City Government in Europe: Houston's Inquiry Into Municipal Organization and Administration in the Principal Cities of Great Britain and Germany; with a Report of Findings and Recommendations for Houston's Guidance in Developing a Great Seaport City on the Gulf of Mexicocity, 1913 - 137 Seiten |
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Seite 24 - In the days of childhood, Fling round my cradle Their magic spells. On this I ponder Where'er I wander, And thus grow fonder, Sweet Cork, of thee, With thy bells of Shandou, That sound so grand on The pleasant waters Of the river Lee.
Seite 24 - I've heard bells chiming full many a clime in, Tolling sublime in cathedral shrine; While at a glib rate brass tongues would vibrate; But all their music spoke naught like thine. For memory dwelling on each proud swelling Of thy belfry knelling its bold notes free, Made the bells of Shandon sound far more grand on The pleasant waters of the River Lee. I've heard bells tolling old Adrian's Mole in, Their thunder rolling from the Vatican; And cymbals glorious swinging uproarious In the gorgeous turrets...
Seite 24 - I've heard bells tolling Old Adrian's Mole in, Their thunder rolling From the Vatican, And cymbals glorious Swinging uproarious In the gorgeous turrets Of Notre Dame ; But thy sounds were sweeter Than the dome of Peter Flings o'er the Tiber, Pealing solemnly.
Seite 24 - WITH deep affection And recollection I often think of Those Shandon bells, Whose sounds so wild would, In the days of childhood, Fling round my cradle Their magic spells. On this I ponder Where'er I wander, And thus grow fonder, Sweet Cork, of thec. With thy bells of Shandon, That sound so grand on The pleasant waters Of the river Lee.
Seite 43 - Whereas various portions of the city of Glasgow are so built, and the buildings thereon are so densely inhabited, as to be highly injurious to the moral and physical welfare of the inhabitants, and many of the thoroughfares are narrow, circuitous and inconvenient, and it would be of public and local advantage if various houses and buildings were taken down, and those portions of the said
Seite 25 - Of tall minarets. Such empty phantom I freely grant them; But there's an anthem More dear to me — Tis the bells of Shandon, That sound so grand on The pleasant waters Of the River Lee.
Seite 43 - Inhabitants, and many of the Thoroughfares are narrow, circuitous, and inconvenient, and it would be of public and local Advantage if various Houses and Buildings were taken down, and those Portions of the said City reconstituted, and new Streets were constructed in and through various Parts of...
Seite 24 - I've heard bells tolling old Adrian's Mole in, Their thunder rolling from the Vatican; And cymbals glorious swinging uproarious In the gorgeous turrets of Notre Dame. But thy sounds were sweeter than the dome of Peter Flings o'er the Tiber, pealing solemnly; 0, the bells of Shandon sound far more grand on The pleasant waters of the River Lee.
Seite 32 - Glasgow's experiment in public ownership and operation of these services can be said truthfully to have made good under metropolitan conditions. The following are the public utilities owned and operated by the city corporation of Glasgow: 1. Street railways. 2. Gas. 3. Electric lighting. 4. Water. 5. Parks. 6. Slaughter houses and markets for meat and vegetables. 7. Baths and washhouses. 8. Art galleries and museums and public libraries 9. Hospitals. 10. Tenements and lodging houses. 11. Police and...
Seite 117 - The state income tax is based upon the taxable capacity of the individual according to his income out of real and personal property. The municipal income tax is a certain percentage of the above tax, ranging from 90 to 250 per cent.