An Englishman's Travels in America: His Observations of Life and Manners in the Free and Slave States |
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... doubt , greatly heightened by the monotonous dreariness of a tempestuous voyage . The highlands and valleys , as we sailed up , had a verdant woody appear- ance , and were interspersed with rural and chateau scenery ; herds of cattle ...
... doubt , greatly heightened by the monotonous dreariness of a tempestuous voyage . The highlands and valleys , as we sailed up , had a verdant woody appear- ance , and were interspersed with rural and chateau scenery ; herds of cattle ...
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... doubt almost directly after leaving this man's stand ; for , stepping into an open store close at hand , of which there are ranges on either side of the street , a sale of jewellery and watches was going on . A case of jewellery ...
... doubt almost directly after leaving this man's stand ; for , stepping into an open store close at hand , of which there are ranges on either side of the street , a sale of jewellery and watches was going on . A case of jewellery ...
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... doubt he went off with the intention of losing his deposit . This occurrence put me on my guard , and made me very wary of buying articles at such auctions during my stay in New York , although the apparent beauty and cheapness of many ...
... doubt he went off with the intention of losing his deposit . This occurrence put me on my guard , and made me very wary of buying articles at such auctions during my stay in New York , although the apparent beauty and cheapness of many ...
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... doubt , as I have heard , possessed of great physical powers ; he had a heavy and rather downcast turn of features , which were not improved by a pair of enormous black eyebrows ; there was , however , THE TOWN - HALL . 21 an expression ...
... doubt , as I have heard , possessed of great physical powers ; he had a heavy and rather downcast turn of features , which were not improved by a pair of enormous black eyebrows ; there was , however , THE TOWN - HALL . 21 an expression ...
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... doubt , have led to the immediate arrest and imprisonment of the authors . Here , however , they are but little noticed by the popu- lace , and not at all , I believe , by the authorities . Cheap newspapers are pushed into the face of ...
... doubt , have led to the immediate arrest and imprisonment of the authors . Here , however , they are but little noticed by the popu- lace , and not at all , I believe , by the authorities . Cheap newspapers are pushed into the face of ...
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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...