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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... given to the public , that it seems incumbent on me to state the mo- tives , which induce me to offer this volume to their notice . Soon after I landed at New York , I began to make memoran- dums of those things which attracted my ...
... given to the public , that it seems incumbent on me to state the mo- tives , which induce me to offer this volume to their notice . Soon after I landed at New York , I began to make memoran- dums of those things which attracted my ...
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... given , as to render it need- less to say much . I found I had formed a to- lerably correct idea of it ; yet the reality was rather below than above my expectation , though not so much as is often the case with travellers , having ...
... given , as to render it need- less to say much . I found I had formed a to- lerably correct idea of it ; yet the reality was rather below than above my expectation , though not so much as is often the case with travellers , having ...
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... given by Thomson , of some of the inmates of his Castle of Indolence , may be applied to them : " Their only labour is to kill the time , And labour dire it is , and weary woe , They sit , they loll , turn o'er some idle rhyme ; Then ...
... given by Thomson , of some of the inmates of his Castle of Indolence , may be applied to them : " Their only labour is to kill the time , And labour dire it is , and weary woe , They sit , they loll , turn o'er some idle rhyme ; Then ...
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... given , it is seldom con- tinued to an unseasonable hour . Some of the fashionable follies are altogether alien , and it is to be hoped will so continue . The Americans are eminently a domestic people , and conse- quently a happy people ...
... given , it is seldom con- tinued to an unseasonable hour . Some of the fashionable follies are altogether alien , and it is to be hoped will so continue . The Americans are eminently a domestic people , and conse- quently a happy people ...
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... , it was necessary to eat slowly ; and as our appe- tites are given us to be enjoyed with moderation and thankfulness , why should we deprive our- • selves of gratifications resulting from their right use ? To 80 DOMESTIC LIFE .
... , it was necessary to eat slowly ; and as our appe- tites are given us to be enjoyed with moderation and thankfulness , why should we deprive our- • selves of gratifications resulting from their right use ? To 80 DOMESTIC LIFE .
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