An Englishman's Travels in America: His Observations of Life and Manners in the Free and Slave States |
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... called upon to apologize for the pro- duction of the following pages . It was his almost unremitting practice , during the four years he resided on the North American continent , to keep a record of what he considered of interest around ...
... called upon to apologize for the pro- duction of the following pages . It was his almost unremitting practice , during the four years he resided on the North American continent , to keep a record of what he considered of interest around ...
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... called millionaire of that name , is a large but rather heavy - looking pile of building , and forms a conspicuous object in the park . Here many of the élite from the provinces sojourn on visiting the city . The accommodations are ...
... called millionaire of that name , is a large but rather heavy - looking pile of building , and forms a conspicuous object in the park . Here many of the élite from the provinces sojourn on visiting the city . The accommodations are ...
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... called by Congressional duties . I pressed forward to shake hands with this great expounder of American laws , as he is called by the citizens , who seemed , by the way , on the occasion I refer to , to regard him as a sort of divinity ...
... called by Congressional duties . I pressed forward to shake hands with this great expounder of American laws , as he is called by the citizens , who seemed , by the way , on the occasion I refer to , to regard him as a sort of divinity ...
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... ( called the “ code noir " ) , adapted for the Southern States , must , however , be excepted , for it is notorious , that to subserve the ends of interested parties , they have been framed 30 as to present what may with propriety be ...
... ( called the “ code noir " ) , adapted for the Southern States , must , however , be excepted , for it is notorious , that to subserve the ends of interested parties , they have been framed 30 as to present what may with propriety be ...
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... called the Narraganset , and esteemed at the time the swiftest boat on the Hudson River . I must confess I was rather timid when I did so , for the reckless manner in which the crack boats are run , in order to maintain their character ...
... called the Narraganset , and esteemed at the time the swiftest boat on the Hudson River . I must confess I was rather timid when I did so , for the reckless manner in which the crack boats are run , in order to maintain their character ...
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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...