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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... OBSERVATIONS AND ENQUIRIES DURING A JOURNEY IN THE UNITED STATES . uring BY AN ENGLISHMAN . < ing LONDON : PRINTED FOR T. CADELL , IN THE STRAND ; AND W. BLACKWOOD , EDINBURGH . 1824 . PREFACE . So many books respecting America have of ...
... OBSERVATIONS AND ENQUIRIES DURING A JOURNEY IN THE UNITED STATES . uring BY AN ENGLISHMAN . < ing LONDON : PRINTED FOR T. CADELL , IN THE STRAND ; AND W. BLACKWOOD , EDINBURGH . 1824 . PREFACE . So many books respecting America have of ...
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... respecting America have of late years been 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 ...
... respecting America have of late years been 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 ...
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... respect to the genius of the place . What nymph has fixed on this for her palace I was not informed , but she has manifested as much taste as the Empress Anne in her palace of ice . In the eastern parts of Virginia , the country is FACE ...
... respect to the genius of the place . What nymph has fixed on this for her palace I was not informed , but she has manifested as much taste as the Empress Anne in her palace of ice . In the eastern parts of Virginia , the country is FACE ...
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... respect , ex- cept in there being no difference in the charge between the fore and aft cabin , and of course no separation between the genteel part of society , and the less polished . Republican notions of equality may contribute to ...
... respect , ex- cept in there being no difference in the charge between the fore and aft cabin , and of course no separation between the genteel part of society , and the less polished . Republican notions of equality may contribute to ...
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... respect to their habits , may find himself comfortable . To a pedestrian like myself , they are very acceptable . One of the best houses that I stopped at in the whole country was of this description . It was in the heart of Virginia ...
... respect to their habits , may find himself comfortable . To a pedestrian like myself , they are very acceptable . One of the best houses that I stopped at in the whole country was of this description . It was in the heart of Virginia ...
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