopped was in Brooklyn, near one of the ferries that led over to the opposite side of the river