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is 10 miles North East of this village at the extreme southern point or great bend of the Tennessee river
The river is running through the bottom as a smiling child.
accordance with this view, James Russell Lowell has declined from the higher walks of poetry—from rivers
John Burroughs has been to visit me here—he is settled on a little farm of his own on the Hudson river
I passed a very pleasant day up the River Saturday—fishing—the day proved to be warm and after several
left Washington, & has settled on a little farm with horse, cows, & fowls on the banks of the Hudson river
[—]very acceptable[—]from John Burroughs last Saturday & Sunday—he has built a house on the Hudson river
Through Fourteenth street to the river, and then over the Long Bridge, and some three miles beyond, is
Still sweeping the eye around down the river toward Alexandria, we see, to the right, the locality where
sky delightful— Walt nearly 5—It is near sundown, very fine, & I am going out—as I like to be on the river
half mile or so to the ferry—the Delaware here is full three quarters of a mile wide—it is a noble river
Philadelphia —I have felt better since 4 o'clock & have come out & crossed the river, & taken quite a
(It is almost a part of Philadelphia, where I now live—on the opposite side of the Delaware river.)
their tiny leaves, without the actual camp and hospital and army sights from '62 to '5 rushing like a river
can be—the ground is white with snow in all directions, it is not melting anywhere—as I crossed the river