An Englishman's Travels in America: His Observations of Life and Manners in the Free and Slave States |
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... believe , the whole time . Here he was released and discharged from the ship , glad enough to escape further punishment , " prosecution ' having been , since the occurrence , held in ter- rorem over him . وو It was late in the afternoon ...
... believe , the whole time . Here he was released and discharged from the ship , glad enough to escape further punishment , " prosecution ' having been , since the occurrence , held in ter- rorem over him . وو It was late in the afternoon ...
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... believe , at all times as safely as in the West India docks in London , or the imperial docks of Liverpool . Here was assembled an incalculable number of vessels of all sizes and all nations , forming a beautiful and picturesque view of ...
... believe , at all times as safely as in the West India docks in London , or the imperial docks of Liverpool . Here was assembled an incalculable number of vessels of all sizes and all nations , forming a beautiful and picturesque view of ...
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... believe , only re- sorted to in England in cases of public emergency or unusual excitement , and that but seldom ; I mean that of posting on large placards the latest arrival of news , home or foreign ; thus , whenever you return home ...
... believe , only re- sorted to in England in cases of public emergency or unusual excitement , and that but seldom ; I mean that of posting on large placards the latest arrival of news , home or foreign ; thus , whenever you return home ...
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... believe , by the authorities . Cheap newspapers are pushed into the face of the passer - by , at the corner of every principal thoroughfare , the prices varying from two to six cents . These , as may be supposed , contain , to- gether ...
... believe , by the authorities . Cheap newspapers are pushed into the face of the passer - by , at the corner of every principal thoroughfare , the prices varying from two to six cents . These , as may be supposed , contain , to- gether ...
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... believe , is partly the reason why bells are not used , although a friend in whose presence I noticed this , stated that contempt for so English a custom had much to do with their disuse . If so , the prejudice is not confined to New ...
... believe , is partly the reason why bells are not used , although a friend in whose presence I noticed this , stated that contempt for so English a custom had much to do with their disuse . If so , the prejudice is not confined to New ...
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Page 131 - O'er all there hung a shadow and a fear ; A sense of mystery the spirit daunted, And said, as plain as whisper in the ear, The place is Haunted!
Page 32 - THE STEAMBOAT SEE how yon flaming herald treads The ridged and rolling waves, As, crashing o'er their crested heads, She bows her surly slaves ! With foam before and fire behind, She rends the clinging sea, That flies before the roaring wind Beneath her hissing lee. The morning spray, like sea-born flowers, With heaped and glistening bells, Falls round her fast, in ringing showers, With every wave that swells ; And, burning o'er the midnight deep, In lurid fringes thrown, The living gems of ocean...
Page 189 - Jonathan he composed a tune, and with much gravity recommended it to the officers, as one of the most celebrated airs of martial music. The joke took, to the no small amusement of the British corps. Brother Jonathan exclaimed it was nation fine...
Page 1 - A few short hours, and he will rise To give the morrow birth ; And I shall hail the main and skies, But not my mother earth. Deserted is my own good hall, Its hearth is desolate ; Wild weeds are gathering on the wall, My dog howls at the gate.
Page 188 - ... on the left of the British Army — some with long coats, some with short coats, and others with no coats at all...