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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... told me , that he had plunged from the ledge of the rock over which it passes into the stream , and had been driven by it to the bottom of the basin . Being informed that on the other side of the lake , there was a fall still more ...
... told me , that he had plunged from the ledge of the rock over which it passes into the stream , and had been driven by it to the bottom of the basin . Being informed that on the other side of the lake , there was a fall still more ...
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... told them of my being an English- man , they were pleased too . It may be supposed that a situation like theirs cannot be comfort- able from the stunning , thundering noise of which Goldsmith makes mention , especially when we consider ...
... told them of my being an English- man , they were pleased too . It may be supposed that a situation like theirs cannot be comfort- able from the stunning , thundering noise of which Goldsmith makes mention , especially when we consider ...
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... 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 not to be too particular . In several places , I had only one sheet , in others the sheets ...
... 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 not to be too particular . In several places , I had only one sheet , in others the sheets ...
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... told me that they had often entertained travellers , and were willing still to afford reasonable accommoda- tion ; but that they never had taken any remu- neration , and should think it beneath them to do so . I met only a single ...
... told me that they had often entertained travellers , and were willing still to afford reasonable accommoda- tion ; but that they never had taken any remu- neration , and should think it beneath them to do so . I met only a single ...
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... told him that I had ; so we had a good opportunity for forming right esti- mates of national advantages . Several hours after , another passenger began to guess what State I was from . He fixed on New York ; but when after a little ...
... told him that I had ; so we had a good opportunity for forming right esti- mates of national advantages . Several hours after , another passenger began to guess what State I was from . He fixed on New York ; but when after a little ...
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