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The infinite oceans where the rivers empty!

practical labor of farms, factories, foundries, workshops, mines, or on shipboard, or on lakes and rivers—resumes

primal man—the gigantic and multiplied possibilities of a continent of vast lakes and praries, and rivers

I will plant companionship thick as trees along all the rivers of America, and along the shores of the

The whole river is now spread with it—some immense cakes.

tells us that Grant's life "transcends Plutarch," that "it was a happy thought to build the Hudson River

Thoreau, Henry David A Week on the Concord and Merrimack Rivers Boston James Munroe and Co. loc.03445

Leonard History of Rome Sigourney Water-Drops Guy Rivers: A Tale of Georgia Soulie, Frederick Pastourel

3/ of a pound, so there must have been the blood of 1000 men coloring the waters of our beautiful river

marked by considerable con- fusion and casualties from friendly fire in woods south of the Rapidan River

Croly and George Wakeman, Miscegenation (1864; Upper Saddle River, NJ: Literature House, 1970), 18–19

Miscegenation.1864; Upper Saddle River, NJ: Literature House, 1970. Cushman, Stephen.

A Conscious Stillness: Two Naturalists on Thoreau’s Rivers.

“I will plant companionship thick as trees along all the rivers of america, and along the shores of the

57.SeealsoWhitman’sdeletionofthereferenceto“theperfect girl” in “enfans” 2 (“from Pent-Up aching rivers

Nacht darauf führt Washington den Rest seiner geschlagenen Truppen im Schutze des Nebels über den East River

Long Island, während der folgenden Jahre anschwellen und sich mit dem gegenüber, jenseits des East River

Grande—friendly gatherings, the characters and fun, Dwellers up north in Minnesota and by the Yellow Stone River

Vorhees, and a train disaster known as the "Hudson River Horror."

I passed a very pleasant day up the River Saturday—fishing—the day proved to be warm and after several

raised after the Holidays father has just received Employment In the pipe yard foot of 24th St of East River

East river.

The East River bridge does not seem to be getting on very fast I believe the piers are not quite finished

with them about each one, in every part of the United States, and many of the engagements on the rivers

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

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

un-elegant—a strain from other altitudes—from open-airs, I hope—the light and shade of woods, our river

Besides, suppose he takes you out to see a sunset—the gorgeous panorama—the waters of a flowing river—the

My own favorite loafing places have always been the rivers, the wharves, the boats—I like sailors, stevedores

I have never lived away from a big river." Took up Brinton's suggestion that W.'

that the thing is because it is, being what it is because it must be just that—as a tree is a tree, a river

a river, the sky the sky.

of his weariness, had gone out a while yesterday—towards the City Hall, the outskirts, not to the river

And proceeded to tell him of the river as I came across tonight: the cold and early moon—the full-sailed

sloop—the cutter swinging in the tide—the tug puffing its way up the river—multiplied beauties that

I cannot think of a rarer experience than one I met on the river Saguenay, up there in Canada.

The river's water is an inky black—a curious study, I believe, to this day to the scientific men: take

Asked me about the intense fog on the river: "How the pilots dread the fog!

I described the trip across the river this evening: the new moon— "a thin semicircular strip of a thing

of slender cloud overhead: the water full of mobile reflections: the electric lights up along the river's

The electric lights are new since my time: there were never any along the river's front as I knew it.

that only one man in all the world, in all history, and he our neighbor, grey-bearded, across the river

grog, which they took in a manner peculiar to themselves—first a cup of whisky, and then a cup of river

Now and then a "specimen" of the by-gone race of river boatmen, who have mostly settled down to farming

something about calling on you: I told him he wouldn't find you at home—that you had gone over the river

or, why does the flowing river make me happy?—why? why? making that mood the talisman for all?"

Denver is phenomenal for its background—its ample background: not much of a river there, but a river

He tried to name me one of the Western rivers—a Greek name—but it "failed" him.

himself, saying like a child, bound to comfort himself with something—"It was very fine down at the river

described some old experiences in the mountains about Bushkill—the great vistas—particularly the rivers

And I know best of all the rivers—the grand, sweeping, curving, gently undulating rivers. Oh!

the memories of rivers—the Hudson—the Ohio—the Mississippi!

The Hudson is quite another critter—the neatest, sweetest, most delicate, clearest, cleanest river in

Rivers! Oh the rivers!

which has been blowing in my window all the day long," and he added, "Last night we went down to the river

The river was rich in boats—I have rarely seen it more so."

When I asked him if he was on his way home—he said laughing—"I am on my way to the river—which is as

Difficulty getting to river, on account of mud, it having rained very hard today.

Met somebody along the river line who asked him to go yachting.

I sat with Walt years ago one day at the river's edge. A mosquito alighted on his forehead.

electric had become the general light in Philadelphia and "wondering if the lights along the bank of the river—up

Yes, if I keep as I am I may very easily get over the river."

That river is a never-ending fascination to me.

How had the river appeared?—and so on.

magazines—that of porcelain, fine china, dainty curtains, exquisite rugs—never a look of flowing rivers

Who could share with me the thought of that evening's ride across the river?

"Is the general closed-inness of things I see out my window here prevailing in Philadelphia—on the river—as

I described the river to him, and he remarked: "I should like to see it—I must try to find a way to get

From my large open window I have an extensive view of sky, Potomac river, hills and fields of Virginia

"I got to the river tonight," he said, "and how gloriously everything appeared.

A Week on the Concord and Merrimack Rivers

A Week on the Concord and Merrimack Rivers

For him the region meant far more than mighty rivers, fertile soil, and apparently limitless natural

Looking out upon the jagged, looming majesty of a mountain peak, or the raw, river-forged scoop of a

suspect it in the future" without viewing the prairies, the states of the Midwest, or the Mississippi River