Ten Years in the United States: Being an Englishman's View of Men and Things in the North Ad South |
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Page vi
... present volume is based upon memoranda and materials accumulated from time to time in various places , for the purpose of illustrating the social and political peculiarities of the United States people : The facts here given were ...
... present volume is based upon memoranda and materials accumulated from time to time in various places , for the purpose of illustrating the social and political peculiarities of the United States people : The facts here given were ...
Page vii
... present pre- vailing in this country , to arrive at the truth as to the right and wrong of this momentous struggle ; sinking , for a time , sectarian and party prepossessions . I have endeavoured , as far as possible , to let the people ...
... present pre- vailing in this country , to arrive at the truth as to the right and wrong of this momentous struggle ; sinking , for a time , sectarian and party prepossessions . I have endeavoured , as far as possible , to let the people ...
Page x
... Present Events Foreshadowed Seward's Career - Bennett on Seward - Disunion debated in Senate -Negroes termed Accidents and Disturbances by Seward - Calcu- lations à la Bobadil - On Californian Secession - An uncompro- mising Statesman ...
... Present Events Foreshadowed Seward's Career - Bennett on Seward - Disunion debated in Senate -Negroes termed Accidents and Disturbances by Seward - Calcu- lations à la Bobadil - On Californian Secession - An uncompro- mising Statesman ...
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... present population , it would be , mentally ( and the mind's the stature of the man ' ) , a smaller nation than Switzerland - less important than the single city of Rome or Paris , or even Florence . " 6 " Take in those stunsails ...
... present population , it would be , mentally ( and the mind's the stature of the man ' ) , a smaller nation than Switzerland - less important than the single city of Rome or Paris , or even Florence . " 6 " Take in those stunsails ...
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... present no appearance of strangeness to the passing observer , except the wooden shingle roof , and the green external window blinds . A coloured servant - girl appeared . The word " slave , ” by the by , is seldom used ; the term is ...
... present no appearance of strangeness to the passing observer , except the wooden shingle roof , and the green external window blinds . A coloured servant - girl appeared . The word " slave , ” by the by , is seldom used ; the term is ...
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