 | Edward A. Rice - Gift books - 1853 - 326 pages
...w/hen I reflect that all this gnuid portion of our Union, instead of being in a state of nature, is now covered with villages, farms, and towns, where the...hundreds of steam-boats are gliding to and fro over tne whole length of the majestic river, forcing commerce to take root and to prosper at every spot;... | |
 | Biographies of American leaders - 1855 - 624 pages
...when I reflect that all this grand portion of our Union, instead of being in a state of nature, is now more or less covered with villages, farms and...are gliding to and fro, over the whole length of the majestic river, and forcing commerce to take root and to prosper at every spot ; when I see the surplus... | |
 | Rufus Wilmot Griswold - American prose literature - 1856 - 592 pages
...when I reflect thot all this grand portion of our Union, instead of bein^ in a state of nature, is now more or less covered with villages, farms, and...and the fire by night; that hundreds of steamboats arc gliding to and fro, over the whole Iensrth of the majestic river, forcing commerce to take root... | |
 | Joseph Gostwick - American literature - 1856 - 338 pages
...when I reflect that all this grand portion of our Union, instead of being in a state of nature, is now more or less covered with villages, farms, and...disappearing under the axe by day, and the fire by ni^ht ; that hundreds of steam-boats are gliding to and fro, over tho whole length of the majestic... | |
 | Epes Sargent - American literature - 1857 - 488 pages
...when I reflect that all this grand portion of our Union, instead of being in a state of nature, is now more or less covered with villages, farms, and...are gliding to and fro, over the whole length of the majestic river, forcing commerce to take root and to prosper at every spot ; when I see the surplus... | |
 | John C. Van Tramp - Mississippi River - 1858 - 678 pages
...when I reflect that alf this grand portion of our Union, instead of being in a state of nature, is now more or less covered with villages, farms, and...are gliding to and fro, over the whole length of the majestic river, forcing commerce to take root apd to prosper at every spot ; when I see the surplus... | |
 | Epes Sargent - Readers - 1859 - 450 pages
...when I reflect that all this grand portion of our Union, instead of being in a state of nature, is now more or less covered with villages, farms, and...are gliding to and fro, over the whole length of the majestic river, forcing commerce to take root and to prosper at every spot ; when I see the surplus... | |
 | Simon Kerl - English language - 1862 - 430 pages
...when I reflect that this grand portion of our Union is now more or less covered with villages, furms, and towns, where the din of hammers and machinery...the fire by night, that hundreds of steamboats are plying to and fro over the wholo length of our majestic rivers; when I remember that these extraordinary... | |
 | Simon Kerl - English language - 1864 - 396 pages
...in these valleys, have ceased to exist ; •when I reflect that this grand portion of our Union is now more or less covered with villages, farms, and...the fire by night, that hundreds of steamboats are plying to and fro over the whole length of our majestic rivers; when I remember that these extraordinary... | |
 | John C. Van Tramp - Mississippi River Valley - 1866 - 710 pages
...when I reflect that all this grand portion of our Union, instead of being in a state of nature, is now more or less covered with villages, farms, and...are gliding to and fro, over the whole length of the majestic river, forcing commerce to take root and to prosper at every spot ; when I see the eurplus... | |
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I reflect that all this grand portion of our Union, instead of being in a state of nature, is now more or less covered with villages, farms, and towns, where the din of hammers and machinery is constantly heard; that the woods are fast disappearing under... 
