The Traveller's Steamboat and Railroad Guide to the Hudson River, Describing the Cities, Towns, and Places of Interest Along the Route, with Maps and EngravingsG. Watson, 1866 - 43 頁 |
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第 12 頁
... connecting Poughkeepsie with the City of New York by the iron bands , thus re- ducing the distance between these cities to two hours . In July follow ing , Hudson , forty miles beyond , was greeted with the whistle of the locomotive ...
... connecting Poughkeepsie with the City of New York by the iron bands , thus re- ducing the distance between these cities to two hours . In July follow ing , Hudson , forty miles beyond , was greeted with the whistle of the locomotive ...
第 17 頁
... connected it with the remote west ; and have rendered it the great mart of a vast region , now occupied by industrious millions ; while its railroad facilities of communication with every quarter have made it the great mer- cantile ...
... connected it with the remote west ; and have rendered it the great mart of a vast region , now occupied by industrious millions ; while its railroad facilities of communication with every quarter have made it the great mer- cantile ...
第 28 頁
... connected , extending a distance of 80 feet from it at right angles and horizontally ; the end of this pipe was turned upwards to form a jet , and iron plates fastened upon it , so as to give any form that might be desired to the water ...
... connected , extending a distance of 80 feet from it at right angles and horizontally ; the end of this pipe was turned upwards to form a jet , and iron plates fastened upon it , so as to give any form that might be desired to the water ...
第 44 頁
... connected with it by a ferry . It is partly in the town of Esopus . STAATSBURG , eighty - four miles and a half . This is a small village . The station here is half a mile from the river , one of the greatest detours upon the line ...
... connected with it by a ferry . It is partly in the town of Esopus . STAATSBURG , eighty - four miles and a half . This is a small village . The station here is half a mile from the river , one of the greatest detours upon the line ...
第 45 頁
... connected with it by a ferry . Two miles north - west is Kings- ton , a large and thriving village . Two miles above Rondout , upon the Wallkill , is the village of Eddyville , the termination of the Delaware and Hudson Canal . These ...
... connected with it by a ferry . Two miles north - west is Kings- ton , a large and thriving village . Two miles above Rondout , upon the Wallkill , is the village of Eddyville , the termination of the Delaware and Hudson Canal . These ...
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第 43 頁 - Let me conjure you, then, if you have any regard for your country, concern for yourself or posterity, or respect for me, to banish these thoughts from your mind and never communicate, as from yourself or any one else, a sentiment of the like nature.
第 43 頁 - I am much at a loss to conceive what part of my conduct could have given encouragement to an address, which to me seems big with the greatest mischiefs, that can befall my country. If I am not deceived in the knowledge of myself, you could not have found a person to whom your schemes are more disagreeable.
第 9 頁 - The language was uniformly that of scorn, or sneer, or ridicule. The loud laugh often rose at my expense; the dry jest; the wise calculation of losses and expenditures; the dull but endless repetition of the Fulton Folly.
第 43 頁 - I must add, that no man possesses a more sincere wish to see ample justice done to the army than I do ; and, as far as my powers and influence, in a constitutional way, extend, they shall be employed to the utmost of my abilities to effect it, should there be any occasion.
第 40 頁 - Tis the middle watch of a summer's night,— The earth is dark, but the heavens are bright; Naught is seen in the vault on high But the moon, and the stars, and the cloudless sky, And the flood which rolls its milky hue, A river of light on the welkin blue.
第 9 頁 - The moment arrived, in which the word was to be given for the vessel to move. My friends were in groups on the deck. There was anxiety mixed with fear among them. They were silent, and sad, and weary.
第 10 頁 - I elevated myself upon a platform and addressed the assembly. I stated that I knew not what was the matter, but if they would be quiet and indulge me for half an hour, I would either go on or abandon the voyage for that time.
第 42 頁 - With a mixture of great surprise and astonishment I have read with attention the sentiments you have submitted to my perusal. Be assured, sir, no occurrence in the course of the war has given me more painful sensations than your information of there being such ideas existing in the army as you have expressed, and I must view with abhorrence and reprehend with severity.
第 9 頁 - Never did a single encouraging remark, a bright hope, or a warm wish, cross my path.
第 40 頁 - Tis the hour of fairy ban and spell : The wood-tick has kept the minutes well ; He has counted them all with click and stroke, Deep in the heart of the...