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On a raised tribune facing Washington Park stood the Governor of New York, and behind him were grouped the Mayor of New York and Brooklyn, the Inspector-General of Police, the Commandant of the state troops, Colonel Livingston, military aid to the President of the United States, General Blount, commanding at Governor's Island, Major-General Hamilton, commanding the garrison of New York and Brooklyn, Admiral Buffby of the fleet in the North River, Surgeon-General Lanceford, the staff of the National Free Hospital,
— from The King in Yellow by Robert W. (Robert William) Chambers
The former Presidents and Congresses had been guilty—the governors and legislatures of every northern State had been guilty, and the mayors of New York and other northern cities had all been guilty—their hands were all stain'd.
— from Complete Prose Works Specimen Days and Collect, November Boughs and Goodbye My Fancy by Walt Whitman
They were the ship Helen Mar, of New York, and the brig Mermaid, of Boston.
— from Two Years Before the Mast by Richard Henry Dana
Meanwhile, as a result of an agitation started by The Tea and Coffee Trade Journal , [Pg 511] a meeting of New York and eastern coffee roasters was called at the Fulton Club, New York, October 27, 1911, to discuss plans for a national organization.
— from All About Coffee by William H. (William Harrison) Ukers
Faithful to his promise, the good bishop will take you with him about the middle of next year, as he passes through Venice to reach Calabria.
— from The Memoirs of Jacques Casanova de Seingalt, 1725-1798. Complete by Giacomo Casanova
It's my onion, not yours.’ As soon as she said that, the onion broke.
— from The Brothers Karamazov by Fyodor Dostoyevsky
On my asking now, if that were not so, Mr. Omer nodded yes, and nodded towards the door of the parlour.
— from David Copperfield by Charles Dickens
Requisitions proportionably large were also made on New York and New Jersey.
— from The Life of George Washington: A Linked Index to the Project Gutenberg Editions by John Marshall
"He will be shot on sight if he comes within five miles of New York; and I fear he will not have a pleasant escort to the barricade."
— from A Song of a Single Note: A Love Story by Amelia E. Barr
Our Catholic millionaires of New York and other cities, we are sure, only need to be asked to show their generosity in the founding of a Catholic university.
— from The Catholic World, Vol. 08, October, 1868, to March, 1869. by Various
Another sister, Margaret Philipse Gouverneur, married William Moore, a son of the beloved physician, Dr. William Moore of New York, a nephew of President Benjamin Moore of Columbia College and a first cousin of Clement [131] C. Moore who wrote the oft quoted verses, "'Twas the Night before Christmas," which have delighted the hearts of American children for so many decades.
— from As I Remember Recollections of American Society during the Nineteenth Century by Marian Gouverneur
Mr. Senator Dixon of Rhode Island and Mr. Jeremiah Morrow of Ohio—both of them men venerable for age and character—were appointed presidents; and Messrs. Kenneth Rayner of North Carolina, Mr. Christopher Morgan of New York, and Richard W. Thompson of Indiana—all members of the House—were appointed secretaries.
— from Thirty Years' View (Vol. 2 of 2) or, A History of the Working of the American Government for Thirty Years, from 1820 to 1850 by Thomas Hart Benton
And if you must—because of your opinions—commit yourself to one of them—why then, whether you marry Marcia or no, you and I can't be friends.
— from The Coryston Family A Novel by Ward, Humphry, Mrs.
He had a horrible time at sea, being within 160 miles of New York and then blown back as far as St. Thomas.
— from The Letters of William James, Vol. 1 by William James
Her eldest daughter Jessie, who had made a profession of religion in Scotland, was married in July, 1790, to Mr. Hay Stevenson, merchant of New York, and she became a member of the church under the care of Dr. Rodgers, where her husband attended.
— from The Power of Faith Exemplified In The Life And Writings Of The Late Mrs. Isabella Graham. by Isabella Graham
the able men who had fought the election for Jackson were Van Buren and Marcy of New York and Buchanan of Pennsylvania.
— from A Short History of the United States for School Use by Edward Channing
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