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Page 8
... villages that stud the shore of the noble bay of New York , spread themselves before our view . The day was bright , the clouds of the morning had dispersed ; the sun shone propitiously ; all sur- rounding nature seemed to teem with ...
... villages that stud the shore of the noble bay of New York , spread themselves before our view . The day was bright , the clouds of the morning had dispersed ; the sun shone propitiously ; all sur- rounding nature seemed to teem with ...
Page 18
... Village of but yesterday is raised To be a populous city ! a rich mart ! A system's center , and its beating heart . " From Birkenhead we rode to Chester to see its ancient Cathedral . Happening to be there at the time of the afternoon ...
... Village of but yesterday is raised To be a populous city ! a rich mart ! A system's center , and its beating heart . " From Birkenhead we rode to Chester to see its ancient Cathedral . Happening to be there at the time of the afternoon ...
Page 33
... Village Sites - House , and Inmates Swept away by the Overflowing Waters - First View of the Nile , its Magnitude , its Power of Annual Overflow , Effects of it , Causes of it . It was on a delightful December day , that we embarked ...
... Village Sites - House , and Inmates Swept away by the Overflowing Waters - First View of the Nile , its Magnitude , its Power of Annual Overflow , Effects of it , Causes of it . It was on a delightful December day , that we embarked ...
Page 34
... village sites for the peasantry , whose mud huts resembled more the habitations of the beaver and the muskrat , than the abodes of men . It is upon these , and like low grounds of Lower Egypt , that des- truction does its work upon ...
... village sites for the peasantry , whose mud huts resembled more the habitations of the beaver and the muskrat , than the abodes of men . It is upon these , and like low grounds of Lower Egypt , that des- truction does its work upon ...
Page 35
... village to village , to interchange congratulations and open new sources of enjoyment . Occasionally , however , there comes round a year , when all this glow of enjoyment is quenched in the rising waters , and every voice is stilled ...
... village to village , to interchange congratulations and open new sources of enjoyment . Occasionally , however , there comes round a year , when all this glow of enjoyment is quenched in the rising waters , and every voice is stilled ...
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