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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

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

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

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,

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

You can walk out toward the suburbs, or cross the river, or even promenade the flagged sidewalks, with

Or, if you prefer, you can take a bath in the river. Then sleep is such a pleasure, these nights!

Boys, not sufficiently versed in swimming, or who venture in bad parts of the river where there are dangerous

lads, who go in the water “not sufficiently versed in swimming, or who venture in bad parts of the river

are not sure but the fear of such arrests often drives boys, and men too, into those places of the river

(always commendable in man, woman, or child,) of laving the whole body with the cool waters of the river

after connecting Williamsburgh with Brooklyn, to Astoria, and thence by a submarine cable across the river

permeable land drains and sewers should be provided, to discharge into the natural water courses and rivers

That as outfalls are already provided by streams and rivers for the discharge of the natural waters,

provided, to discharge without intermission into the said artificial outfalls, independently of the rivers

that which is now disturbing the peace and endangering the safety of the great metropolis across the river

unfortunately prevalent in our large cities, and we refer more particularly to our mammoth neighbor across the river

and the same may be said of the Euphrates Valley route, which proposed to cross Africa by means of river

To set down and write to the “Roaring River Republican” a complete exposure of the disgraceful motives

the engineer was developed in the following extracts: "The Tide Canal, from Wallabout Bay, through River

The uncertainty with respect to the ultimate construction of this Canal in River street, will not affect

The grade of River street, at the intersection with Broadway or Division avenue, is 10 feet above high

It is proposed to construct this sewer 6 feet in diameter for its whole length along River street to

These, with a 4 feet brick sewer in Broadway, extending from Lynch street to River street, about 450

Board, transferring one of the departments of the government of Brooklyn to the other side of the river

and intellectual food to our young men, and save the best of them from the necessity of crossing the river

of Ann street, whence the sewage would be washed by the tide into Wallabout Bay instead of down the river

Its population and its productions, its mountians and its rivers have been shrouded in fable.

Those claiming to know, formerly asserted that many a noble river, unable to reach the great natural

genial tropical clime; he fell in with the Niger, of the Joliba, as the natives called this magnificent river

the great desert, and west of the island Mozambique, which, like our own Minnesota, gives rise to rivers

lady trails her drooping drapery along the street which stretches like a line of light toward the River

it—commanding a wide view of as noble a panorama as there is in the world—we mean the bay, shores, river