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 vii
... principles of many of my readers . I have , however , regardless of feelings , presented leading and plain facts , carefully and conscientiously ; trusting in the disposition at present pre- vailing in this country , to arrive at the ...
... principles of many of my readers . I have , however , regardless of feelings , presented leading and plain facts , carefully and conscientiously ; trusting in the disposition at present pre- vailing in this country , to arrive at the ...
Page 55
... principles formed no part of the dis- cussion . The question was , how the constituencies would go , how they had gone before , whether any would this time change , what majority such and such a county , or city , or state , had given ...
... principles formed no part of the dis- cussion . The question was , how the constituencies would go , how they had gone before , whether any would this time change , what majority such and such a county , or city , or state , had given ...
Page 85
... principle , English people being rather averse from being pleased with things to which they are not accustomed . Generally they set their mouths against foreign articles of diet , which , if they met with at home as a rarity or luxury ...
... principle , English people being rather averse from being pleased with things to which they are not accustomed . Generally they set their mouths against foreign articles of diet , which , if they met with at home as a rarity or luxury ...
Page 102
... principle among the poli- ticians , who belong to those classes , that these evils have arisen . More than once on these occasions I saw General Taylor , and could not but conclude that he was a plain , good - hearted , honest , hard ...
... principle among the poli- ticians , who belong to those classes , that these evils have arisen . More than once on these occasions I saw General Taylor , and could not but conclude that he was a plain , good - hearted , honest , hard ...
Page 103
... principles . As to political fitness , Taylor had no more of that than President Pierce had of either political or military ability ; his grateful country , however , rewarded him with unsought honours , and the politicians worried him ...
... principles . As to political fitness , Taylor had no more of that than President Pierce had of either political or military ability ; his grateful country , however , rewarded him with unsought honours , and the politicians worried him ...
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