A Summary View of America: Comprising a Description of the Face of the Country, and of Several of the Principal Cities; and Remarks on the Social, Moral and Political Character of the People: Being the Result of Observations and Enquiries During a Journey in the United StatesT. Cadell, 1824 - 503 pages |
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... a similar nature at home . Should such be their effect , a double purpose will be an- swered , and I shall have the satisfaction of believing that I have not written in vain . CONTENTS . CHAPTER I. Face of the Country PAGE II vi PREFACE .
... a similar nature at home . Should such be their effect , a double purpose will be an- swered , and I shall have the satisfaction of believing that I have not written in vain . CONTENTS . CHAPTER I. Face of the Country PAGE II vi PREFACE .
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... effect , I could well have par- doned its ugliness ; but I found it crowded with criminals , black , white and tawny . How much did I regret while walking in Richmond , that a place which from its site might have been made conspicuously ...
... effect , I could well have par- doned its ugliness ; but I found it crowded with criminals , black , white and tawny . How much did I regret while walking in Richmond , that a place which from its site might have been made conspicuously ...
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... effect upon her I know not ; but she showed a vivacity very striking and pleasing in one of her years . She told me that during my stay in the city , I was to consider their house as one where I might at any time step in . She informed ...
... effect upon her I know not ; but she showed a vivacity very striking and pleasing in one of her years . She told me that during my stay in the city , I was to consider their house as one where I might at any time step in . She informed ...
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... effects of their politeness in conjunction with other good and amiable qualities , than by adding , that on taking leave of many of them , I felt a wish arise in my heart , that our acquaintance might be renewed in a higher and better ...
... effects of their politeness in conjunction with other good and amiable qualities , than by adding , that on taking leave of many of them , I felt a wish arise in my heart , that our acquaintance might be renewed in a higher and better ...
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... effects , though similar to those it has produced in England , are not so exactly correspondent as to be passed over unnoticed . Assemblies of almost every denomination of Christians exist in the United States , generally in harmony ...
... effects , though similar to those it has produced in England , are not so exactly correspondent as to be passed over unnoticed . Assemblies of almost every denomination of Christians exist in the United States , generally in harmony ...
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