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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... gives under general heads those particulars that are the most interesting to common readers . To supply this deficiency ... give a popular sketch of a variety of subjects , hoping that all may find some- thing to please , while few will ...
... gives under general heads those particulars that are the most interesting to common readers . To supply this deficiency ... give a popular sketch of a variety of subjects , hoping that all may find some- thing to please , while few will ...
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... gives to lake scenery its charac- teristic charm . We cast anchor in it , and just at twilight the steam - boat passed us . No sound was to be heard but that of its paddles striking the water . I looked around me , and while surveying ...
... gives to lake scenery its charac- teristic charm . We cast anchor in it , and just at twilight the steam - boat passed us . No sound was to be heard but that of its paddles striking the water . I looked around me , and while surveying ...
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... give place to corn and pasture ? It was animating to reflect that a numerous population will be here settled , and that that land where the roaming savage pursued his prey , never advancing one step in civilization , . FACE OF THE ...
... give place to corn and pasture ? It was animating to reflect that a numerous population will be here settled , and that that land where the roaming savage pursued his prey , never advancing one step in civilization , . FACE OF THE ...
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... give the traveller a very limited prospect , are not so agreeable as a more open country , from the sameness of the views : and in winter when the trees are denuded it is dismal indeed travelling here . The only relief to the eye is the ...
... give the traveller a very limited prospect , are not so agreeable as a more open country , from the sameness of the views : and in winter when the trees are denuded it is dismal indeed travelling here . The only relief to the eye is the ...
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... gives a variety to the whole , though I think it rather detracts from the sublimity . In some situations it ap- pears with its outer circle to the earth , an ap- pearance very striking to those who have never witnessed the like . Goat ...
... gives a variety to the whole , though I think it rather detracts from the sublimity . In some situations it ap- pears with its outer circle to the earth , an ap- pearance very striking to those who have never witnessed the like . Goat ...
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