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... river , in New Jersey , was more of a throughfare for passenger- steamboats than it is to - day , a " hard case " of a 66 river boatman made application to the head of one PREPARATIONS FOR GOING OVER,
... river , in New Jersey , was more of a throughfare for passenger- steamboats than it is to - day , a " hard case " of a 66 river boatman made application to the head of one PREPARATIONS FOR GOING OVER,
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... river , even when piloting for others . " Precisely the reason why I am the man to take command of the new boat ! " replied the incor- rigible . " I have been ashore , I believe , on every shoal and mud - bank in the river ; consequence ...
... river , even when piloting for others . " Precisely the reason why I am the man to take command of the new boat ! " replied the incor- rigible . " I have been ashore , I believe , on every shoal and mud - bank in the river ; consequence ...
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... river Lee sweeping round behind it , south - westward , to the city of Cork , which lies at some miles dis- tance . Supposing that the passenger does not land at Queenstown , and that he comes out of or away from the harbor with the ...
... river Lee sweeping round behind it , south - westward , to the city of Cork , which lies at some miles dis- tance . Supposing that the passenger does not land at Queenstown , and that he comes out of or away from the harbor with the ...
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... River , where it empties into the Firth and forms Greenock Roads , lying at the foot of the Whin Hills ( whence its frequent rains ) , with the watering place of Helens- burg on the opposite promontory , between Loch Long on the left ...
... River , where it empties into the Firth and forms Greenock Roads , lying at the foot of the Whin Hills ( whence its frequent rains ) , with the watering place of Helens- burg on the opposite promontory , between Loch Long on the left ...
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... river Lee sweeps away , to Cork , some ten or twelve miles distant by it , though only six by direct course by land . - Three modes of proceeding from Queenstown to Cork present themselves . The First enables the traveller to make ...
... river Lee sweeps away , to Cork , some ten or twelve miles distant by it , though only six by direct course by land . - Three modes of proceeding from Queenstown to Cork present themselves . The First enables the traveller to make ...
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Page 73 - On this I ponder, where'er I wander, And thus grow fonder, sweet Cork, of thee ; With thy bells of Shandon that sound so grand on The pleasant waters of the River Lee.
Page 418 - ... Boston philosopher of the last century, whose visit to Philadelphia is still remembered in that city,) set himself at work to contrive a limb which should take the place of the one he had lost, fulfilling its functions and counterfeiting its aspect so far as possible. The result was the " Palmer leg," one of the most unquestionable triumphs of American ingenuity. Its victorious march has been unimpeded by any serious obs'tacle since it first stepped into public notice. The inventor was introduced...