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... drives land in the fairway. As writers, we are driving a message toward the green of a person’s heart. Some of us write romance. Some of us write hum... ...ff. Worthless, ready to blow away. Watch over me, Lord. Bring me back to the green and shady banks of your fellowship Keep me planted by your stream o... ...series of stories about Christmas and mailed them to the editor of our small-town weekly newspaper. A month later, almost out of my office for Thanksg... ...an on when I need understanding. Understanding/Rhonda Eudaly 103 Red Light, Green Light By Betsy Rozelle “For God hath not given us the spirit of fea... ...mes are loaded with them. There are book stores galore; even in the smallest town there is likely to be a library or a book store. Books are everywher... ... Writers. She and her husband, Ken Raney, have four children and enjoy small-town life in Kansas. Visit Deb on the Web at www.deborahraney.com Nancy D... ...ample to build affinity with others. She and her husband Ben live in Neenah, Wisconsin and have two grown children. Carolyn R. Scheidies’ published cr... ...nal speaker & writer from Winter Garden, FL.. She also plans travel for the Lake Highland Prep School Academy Singers of Orlando and writes creative ... ...Author, is the Co-Founder, President & Treasurer of Bayou Writers’ Group in Lake Charles, Louisiana. Multi-published in romantic fiction and creative...

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...ieve it. Our island will be here long after I have gone, and so will our town, my dear Mytilene, so wrong, so right. Alcaeus would revel in this g... ...ho lived in an abyss. As days passed, defeat was all that we heard in our town, not outright defeat, but capitulation—retreat combined with truce, t... ... warm and we lay still, listening to the wind and the rain thud across the green roof, while the shepherd went about building a fire and preparing su... ...rprise its oracle. P I am criticized for my simple dress, my tastes. The townspeople say I should not be aloof. They say I am too aristocratic. The... ...is rowboat, the small sail furled, the surf near by, doubling into smooth green, sunset brazing the hori- zon. We had been gay, drifting, oar draggin... ...art of this place: marble benches, a face augustly seaward, lichened with green: another face turned toward the sun, his enigma personal, his serpen... ...k on the wall and wondered if I had grown taller. Galilee A storm. The lake. Two fishermen drowned. Tents blown over. Next day as I bury the dead... ...g in a borrowed tent; James and Mark are asleep inside. Yesterday, on the lake shore, I was circled by a crowd. I talked to them till late. I wish t... ... me as I lay in my tent. The wind was churning leaves and I walked to the lake to watch the waves. I felt cold but pulled my cloak around me and con...

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... began to relent, and shew mercy to all the other inhabitants of the said towne. Scanderbeg, Prince of Epirus, following one of his souldiers, with ... ... were with the Duke in the Citie (their honours safe) to issue out of the Towne afoot, with such things as they could carry about them. They with an... ... given it a furious batterie, the Lord Fabritius Colonna, Captaine of the towne, having from under a bastion or skonce begunne to parlie, and his me... ... palace: for, the pathes that lead unto her are certaine fresh and shadie greene allies, sweet and flowrie waies, whose ascent is even, easie, and n... ...ch more decent were it to see their school- houses and formes strewed with green boughs and flowers, than with bloudy burchentwigs? If it lay in me, ... ...ained most agreeing with my young age. For of King Arthur, of Lancelot du Lake, of Amadis, of Huon of Burdeaux, and such idle time consuming and wit... ...sudorem exercita potat. --Lucr. iv. 1137. Great emeralds with their grass-greene light in gold Are clos'd, nor long can marriage linnen hold, But w... ...st, qui factis me æquiparare queat? --Ibid. From Sun rise to the Scythian-lake, of fame None in exploits can equalize my name. Those that survive ... ...ildren asleepe oft thinke they take up all Neere to some pissing tub, some lake, some wall. They used to break their fast, and nonchion between m...

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...ety, the advancers of the social life at Williams; heroes of the Williams- town fire department and Doctor Barrett, we welcome you to this last confli... ...tohet, the dear old hatohot which wo fervently hope has lopped some of the green and tender shoots from the class of liUO. It is a weiglUy ipiestion w... ...e Dean's ollioe had Ikm-m l)artioularly jilensant hociuiBo (hat " glorious green there always met his gaze. In fact, " said ho, "the A. D. BA8T I E N ... ...sehiKls in Iho musionl oomody "GIRLS WILL BE GIRLS' whole office is f-erry Green. Mur- pliy appealed to his audience to HXiiuBB the absence of a profe... ...ni which is to take place in the near future. The following alumni wore in town last week : Brown '04, Ayers, Cantwell, Fieischmann, Holroyd, WooHter ... ...score. Brown telephoned its forfoitiiro of the game scheduled in Williams- town, Hamilton was defeated in a slow giinie and -M. A. C. in a fast one. T... ...- emy, vice-jiresident. Dr. James .1. Hobinsim of th(! riolcldviBH school, Lakevilh', (!onn.; si'cre- taiy and treasurer. Prof. Georgi' I'.!. Howes. C... ...May 18, Holyoke High school at Will- iamstowu; May 25, Hotchkiss school at Lakeville, Conn. ; June 5, Hoosac school, at Hoosac. Williams at Peace Conf... ...gory '07. Gapt. Mitchell was defeated in a hard match in the finals of the Lakewood tournament last spring. Lynda '08 was a regnlar member of the team...

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...ak, Mount of Olives, Great Desert, Death Valley, Prince Edward Island, Sea (Lake) of Galilee. But do not capitalize words of this class when simply ... ...quce Frawaise), United Kingdom, Northwest Territory, Cook County, Evanston Township, Kansas City (New York City-exception); (2) Department of the L... ...ton Township, Kansas City (New York City-exception); (2) Department of the Lakes, Town- of Lake, Borough of Man- hattan; (3) the Union, the States,... ...wnship, Kansas City (New York City-exception); (2) Department of the Lakes, Town- of Lake, Borough of Man- hattan; (3) the Union, the States, the Re... ..., Chicago Drainage Canal; Lincoln Park; Trafalgar Square; Monadnock Block; Lakeside Building, Capitol, White House, County Hospital, Boston Public ... ...minor); [Hall (referring to the University dormitories)]. 43. The names of town and state in the date line, and the salutatory phrase at the beginn... ...at beholding such an instance of civic heroism."-Thirty Years, I, 379. The green grass is growing, The morning wind is in it, 'Tis a tune worth th... ...erer's gang, Where from a hundred lakes young rivers sprang; Through these green tents, by eldest nature drest, He roamed, content alike with man a... ...ive Semites," Biblical WorZd, XXI (1903), 248 ff. 3 "Structural Details in Green Mountain Region," Bzrlletin 195, U. S. Geological Survey. 219. Th...

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...ty? Do you want residential or commercial property? Do you know which parts of town are more or less desirable? The property descriptions will gi... ...d Sales, ask which governmental entity does. You may find the local Cities and towns conduct the sales or that it is handled by the state, 3. Wher... .... County A division within a state, usually encompassing one or more cities or towns. Covenant that runs with the land A promise or obligation, c... ...lman, Dale, Dallas, Dekalb, Elmore, Escambia, Etowah, Fayette, Franklin, Geneva, Greene, Hale, Henry, Houston, Jackson, Jefferson, Lamar, Lauderdale... ...Tax Lien Certificate State 15 Counties Apache, Cochise, Coconino, Gila, Graham, Greenlee, La Paz, Maricopa, Mohave, Navajo, Pima, Pinal, Santa Cruz... ...ttenden, Cross, Dallas, Desha, Drew, Faulkner, Franklin, Fulton, Garland, Grant, Greene, Hempstead, Hot Spring, Howard, Independence, Izard, Jackson... ...ta, Del Norte, El Dorado, Fresno, Glenn, Humboldt, Imperial, Inyo, Kern, Kings, Lake, Lassen, Los Angeles, Madera, Marin, Mariposa, Mendocino, Merc... ..., Gunnison, Hinsdale, Huerfano, Jackson, Jefferson, Kiowa, Kit Carson, La Plata, Lake, Larimer, Las Animas, Lincoln, Logan, Mesa, Mineral, Moffat, M... ...o, Highlands, Hillsborough, Holmes, Indian River, Jackson, Jefferson, Lafayette, Lake, Lee, Leon, Levy, Liberty, Madison, Manatee, Marion, Martin, M...

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...al feet per year, even though we still have heavy monsoons. ―The Green Revolution of a few years ago has turned brown. Mouths are multiplyi... ... dollar. This is much less than most farmers worldwide receive. ―The Green Revolution introduced high-yielding varieties of rice and wheat, expa... ... is particularly brutal. Calcutta, Mumbai, and every major city and minor town provides a home for the sex traders. ―Cruelty to children is... ...ring the parents of three or more children from the republican process of town councils and the parliament creates a question for the democratization... ...eadership jobs. But they grumble that, ‗If I can lead, I should be on the town council no matter how many children I have.‘‖ ―That‘s the clas... ...und we just underline the vowel, so: a, e, i, o and u are pronounced like: lake, leek, like, low and lute. Earlier in the development of Simplish we ... ... Ojibwe is an ancient Native American language spoken in the Great Lakes area. Ten thousand now speak it and 80% of them are over 60. A few l... ...he children can make that choice for themselves. ―In the 1972 case Wisconsin versus Yoder (29), the U.S. Supreme Court ruled: ‗The power of t... ... 28. Prince v. Massachusetts 321 U.S. 158, 165 (1944) 29. Wisconsin v. Yoder, 406 U.S. 205 (1972) 95 30. Prince v. Massach...

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...re in-depth interview?” —“Sure, but can we do it at my home in Malibou Lake? I want to enjoy the unencumbered feeling that I missed in my space... ... Lemuel spent the weekend relaxing, seeing old friends, swimming in the lake and even took a few swings on the long thick rope that hung from th... ...h, grab the rope, swing out over the water and do a one and a half into the lake. Being free of the space suit and the encumbering cabin made him fe... ...t and tie for a sporty golfer’s outfit—a short sleeved autumn tan and light green striped shirt with matching green Sans-a-Belt slacks. He had the b... ...re for years but you still see it in old films. Just beyond it is a western town that has been used for years. ‘Dr. Quinn’ was shot there. Hundreds... ...change places with a mother of ten living in a tin shack in a South African township? Would you choose to live in a favela in Sao Paulo with drug ga... ...inly is generally accepted now.” —“My parishioner also found the case of Wisconsin v Yoder (18) that ruled that parents did not have to have thei... ...Guttmacher Institute. 17. Pierce v School Sisters (1925) 268 US 510 18. Wisconsin v Yoder (1972) 406 US 205 19. Deburgh v.Deburgh, (1952( 250 P....

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...ocess of transformation in four stages, often called black, white, red and green. Here it is important to read the Cosmo-Artistic interpretation of... ...tober of 1994, a bullet killed the little seven-year-old American Nicholas Green while he was traveling with his family in Italy, a potent vibration ... ...ed throughout all the continents, saving thousands of human lives (see Reg Green, “The Gift that Heals: Stories of Hope, Renewal and Transformation”)... ...ultimate reality that is represented by the pagoda found in the middle of a lake where a Buddhist monk lives. The monk’s home can also be seen as a ... ... older and older, until one day he takes his boat out to the middle of the lake and there ends his earthly existence. His body no longer serves him,... ...limbs with great difficulty to the top of the mountain that looms over the lake. When he gets to the top he bends in prayer while the sun comes up ... ... with suave ability; he shines in his discourse, and when he walks through town, they look at him as though he were a god. Another man, instead, ha... ...iig, Director of the Center for the Development of the Person in Waukesha, Wisconsin, USA, who translated that article and many others, as well as t...

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...Excerpt: This is America--a town of a few thousand, in a region of wheat and corn and dairies and little groves. The town is, in our tale, called ?Gopher Prairie, Minnesota.? But its Main Street is the continuation of Main Streets everywhere. The story ...

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...air Lewis To James Branch Cabell and Joseph Hergesheimer THIS IS AMERICA—a town of a few thousand, in a region of wheat and corn and dairies and littl... ...thousand, in a region of wheat and corn and dairies and little groves. The town is, in our tale, called “Gopher Prairie, Minne- sota.” But its Main St... ...nt bulky young man in a gray flannel shirt, a rusty black bow tie, and the green-and-purple class cap, grumbled to her as they walked behind the other... ...ading in sociology led her to a book on village-improvement—tree-planting, town pag- eants, girls’ clubs. It had pictures of greens and garden- walls ... ...provement—tree-planting, town pag- eants, girls’ clubs. It had pictures of greens and garden- walls in France, New England, Pennsylvania. She had pick... ...build libraries to contain the Elsie books. I’ll make ‘em put in a village green, and darling cottages, and a quaint Main Street!” Thus she triumphed ... ...own. Lots of fine maples and box-elders, and there’s two of the dandi- est lakes you ever saw, right near town! And we’ve got seven miles of cement wa... ...b- bery, a porch indistinct in leafy shadows. But she ex- claimed over the lakes: dark water reflecting wooded bluffs, a flight of ducks, a fisherman ... ... holding up a string of croppies. One winter picture of the edge of Plover Lake had the air of an etching: lustrous slide of ice, snow in the crevices...

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...the body of the nation. All the other parts are but members, important in themselves, yet more important in their relations to this. Exclusive of the Lake basin and of 300,000 square miles in Texas and New Mexico, which in many aspects form a part of it, this basin contains about 1,250,000 square miles. In extent it is the second great valley of the world, being exceeded o...

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... themselves, yet more important in their relations to this. Exclusive of the Lake basin and of 300,000 square miles in Texas and New Mexico, which in ... ...ump! These cut offs have had curious effects: they have thrown several river towns out into the rural districts, and built up sand bars and forests in... ...he rural districts, and built up sand bars and forests in front of them. The town of Delta used to be three miles below Vicksburg: a recent cutoff has... ... position, and Delta is now two miles above Vicksburg. Both of these river towns have been retired to the country by that cut off. A cut off plays h... ...ntry and reached the banks of the Mississippi. They went by way of the Great Lakes; and from Green Bay, in canoes, by way of Fox River and the Wiscons... ... the banks of the Mississippi. They went by way of the Great Lakes; and from Green Bay, in canoes, by way of Fox River and the Wisconsin. Marquette ha... ...n river, on foot, and dragging their canoes after them on sledges. At Peoria Lake they struck open water, and paddled thence to the Mississippi and tu... ...Milliken’s Bend 1 2 37 Bailey’s 1 3 48 Lake Providence 1 5 47 Greenville 1 10 55 Napoleon 1 16 22 White River 1 16 56 Austr... ...at I was about; I started too early to bring the boat around, but detected a green gleam of joy in Brown’s eye, and corrected my mistake; I started ar...

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...t said a great deal for the excellence of the municipal arrangement of the town that a surging crowd did not at once block the street to see what was ... ...ng lawyer, who feared not God, neither regarded the Bench. (Name, age, and town of the man were given at great length.) To him no case had ever come a... ... when the “finest collection of humanity on God’s earth, sir, started this town, and the water came up to the foot of Market Street.” Very terrible we... ...all awry and the pitiful, stumpy head-stones nodding drunkenly at the soft green mullions. Then, with oaths and the sound of rent underwood, a yoke of... ...f-dozen turns, and I saw the nickelled reel-bar glitter under the thinning green coils. My thumb was burned deep when I strove to stopper the line. I ... ...ffs of steam beyond these, and yet other whiffs breaking through the misty green hills in the far distance; we trampled on sulphur in crystals, and sn... ...t when things were at their rockiest we nearly fell into a little sapphire lake—but never sapphire was so blue—called Mary’s Lake; and that between ei... ...ot count. San Francisco was a pleasure- resort as well as a city, and Salt Lake was a phenomenon. This place is the first American city I have encount... ...ally to the raising of the entire city so many feet above the level of the lake which it faces, and generally to grovel before the golden calf. But yo...

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...d entrusted a vast number of messages to those who in tended returning to town that night, which were to be delivered at home and elsewhere without f... ...assisted to the finest cut of a very yellow boiled leg of mutton with very green capers, there were no invalids as yet; and walking, and smoking, and ... ...ugly dulness. But I carried away with me a most pleasant impression of the town and its inhabitants, and have preserved it to this hour. Nor was it wi... ...nd promised to go on, just as it does at home upon the like occasions. The town is built on the side of a hill, the highest point being commanded by a... ...eyes, as the first patches of American soil peeped like molehills from the green sea, and followed them, as they swelled, by slow and almost impercept... ...ed, the stone was so very white, the blinds and area railings were so very green, the knobs and plates upon the street doors so marvellously bright an... ...ge for a few brief minutes on an open country, glittering with some bright lake or pool, broad as many an English river, but so small here that it sca... ...on the wall. One, of a fe male, over the door, he called ‘The Lady of the Lake.’ He smiled as I looked at these contrivances to while away the time; ... ...a strong impression on his mind: especially the opening of The Lady of the Lake, and the great battle scene in Marmion, in which, no doubt from the co...

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... almost without exception, in light-coloured gowns, white, pale blue, Nile green, and pink, while over these costumes were thrown opera cloaks and cap... ...tside it was bitterly cold. All day a freezing wind had blown from off the Lake, and since five in the afternoon a fine powder of snow had been fallin... ...e eagerness of a girl who had lived for twenty-two years in a second-class town of central Mas- sachusetts, was in great distress. She had never seen ... ...Art Gallery that had taken the place of the old Exposition Building on the Lake Front. Laura had known him for some little time. On the oc- casion of ... ... She looked back with immense pity to the narrow little life of her native town she had just left forever, the restricted horizon, the petty round of ... ... uttering broken, vehement notes. The chorus—made up of the city watch and town’s people—crowded in upon the back of the stage. The so- prano and her ... ...fficers, steaming horses with jingling bits, their backs covered with dark green cloths, plunged and pranced, carriage doors banged, and the roll of w... ...ons, Aunt Wess’ alone remained. Page was at her finishing school at Geneva Lake, within two hours of Chicago. The Cresslers were the dearest friends o... ... YEAR the spring burst over Chicago in a prolonged scintillation of pallid green. For weeks continually the sun shone. The Lake, after persistently ch...

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...four miles in length. Go there, and you will find yourself not only out of town, away among the fields, but you will find yourself beyond the fields, ... ...more than the present population of Washington; and there are, I fear, few towns in the Union so little likely to enjoy any speedy increase. Three ave... ...in branch of the Potomac, and also unfortunately from the main body of the town. It turns its back upon the chief thoroughfare, upon the Treasury buil... ...he comfort ministered to him. There is a gigantic statue of Washington, by Greenough, out in the grounds in front of the building. The figure is seate... ... addition to his already gathered constellations of those Western stars—of Wisconsin, Illinois, Minnesota, and Iowa; nor did he dream of Texas conquer... ...36. In 1846 Iowa was admit- ted as a free State, and from that day to this Wisconsin, California, Minnesota, Oregon, and Kansas have been brought into... ...the carpet, and found that the result was the same. And yet the carpet was green to the eye—a dull, dingy green, but still green. “You shouldn’t damp ... ...ps at Louisville, and Sydney Johnston, the Confederate general, at Bowling Green, as yet remained opposite to each other, and the work was still to be... ...ith such rapidity as Chicago, which is considerably to the north of it, on Lake Michigan. Of the great Western cities I regard Chicago as the most rem...

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...M. De Tocqueville could not foresee. Yet, in his commendation of the local town and county governments, he applauds and sustains that elementary featu... ...ities. It is the public opinion formed in the independent expres- sions of towns and other small civil districts that is the real conservatism of free... ...itizens, is often a person who is unfit for any public duty or trust. In a town government, having a small area of jurisdiction, where the voice of th... ...h, forming a triangle whose irregular sides meet at length below the great lakes of Canada. The second region begins where the other terminates, and i... ...at length, after innumerable windings, fall into the Polar Seas. The great lakes which bound this first region are not walled in, like most of those i... ...he north, from whence it rose; and at length, after having been delayed in lakes and marshes, it flows slowly onwards to the south. Sometimes quietly ... ... among which a few plants force their growth, and give the appearance of a green field covered with the ruins of a vast edifice. These stones and this... ...andering tribes had been for ages scattered among the forest shades or the green pastures of the prairie. From the mouth of the St. Lawrence to the de... ...ew plants force their growth, and give the 37 Tocqueville appearance of a green field covered with the ruins of a vast edifice. These stones and this...

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...hich we talked most yesterday. I have concluded, however, to speak at your town on Tues- day, August 31st, and have promised to have it so appear in t... .... In the first pitched battle which Senator Douglas and myself had, at the town of Ottawa, I used the language which I will now read. Having been prev... ... Ohio, our neighbors in Indiana, us who live in Illinois, our neighbors in Wisconsin and Michigan. In that ordinance, drawn up not only for the govern... ...ndiana, and so with Illinois, and the same substantially with Michigan and Wisconsin. Not only did that Ordinance prevail, but it was constantly looke... ...rt, was an old and comparatively large city. There were other considerable towns and settlements, and slavery was extensively and thor- oughly intermi... ...wensborough, forty miles above Evansville, in possession of secessionists. Green River is navigable. Owensborough must be seized. We want a gun- boat ... ...I also in the same con- nection ask the attention of Congress to our great lakes and rivers. It is believed that some fortifications and depots of arm... ... sick. Are General Buell and yourself in concert? When he moves on Bowling Green, what hinders it being reinforced from Columbus? A simultaneous movem... ...auregard. No considerable force has been sent from those places to Bowling Green. They have about 22,000 men at Columbus, and the place is strongly fo...

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...ties, inland across the States of Pennsylva- nia and Ohio and the northern lakes. I believe by these and other similar measures taken in that crisis, ... ...py delivered to Major-General Halleck, September 3, 1862, at 10 p.m. E. D. TOWNSEND, Assistant-Adjutant General. 124 The Writings of Abraham Lincoln:... ... many? Is it less fertile? Has it more waste surface by mountains, rivers, lakes, deserts, or other causes? Is it inferior to Europe in any natural ad... ... to the adjutant-general of the army. By order of the Secretary of War: D. TOWNSEND, Assistant Adjutant-General TO GENERAL J. HOOKER. EXECUTIVE MANSIO... ... What news have you? What from Vicksburg? What from Y azoo Pass? What from Lake Providence? What generally? A. LINCOLN. 256 The Writings of Abraham L... ...INGTON. May 25, 1863. COLONEL HAGGARD, Nashville, Tenn.: Y our despatch to Green Adams has just been shown me. Gen- eral Rosecrans knows better than w... ...wever, must not be construed into a promise. As to conducting the draft by townships, I find it would re- quire such a waste of labor already done, an... ...st 12, 1863. MAJOR-GENERAL McCLERNAND. MY DEAR SIR:—Our friend William G . Greene has just pre- sented a kind letter in regard to yourself, addressed ... ...CUTIVE MANSION, W ASHINGTON, D.C., Sep- tember 21, 1863. GENERAL BURNSIDE, Greenville, Tenn.: If you are to do any good to Rosecrans it will not do to...

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... Frenchman whom I found on a wet afternoon in the best inn of a provincial town in the west of England. He was seated on a horsehair-cov- ered chair i... ...d nobody in Boston whom I cared to see, as everybody was habitually out of town during the heat of the latter summer and early autumn; but this was no... ...n he can do at Boston. I confess that in this respect I think that but few towns are at present more fortunately circum- stanced than the capital of t... ...shionable street,—Beacon Street, very like Piccadilly as it runs along the Green Park,—and there is the Green Park opposite to this Piccadilly, called... ...f at Bristol, and at other stated times at Kingston, and at others at East Greenwich. Of all legislative assem- blies it is the most peripatetic. Univ... ...and, or so guarded and locked by islands as to form a series of salt-water lakes running round the town. Of those islands there are, of course, three ... ...hts of Abraham, stopping at Sherbrooke that he might visit from thence the Lake of Memphra Magog. As to the manner of traveling over this ground I sha... ...eal. He will visit Ottawa, the new capital, and Toronto. He will cross the lake to Niagara, resting probably at the Clifton House on the Canada side. ... ...thedral. This structure will, I presume, be surrounded by gravel walks and green sward. Of the library there is a large model showing all the details ...

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...’ s a good kid.” “Yer right not to go with any of the girls in this goddam town … . They ain’t clean, none of ‘em … . That is if ye want to go oversea... ...ore chow: Wait for me, will yer?” said Fuselli. “What yer going to do down town?” asked the flaxen-haired youth when Fuselli came back. “Dunno,—run ro... .... Good luck.” Fuselli remembered unpleasantly his paper-white face and the green- ish look of his bald head; but the words had made him stride out of ... ...ll midnight, because in ten minutes he’d be outside the gates, outside the green fence and the sentries and the strands of barbed wire. Crunch, crunch... ...ed wire, behind him, wondering which way he would go. This was a hell of a town anyway. And he used to think he wanted to travel round and see places.... ... looking down the row of hastily constructed bar- racks. Some were painted green, some were of plain boards, and some were still mere skeletons. Above... ... you’re gettin’ the dolefuls, Andy. Look … let’s go in swimmin’. There’s a lake down the road.” “I’ve got my soap in my pocket. We can wash a few coot... ...m Cranston, Wisconsin. D’you know that coun- try? It’s a great country for lakes. You can canoe for days an’ days without a portage. We have a camp on... ... can canoe for days an’ days without a portage. We have a camp on Big Loon Lake. We used to have some wonderful times there … lived like wild men. I w...

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.............507 My Legacy.........................................508 Camps of Green................................509 The Sobbing of the Bells (Midnig... ... much as the seasons, and effuse as much? We dwell a while in every city and town, We pass through Kanada, the North east, the vast valley of the Miss... ...man of the woods or of any farm life of these States or of the coast, or the lakes or Kanada, Me wherever my life is lived, O to be self balanced for ... ...s sands, Crossing the prairies, dwelling again in Chicago, dwelling in every town, Observing shows, births, improvements, structures, arts, Listening ... ...ing of my heart, the passing of blood and air through my lungs, The sniff of green leaves and dry leaves, and of the shore and dark color’d sea rocks,... ... more than he. I guess it must be the flag of my disposition, out of hopeful green stuff woven. Or I guess it is the handkerchief of the Lord, A scent... ...loughs, the mower mows, and the winter grain falls in the ground; Off on the lakes the pike fisher watches and waits by the hole in the frozen surface... ... Elkhorn in my deer skin leggings, a Louisianian or Georgian, A boatman over lakes or bays or along coasts, a Hoosier, Badger, Buckeye; At home on Kan... ...row, the poison’d splint, the fetich, and the obi. I see African and Asiatic towns, I see Algiers, Tripoli, Derne, Mogadore, Timbuctoo, Monrovia, I se...

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...colony for more than forty years. He was also, for many years of the time, town clerk. He was a married man when he arrived at Dorchester, but his chi... ...is he emigrated to Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, and settled near the town of Greensburg in that county. He took with him the younger of his two ... ...igrated to Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, and settled near the town of Greensburg in that county. He took with him the younger of his two chil- dr... ..., and in 1799 he emigrated again, this time to Ohio, and settled where the town of Deerfield now stands. He had now five children, including Peter, a ... ...er at Resaca had become filled at places, leaving a succes- sion of little lakes. The timber that had formerly grown upon both banks, and for a consid... ...etween the western base of Rio Frio and the City of Mexico there are three lakes, Chalco and Xochimilco on the left and T excoco on the right, extendi... ...he road, but at a considerable distance south of it, and is connected with Lake Chalco by a narrow channel. There is a high rocky mound, called El Pen... ...y stay on. General Hardee—the author of the tactics I did not study—was at Greenville some twenty-five miles further south, it was said, with five tho... ... reading Ironton I was prepared to take the offensive against the enemy at Greenville. I sent a column east out of the valley we were in, with orders ...

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... endeavoring to secure the honor of the sitting of the convention at their towns respectively, and I fear that they would not feel much complimented i... ...d then, and in addition the fifteen new votes of Florida, Texas, Iowa, and Wisconsin. I know our good friend Browning is a great admirer of Mr. Clay, ... ... THE HOUSE OF REPRE- SENTATIVES, MAY 11, 1848. A bill for the admission of Wisconsin into the Union had been passed. Mr. Lincoln moved to reconsider t... ...ls here- tofore passed, by which an appropriation of land had been made to Wisconsin, had been enhanced in value, should be reduced to the minimum pri... ...ore, Philadelphia, New York, and Boston, beyond what it is to the interior towns of Illinois. The next most general object I can think of would be imp... ...sses the river on a different road from that which leads from his house to town; another cannot bear that the county should be got in debt for these s... ...the tariff, the currency, the improve- ment of our great highways, rivers, lakes, and harbors, the will of the people, as expressed through their repr... ... stand stock-still midway between them, and eat them both at once, and the green grass along the line would be apt to suffer some, too, at the same ti... ...:—On the day before yesterday I received a letter from Harriet, written at Greenup. She says she has just returned from your house, and that father is...