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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... Towns and Villages III . Modes and Conveniences of Travelling ........ 39 IV . The Men ........................ .. V. The Women VI . Domestic Life .......... VII . Spirit of Conversation .... 1 21 56 63 77 92 VIII . Intelligence .. 102 ...
... Towns and Villages III . Modes and Conveniences of Travelling ........ 39 IV . The Men ........................ .. V. The Women VI . Domestic Life .......... VII . Spirit of Conversation .... 1 21 56 63 77 92 VIII . Intelligence .. 102 ...
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... towns , one on each side of the river . They formed an agreeable spectacle , as showing us , that notwithstanding our last evening's lone- liness , we were still near man and his haunts ; for beautiful as nature is , it is in society ...
... towns , one on each side of the river . They formed an agreeable spectacle , as showing us , that notwithstanding our last evening's lone- liness , we were still near man and his haunts ; for beautiful as nature is , it is in society ...
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... town of Frederick . The land there is so rich that I gazed with a sort of rapturous feeling . I proceeded from Frederick to Harper's Ferry in Virginia , a place worthy of notice on two ac- counts ; one , its picturesque situation , the ...
... town of Frederick . The land there is so rich that I gazed with a sort of rapturous feeling . I proceeded from Frederick to Harper's Ferry in Virginia , a place worthy of notice on two ac- counts ; one , its picturesque situation , the ...
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... no object finds ; Creation sleeps . ' Tis as the general pulse Of life stood still , and nature made a pause ; An awful pause ! prophetic of her end . " CHAPTER II . CITIES , TOWNS , AND VILLAGES . 20 FACE OF THE COUNTRY .
... no object finds ; Creation sleeps . ' Tis as the general pulse Of life stood still , and nature made a pause ; An awful pause ! prophetic of her end . " CHAPTER II . CITIES , TOWNS , AND VILLAGES . 20 FACE OF THE COUNTRY .
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... TOWNS , AND VILLAGES . As the place where I first landed in America was New York , I shall begin by giving some ac- count of that city . Standing like Constanti- nople on a point of land , it is nearly encom- passed by water , and ...
... TOWNS , AND VILLAGES . As the place where I first landed in America was New York , I shall begin by giving some ac- count of that city . Standing like Constanti- nople on a point of land , it is nearly encom- passed by water , and ...
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