An Englishman's Travels in America: His Observations of Life and Manners in the Free and Slave States |
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... never to do things by halves , and so set this instance down as a proof of their propensity to " go the whole hog , " as they are wont to term their extremes and eccentri- cities . The Town - hall , situate at the base of the Park ...
... never to do things by halves , and so set this instance down as a proof of their propensity to " go the whole hog , " as they are wont to term their extremes and eccentri- cities . The Town - hall , situate at the base of the Park ...
Page 35
... never to take a passage , on American waters , in a first- class steam - boat , as the principle acted upon is to maintain the character of a first - rater at all hazards , regardless of the life or limbs of the helpless passengers ...
... never to take a passage , on American waters , in a first- class steam - boat , as the principle acted upon is to maintain the character of a first - rater at all hazards , regardless of the life or limbs of the helpless passengers ...
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... never forget and which rang in my ears like a death knell , he dis- appeared from the view of the spectators , and , being probably entangled in the trees and debris that were floating down the torrent , he did not rise again . A loud ...
... never forget and which rang in my ears like a death knell , he dis- appeared from the view of the spectators , and , being probably entangled in the trees and debris that were floating down the torrent , he did not rise again . A loud ...
Page 57
... never in company , and usually after dark . I was politely offered the use of their box at the theatre during my stay , and on one occasion availed myself of the offer . But I never ventured again the box was evidently marked , and ...
... never in company , and usually after dark . I was politely offered the use of their box at the theatre during my stay , and on one occasion availed myself of the offer . But I never ventured again the box was evidently marked , and ...
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... never recorded ; these , I fear , if exposed , would not much redound to their credit with the present generation . At first I could not understand why the soldier was ordered before being shot to pull his jacket off ; this he explained ...
... never recorded ; these , I fear , if exposed , would not much redound to their credit with the present generation . At first I could not understand why the soldier was ordered before being shot to pull his jacket off ; this he explained ...
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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...