State of New York: Embracing Historical, Descriptive, and Statistical Notices of Cities, Towns, Villages, Industries, and Summer Resorts in the Various Parts of the State, Together with a Complete List of the Post Offices, Counties, and County Towns, Lakes, Rivers, Railroads, &c

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Henry Kollock
Henry Kollock, 1882 - 339 páginas
 

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Página 256 - Broome Cattaraugus .... Cayuga Chautauqua Chemung Chenango Clinton Columbia Cortland Delaware Dutchess Erie Essex Franklin Fulton Genesee Greene Hamilton Herkimer Jefferson...
Página 279 - I think in every quiet season now, still do those waters roll and leap, and roar and tumble, all day long ; still are the rainbows spanning them a hundred feet below. Still, when the sun is on them, do they shine and glow like molten gold. Still, when the day is gloomy, do they fall like snow...
Página 279 - It was not until I came on Table Rock, and looked - Great Heaven, on what a fall of bright- green water! - that it came upon me in its full might and majesty. Then, when I felt how near to my Creator I was standing, the first effect, and the enduring one - instant and lasting - of the tremendous spectacle, was Peace. Peace of...
Página 47 - No person shall be eligible to the Legislature, who at the time of his election, is, or within one hundred days previous thereto has been, a member of Congress, a civil or military officer under the United States, or an officer under any city government.
Página 56 - State at the institution for the improved instruction of deaf mutes in New York city, and at the Le Coutenix St.
Página 10 - Richmond . . . Rockland St. Lawrence Saratoga Schenectady . Schoharie . . . Schuyler Seneca Steuben Suffolk Sullivan Tioga Tompkins . . . Ulster Warren Washington . Wayne ' Westchester . Wyoming . . . Yates...
Página 276 - On all sides, wherever the eye turned, nothing met it but the mirror-like surface of the lake, the placid view of heaven, and the dense setting of woods. So rich and fleecy were the outlines of the forest, that scarce an opening could be seen, the whole visible earth, from the rounded mountain-top to the water's edge, presenting one unvaried hue of unbroken verdure.
Página 279 - ... snow, or seem to crumble away like the front of a great chalk cliff, or roll down the rock like dense white smoke. But always does the mighty stream appear to die as it comes down, and always from its unfathomable grave arises that tremendous ghost of spray and mist which is never laid: which has haunted this place with the same dread solemnity since Darkness brooded on the deep, and that first flood before the Deluge - Light came rushing on Creation at the word of God.
Página 46 - Every male citizen of the age of twentyone years who shall have been a citizen for ten days and an inhabitant of this State one year next preceding an election, and for the last four months a resident of the county and for the last thirty days a resident of the election district in which he may offer his vote, shall be entitled to vote...
Página 279 - Peace of Mind, tranquillity, calm recollections of the Dead, great thoughts of Eternal Rest and Happiness; nothing of gloom or terror. Niagara was at once stamped upon my heart, an Image of Beauty; to remain there, changeless and indelible, until its pulses cease to beat, for ever.

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