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From 1830 to 1860 our coal had a hard road to weed in steering clear trade was heavy over the canal , it being of these imposters . However , they manbrought here from Cumberland and then aged to land high and dry many a slave by loaded ...
From 1830 to 1860 our coal had a hard road to weed in steering clear trade was heavy over the canal , it being of these imposters . However , they manbrought here from Cumberland and then aged to land high and dry many a slave by loaded ...
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How short the time seems , dear , since fate sent you To walk with me that road , one autumn day , That winds around the trees its zig - zag way Down to the water's edge , from where the view Of mountain peaks that cleaved soft clouds ...
How short the time seems , dear , since fate sent you To walk with me that road , one autumn day , That winds around the trees its zig - zag way Down to the water's edge , from where the view Of mountain peaks that cleaved soft clouds ...
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Creek , in Mineral County , West Virginia , The guests obtain , at a well supplied I had viewed every yard of the nine miles table , both brawn and zest to climb the of road and landscape that had to be trav- rocky ridge at the creek ...
Creek , in Mineral County , West Virginia , The guests obtain , at a well supplied I had viewed every yard of the nine miles table , both brawn and zest to climb the of road and landscape that had to be trav- rocky ridge at the creek ...
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15 à directions were " to go up the hollow above Boseley's house to the Ashby road ; then through the old field with the burnt house in it ; then to the ridge ; up the ridge to the top of the mountain , thence by the trail to the ...
15 à directions were " to go up the hollow above Boseley's house to the Ashby road ; then through the old field with the burnt house in it ; then to the ridge ; up the ridge to the top of the mountain , thence by the trail to the ...
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... crossing the river at Harper's Ferry , where the road enters West Virginia on its route across the Allegheny Mountains , following the border line for most of the distance between Maryland and West Virginia , with Washington and ...
... crossing the river at Harper's Ferry , where the road enters West Virginia on its route across the Allegheny Mountains , following the border line for most of the distance between Maryland and West Virginia , with Washington and ...
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Page 9 - I'll wipe away all trivial fond records, All saws of books, all forms, all pressures past, That youth and observation copied there, And thy commandment all alone shall live Within the book and volume of my brain, Unmix'd with baser matter: yes, by heaven!
Page 14 - Had charmed my soul astray ; And lured my heedless feet to death, Along the flowery way. 2 For me they dug the secret pit, And formed the hidden snare ; Thoughtless, I followed where they led, Nor saw destruction near. 3...
Page 6 - Each pensioner will receive a daily allowance, excluding Sundays, equal to one-half the benefits provided to be paid for sickness, under the regulations of the relief feature, to a member of the class to which the pensioner would, while in the service, have been assigned under said regulations, had he been required to become a full member of said feature. In the case of a pensioner who has been continuously a member of the relief feature of the Baltimore & Ohio Employees...
Page 7 - July 13th, that all this was finished ; and the army with its dying General proceeded to the Great Meadows, where the close was to transpire : Last scene of all, That ends this strange, eventful history. Ever since the retreat commenced, Braddock had preserved a steadfast silence, unbroken save when he issued the necessary commands. That his wound was mortal he knew ; but he also knew that his fame had received a not less fatal stab; that his military reputation, dearer than his own life to a veteran...
Page 12 - Calk, a great part of the said Tobacco is usually Exported into Holland and Elsewhere and pays but one half penny per pound Custom; That the Tobacco of that Quality which is more fitt for Bulk and altogether unfitt for Cask to be therein Exported again out of England would by that Meanes be Lessened in that a great if not most part of the same would be left behind in this Countrey and his Majesty by that means prevented of having any Duty att all for the Same.
Page 7 - Friday, the llth of July, he arrived at Dunbar's camp. Through this and all the preceding day, men half-famished, without arms, and bewildered with terror, had been joining Dunbar; his camp was in the utmost confusion, and his soldiers were deserting without ceremony. Braddock's strength was now fast ebbing away. Informed of the disorganized condition of the remaining troops, he abandoned all hope of a prosperous termination to the expedition. He saw that not only death, but utter defeat, was inevitable....
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| Title | Book of the Royal Blue, Volume 8 |
| Author | Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Company |
| Publisher | Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Company, 1904 |
| Original from | the New York Public Library |
| Digitized | 27 Nov 2007 |
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