An Englishman's Travels in America: His Observations of Life and Manners in the Free and Slave States |
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... proceeded to Hoboken ; this is a place of great resort in fine weather , and is situate nearly opposite the city of New York , or rather the eastern part of it . Here I found assembled a large company of pleasure - seekers in holiday ...
... proceeded to Hoboken ; this is a place of great resort in fine weather , and is situate nearly opposite the city of New York , or rather the eastern part of it . Here I found assembled a large company of pleasure - seekers in holiday ...
Page 66
... proceeded , I lifted the latch in great trepidation , when I saw a man just about to strike a woman ( who proved to be his wife ) with an up- lifted chair . The fellow was vociferating loudly , and appeared in a towering passion . My ...
... proceeded , I lifted the latch in great trepidation , when I saw a man just about to strike a woman ( who proved to be his wife ) with an up- lifted chair . The fellow was vociferating loudly , and appeared in a towering passion . My ...
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... proceeded on its way . I had frequently heard and read of those vast flocks of wild pigeons which periodically pursue their flight to milder latitudes : and , as the boat was now approaching the centre of the state of Ohio , where ...
... proceeded on its way . I had frequently heard and read of those vast flocks of wild pigeons which periodically pursue their flight to milder latitudes : and , as the boat was now approaching the centre of the state of Ohio , where ...
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... proceeded we constantly saw trees topple over into the river , the banks of which are continually widening , and which in many parts has the appearance of a lake after a storm , impregnated with debris . The trees , thus 104 COMPULSORY ...
... proceeded we constantly saw trees topple over into the river , the banks of which are continually widening , and which in many parts has the appearance of a lake after a storm , impregnated with debris . The trees , thus 104 COMPULSORY ...
Page 108
... proceeded to detail several instances of fugitive negroes being dragged in capture to the foot of the gallows , where , with halter - encircled necks , they were made not only to acknowledge the error committed and expose accessories ...
... proceeded to detail several instances of fugitive negroes being dragged in capture to the foot of the gallows , where , with halter - encircled necks , they were made not only to acknowledge the error committed and expose accessories ...
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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...