Ten Years in the United States: Being an Englishman's View of Men and Things in the North Ad South |
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... American Union , accompanied as it is with a fierce war of devastation between men who but yesterday were fellow- citizens , and exulting , as it seemed , beyond all other people , in the Government of their own creation - excites more ...
... American Union , accompanied as it is with a fierce war of devastation between men who but yesterday were fellow- citizens , and exulting , as it seemed , beyond all other people , in the Government of their own creation - excites more ...
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... American politics , I had to work for my living ; and I became so far Americanized that I ceased to be regarded or treated as a stranger or foreigner . For some years , indeed , I looked upon the now famous city of Richmond as my home ...
... American politics , I had to work for my living ; and I became so far Americanized that I ceased to be regarded or treated as a stranger or foreigner . For some years , indeed , I looked upon the now famous city of Richmond as my home ...
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... American Democracy PAGE 177 CHAPTER XII . North and South - The national Foible - Distinctions between the Slave- holder and Yankee - Their Types - Public Life - Publicity — Dis- play - Modes of Life- " Grass Widow's " Revenge - Failure ...
... American Democracy PAGE 177 CHAPTER XII . North and South - The national Foible - Distinctions between the Slave- holder and Yankee - Their Types - Public Life - Publicity — Dis- play - Modes of Life- " Grass Widow's " Revenge - Failure ...
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... American land we saw was Point - no - Point ; and all safe and well , every sail set , we gaily entered Chesapeake Bay . How eagerly we looked around us to catch the first glimpse of anything that might indicate the character of " the ...
... American land we saw was Point - no - Point ; and all safe and well , every sail set , we gaily entered Chesapeake Bay . How eagerly we looked around us to catch the first glimpse of anything that might indicate the character of " the ...
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... American vernacular the meteor - like insects were termed " lightning - bugs . " found that almost any insect is a " bug , " - June - bugs , candle - bugs , besides other better known species . The rich and influential , the aristocracy ...
... American vernacular the meteor - like insects were termed " lightning - bugs . " found that almost any insect is a " bug , " - June - bugs , candle - bugs , besides other better known species . The rich and influential , the aristocracy ...
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