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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... native authors who are destined to rank as standard classi all , there is no deficiency of pamphletee authors of the common sort , whose writing lulated to serve a temporary purpose . A A UNIVERSI THE THE OF MIC OF MICH LIBRARIES ' GAN.
... native authors who are destined to rank as standard classi all , there is no deficiency of pamphletee authors of the common sort , whose writing lulated to serve a temporary purpose . A A UNIVERSI THE THE OF MIC OF MICH LIBRARIES ' GAN.
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... native forest at present occupies the circumjacent land , removed here and there however to make way for a village with its little church spire , and for green pastures where sheep and oxen are seen grazing . Where a small stream falls ...
... native forest at present occupies the circumjacent land , removed here and there however to make way for a village with its little church spire , and for green pastures where sheep and oxen are seen grazing . Where a small stream falls ...
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... native forest , I was forcibly struck with the general silence of nature . How little was there to please compared with the melody of our groves ! Frequently , nothing was to be heard but the woodpecker striking his bill against a tree ...
... native forest , I was forcibly struck with the general silence of nature . How little was there to please compared with the melody of our groves ! Frequently , nothing was to be heard but the woodpecker striking his bill against a tree ...
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... native place . Springfield in Con- necticut was another town that pleased me . It is a small place with a pretty church , and was so clean , airy and cheerful - looking , that a visit to it was quite refreshing . Burlington in New ...
... native place . Springfield in Con- necticut was another town that pleased me . It is a small place with a pretty church , and was so clean , airy and cheerful - looking , that a visit to it was quite refreshing . Burlington in New ...
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... foreign land . Good temper may be sometimes requisite indeed without it , no person should think of leaving his native country ; with it , he may proceed easily notwithstanding occasional causes of irritation , as 44 MODES AND CONVENIENCES.
... foreign land . Good temper may be sometimes requisite indeed without it , no person should think of leaving his native country ; with it , he may proceed easily notwithstanding occasional causes of irritation , as 44 MODES AND CONVENIENCES.
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