Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 421
the water! Sucha maritime panorama atall hours, with ferry-boats, tugs, schooners,steamers, going to andfro, and ships and yachtsat anchor, can be seennowhere else on earth,— there being no othercity, equally huge, that isat once ocean-port andmetropolis. Concerning the im-pression produced by… … i893.] NEW YORK. 409 me that the regret iskeen when I feel thatits marvelous atmo-sphere, its bright, buoy-ant life, and its youth-ful vigor, are not likelyto be a part of onesown record again. . . .It is just because thegrimy stress of ourhideous throbbing cityis as dear as are itsquiet squares…
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