. Down the eastern and up the Black . GLEN Tho I to foreign lands must hie,Pursuing Fortunes sliddry ba,Willi melting heart, and brimful eye,Ill mind you still, the far awa. Bums— The Farewell. N 1811, a petition was presented to theCourt of Chester County alleging greatinconvenience for the want of a bridgeacross the Brandy-wine Creek at GeorgeEvanss Mill, said creek at that placebeing confined within a narrow andvery rocky channel, frequently risingto enormous heights, which, added to the rapidity of the current,defies the efforts of the boldest travellers, as well as th
. Down the eastern and up the Black . GLEN Tho I to foreign lands must hie,Pursuing Fortunes sliddry ba,Willi melting heart, and brimful eye,Ill mind you still, the far awa. Bums— The Farewell. N 1811, a petition was presented to theCourt of Chester County alleging greatinconvenience for the want of a bridgeacross the Brandy-wine Creek at GeorgeEvanss Mill, said creek at that placebeing confined within a narrow andvery rocky channel, frequently risingto enormous heights, which, added to the rapidity of the current,defies the efforts of the boldest travellers, as well as the mostventuresome neighbors, entirely cutting off all communicationbetween the east and west banks thereof. The writer of thispetition was no ordinary scrivener, nor legal pedant, nor techni-cal adherent to old and outworn forms. A part of the descrip-tion reads strangely like a page from Scotts Fair Maid ofPerth—apart of it resembles Fouques sketch of the swollenriver in Undine. The rocks and the rushing stream are here,and it requires little fancy to he
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