The Cambridge Annual for 1886-1888George F. Crook 1885 |
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Page 49 - THE OLD FAMILIAR FACES. I have had playmates, I have had companions, In my days of childhood, in my joyful school-days ; All, all are gone, the old familiar faces. I have been laughing, I have been carousing, Drinking late, sitting late, with my bosom cronies ; All, all are gone, the old familiar faces.
Page 23 - The pleasant books, that silently among Our household treasures take familiar places, And are to us as if a living tongue Spake from the printed leaves or pictured faces...
Page 23 - The grand, majestic symphonies of ocean. Therefore I hope, as no unwelcome guest, At your warm fireside, when the lamps are lighted, To have my place reserved among the rest, Nor stand as one unsought and uninvited ! BY THE SEASIDE.
Page 16 - To give an alarm, open the door, pull the hook to the bottom of the slot once, and let go. Each box contains a small bell, which, if heard before you pull indeates that an alarm has been previously given, and by listening at the box...
Page 94 - It was completed in 1827 ; horse-power was used. The first use of a locomotive in this country was in 1829, when one was put upon a railway that connected the coal mines of the Delaware and Hudson Canal Company with...
Page 58 - But here the main skill and groundwork will be to temper them such lectures and explanations upon every opportunity as may lead and draw them in willing obedience, inflamed with the study of learning and the admiration of virtue — stirred up with high hopes of living to be brave men and worthy patriots, dear to God and famous to all ages...
Page 94 - Glass windows were first introduced into England in the eighth century. The first steam engine on this continent was brought from England in 1753.
Page 77 - Rev. Jesse Glover procured this press by " contributions of friends of learning and religion" in Amsterdam and in England, but died on his passage to the new world. Stephen Day was the first printer. In honor of his pioneer position, Government gave him a grant of three hundred acres of land.
Page 65 - Children under four years, with an adult, no charge. Children between four and twelve years old, with an adult, HALF-PRICE. From twelve at night to six in the morning the fare is 50 CENTS ABOVE THE PRECEDING RATES for each passenger, No charge for one trunk; each additional trunk, 25 CENTS.
Page 57 - Scott, on the second Monday in March, and the first Monday in September. In the county of Morgan, on the fourth Monday in March, and the third Monday in September. In the county of Jersey, on the third Monday in April, and the second Monday in October.