United States Pictures: Drawn with Pen and PencilReligious Tract Society, 1891 - 223 Seiten |
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American Fall Avenue basin beauty Boston bridge Broadway Brooklyn building built California Capitol centre Chicago chief Church cliff College Colonial Colorado colour Congress contains district DRAWN WITH PEN east England English engraving feet high Geyser gilt edges Glacier Point Goat Island Grand Cañon granite handsome harbour Harper's Magazine Hawthorne House Hudson hundred Imperial 8vo impression journey known land large number lovely Merced River miles Mormon morocco mountain Nathaniel Hawthorne nearly negro Niagara Old South Church Pacific Park passed peaks PEN AND PENCIL Philadelphia railroad railway rapid reached rises river rock rocky runs Salem Salt Lake Salt Lake City San Francisco scenery side splendid SPLENDID GEYSER springs square miles stands stream Street thoroughfare tower town train United Upper Geyser Basin walls Washington Wawona Hotel whole Yellowstone York Yosemite Valley
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Seite 162 - And we also testify that we have seen the engravings which are upon the plates; and they have been shown unto us by the power of God, and not of man. And we declare with words of soberness, that an angel of God came down from heaven, and he brought and laid before our eyes, that we beheld and saw the plates, and the engravings thereon...
Seite 83 - The second day of July, 1776, will be the most memorable epoch in the history of America. I am apt to believe that it will be celebrated by succeeding generations as the great anniversary festival. It ought to be commemorated, as the day of deliverance, by solemn acts of devotion to God Almighty.
Seite 83 - That these United Colonies are% and of right ought to be, free and independent States ; that they are absolved from all allegiance to the British Crown ; and that all political connection between them and the state of Great Britain is, and ought to be, totally dissolved. " That it is expedient forthwith to take the most effectual measures for forming foreign alliances. " That a plan of confederation be prepared and transmitted to the respective colonies, for their consideration and approbation.
Seite 50 - Having undertaken, for the glory of God, and advancement of the Christian faith and honor of our King and Country, a voyage to plant the first colony in the northern parts of Virginia, do by these presents solemnly and mutually in the presence of God, and one of another, covenant and combine ourselves together into a civil body politic...
Seite 82 - When the purchase was agreed, great promises passed between us, ' of kindness and good neighborhood, and that the Indians and English must live in love as long as the sun gave light...
Seite 157 - When the summer sun comes, these snows melt and tumble down the mountain-sides in millions of •cascades. Ten million cascade brooks unite to form ten thousand torrent creeks; ten thousand torrent creeks unite to form a hundred rivers beset with cataracts ; a hundred roaring rivers unite to form the Colorado, which rolls a mad, turbid stream into the Gulf of California.
Seite 53 - In a battle it is not looked for but that divers should die ; it is thought well for a side if it get the victory, though with the loss of divers, if not too many, or too great.
Seite 138 - Ontario and Erie, there is a vast and prodigious Cadence of Water, which falls down after a surprising and astonishing manner, insomuch that the Universe does not afford its parallel.
Seite 83 - The day is passed. The Fourth of July, 1776, will be a memorable epoch in the history of America. I am apt to believe it will be celebrated by succeeding generations as the great anniversary festival. It ought to be commemorated as the day of deliverance by solemn acts of devotion to Almighty God.
Seite 159 - One might imagine that this was intended for the library of the gods ; and it was. The shelves are not for books, but form the stony leaves of one great book. He who would read the language of the universe may dig out letters here and there, and with them spell the words, and read, in a slow and imperfect way, but still so as to understand a little, the story of creation.