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Gelardi, “Nearshore Saltwater Sportfish,” New York State Department of Environmental Conservation, pg. 2,
Rockaway, too, and many other parts of sea-girt Paumanok.
Gelardi, “Nearshore Saltwater Sportfish,” New York State Department of Environmental Conservation, pg. 2,
Brodky Lawrence, Strong on Music: The New York Music Scene in the Days of George Templeton Strong, Vol. 2:
And even good singers, upon the stage beyond them, you may see presently, who will mar their parts with
In answer to the old man's rebukes and questions, we hear the story of love.
I always thought the plot of the "Favorite" a peculiarly well-proportioned and charming story.
Is it the story of his own sad wreck he utters? Listen.
Brodky Lawrence, Strong on Music: The New York Music Scene in the Days of George Templeton Strong, Vol. 2:
It is well enough to probe a wound to ascertain its nature and extent, but the probing is no part of
With this list, Whitman was gathering material for the noteworthy final section, a paean to body parts
The next year, a block house, called "Fort Nassau," was built on Castle ☜ Island, now forming a part
of the famous apostle of New England, John Eliot, to teach the gospel to the savages, near Boston. 2
this congregation remained in Holland, under their clergyman, the Reverend John Robinson : another part
The ground on which the church is erected is part of what formed one of the intrenchments of our army
The longest of these notes, which appears on p. 2 of the appendix, constitutes a draft of a passage that