| John Wakefield Francis - New York (N.Y.) - 1857 - 272 pages
...opprobrious name of "the Big Ditch," which he gave to Clinton's Canal. These two gentlemen addressed Dow, told him they had heard him say much of heaven,...begged to ask him if he would describe the place. u Yes," says Dow, with entire ease. " Heaven is a wide and expansive region, a beautiful plain, something... | |
| John Wakefield Francis - New York (N.Y.) - 1858 - 418 pages
...addressed Dow, told him they had heard him say much of heaven, and now begged to ask him if he could describe the place. " Yes," says Dow, with entire...plain, something like our prairie country — without any thing to obstruct the vision — there is neither Koot nor Branch there." Dow had one great requisite... | |
| Benjamin Nicholas Martin - American literature - 1871 - 236 pages
...opprobrious name of "the Big Ditch," which he gave to Clinton's canal. These two gentlemen addressed Dow, told him they had heard him say much of heaven,...something like our prairie country, without anything to obstruct the vision — there is neither Root nor Branch there." WILLIAM MEADE.' 1789-1862. From the... | |
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