Word: landed
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...third episode opens with the approach of Agamemnon and his train. The king, seated in his chariot, greets the gods of the land, and acknowledges the welcome given him by the chorus. Clytaemnestra appears, followed by attendants carrying rich clothes of purple. She describes the anxiety which she had felt for the king's safety, and tells how she had sent Orestes, the pledge and symbol of their plighted troth, to the home of a distant friend, that he might not be exposed to danger in case of a revolt in the land. Agamemnon, enjoining the queen to treat kindly...
...Land of the Strenuous Life," by F. Klein...
...embankment of 6 3-4 acres. There will also be an esplanade constructed by the City of Boston, extending from Charles Bank park to Charlesgate East, making a drive and walks in the rear of Brimmer and Beacon streets. On the Cambridge side an embankment park, for which the land has already been purchased, will come nearly to the dam. The contract calls for the completion of the work by July...
...will maintain a basin 8 miles long, and will affect the level of the water as far as the dam at Watertown. There will be 17 1-2 miles of shore-line, nearly all of which will be devoted to park purposes, the land having been purchased by the Metropolitan Park Commission and the City of Cambridge. The level of the basin will be about 2 feet below the present mean high tide level. Part of the engineering scheme for the construction of the dam provides for a temporary shut-off which will establish the level of the basin...
...expedition. Palestine is the field in which its is proposed to excavate, if permission is granted by the Turkish authorities. If this permission can be obtained, the expedition will be equipped to do work more thoroughly and on a larger scale than has yet been attempted in that land...