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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... wish removed from view . It may be expected that I should say some- thing of Niagara cataract , the most celebrated in the world , though inferior in magnitude to the Riakan - fossen in Norway ; but so many descrip- tions of it have ...
... wish removed from view . It may be expected that I should say some- thing of Niagara cataract , the most celebrated in the world , though inferior in magnitude to the Riakan - fossen in Norway ; but so many descrip- tions of it have ...
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... wish a more cheering associa- tion , than that springing from the fact , that only about a century and a half ago , all was wilder- ness and savage life , where flourishing cities now stand , and civilization with all its kindness and ...
... wish a more cheering associa- tion , than that springing from the fact , that only about a century and a half ago , all was wilder- ness and savage life , where flourishing cities now stand , and civilization with all its kindness and ...
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... wish to introduce it as a topic I do not know , but we talked of nothing else for the greater part of the way . He enforced his opi- nions with less dogmatism than many persons of a similar stamp , and with thorough good humour till his ...
... wish to introduce it as a topic I do not know , but we talked of nothing else for the greater part of the way . He enforced his opi- nions with less dogmatism than many persons of a similar stamp , and with thorough good humour till his ...
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... wishes of others . If their introductory deportment does not raise expectations , their conduct after is sure to gratify the essence of politeness they emi- nently possess . It is proper to say something of the labouring class of ...
... wishes of others . If their introductory deportment does not raise expectations , their conduct after is sure to gratify the essence of politeness they emi- nently possess . It is proper to say something of the labouring class of ...
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... wish women as well as men to be partakers of it . But then a question occurs as to the superior utility of ancient or modern languages . To satisfy our- selves on this point , we must consider that the ancient languages are of far less ...
... wish women as well as men to be partakers of it . But then a question occurs as to the superior utility of ancient or modern languages . To satisfy our- selves on this point , we must consider that the ancient languages are of far less ...
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