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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... probably , for centuries to come , equal New York in popu- lation , enterprise , and capital . New York , like Liverpool , Petersburg , and Calcutta , has risen into eminence in a comparatively short period . It is still increasing in ...
... probably , for centuries to come , equal New York in popu- lation , enterprise , and capital . New York , like Liverpool , Petersburg , and Calcutta , has risen into eminence in a comparatively short period . It is still increasing in ...
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... probably have been taken in ill part . I should have been considered troublesome , and perhaps told that if dissatisfied , I might look for other quarters . As to the beds , a point of great consequence to a traveller , I found it best ...
... probably have been taken in ill part . I should have been considered troublesome , and perhaps told that if dissatisfied , I might look for other quarters . As to the beds , a point of great consequence to a traveller , I found it best ...
Page 53
... probably arose from the familiarity I constantly adopted . Though in England I had not been in the habit of convers- ing with persons in their station in a similar manner , I considered that it was best in America OF TRAVELLING . 53.
... probably arose from the familiarity I constantly adopted . Though in England I had not been in the habit of convers- ing with persons in their station in a similar manner , I considered that it was best in America OF TRAVELLING . 53.
Page 90
... probably nearly as much , as if I had gone fully prepared for company . Formal visiting parties have never had charms for me ; but in the present case , the great variety of the entertainment , and the smiles of the fair , served to ...
... probably nearly as much , as if I had gone fully prepared for company . Formal visiting parties have never had charms for me ; but in the present case , the great variety of the entertainment , and the smiles of the fair , served to ...
Page 93
... I mention , as the people of that state are regarded by the Virginians as deficient in fancy , and probably with considerable truth as compar- ed with themselves . If conversation be better practised in SPIRIT OF CONVERSATION . 93.
... I mention , as the people of that state are regarded by the Virginians as deficient in fancy , and probably with considerable truth as compar- ed with themselves . If conversation be better practised in SPIRIT OF CONVERSATION . 93.
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