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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Page 57
... , is urged in its favour , but chiefly by those who think , or at least reason but little . The most active minds need not its assistance . Bonaparte never smoked . The use of quids is in my opinion as indefensible THE MEN . 57.
... , is urged in its favour , but chiefly by those who think , or at least reason but little . The most active minds need not its assistance . Bonaparte never smoked . The use of quids is in my opinion as indefensible THE MEN . 57.
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... favour- able opinion of the ladies by affected ease and sprightliness , than by those minute attentions , which when in union with cheerfulness , are con- sidered by us as the best recommendations . They make a great mistake in ...
... favour- able opinion of the ladies by affected ease and sprightliness , than by those minute attentions , which when in union with cheerfulness , are con- sidered by us as the best recommendations . They make a great mistake in ...
Page 77
... favour of midnight assem- blies , where the young may display the charms of person and the elegance of dress , it is un- questionable , that purer happiness is to be found in the quiet domestic circle . The excitement of spirits ...
... favour of midnight assem- blies , where the young may display the charms of person and the elegance of dress , it is un- questionable , that purer happiness is to be found in the quiet domestic circle . The excitement of spirits ...
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... officer on different sub- jects , he asked my opinion of the country . I spoke strongly in its favour , and assured him that next to my own , it stood first in my regard , at the same time pointing out several things that I 120 PATRIOTISM .
... officer on different sub- jects , he asked my opinion of the country . I spoke strongly in its favour , and assured him that next to my own , it stood first in my regard , at the same time pointing out several things that I 120 PATRIOTISM .
Page 127
... favours from one to whom I could not make an adequate return . As I was in a bookseller's shop at Albany , a gentleman present asked me some question con- cerning a book on the shelf , and in replying , finding it necessary to refer to ...
... favours from one to whom I could not make an adequate return . As I was in a bookseller's shop at Albany , a gentleman present asked me some question con- cerning a book on the shelf , and in replying , finding it necessary to refer to ...
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