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 15
... talking as if quite at home . It was the finest of hospitality , which I afterwards found not uncommon in the South . Had Prince Albert walked in , cognito , he would have been received much as I was : with as little constraint ...
... talking as if quite at home . It was the finest of hospitality , which I afterwards found not uncommon in the South . Had Prince Albert walked in , cognito , he would have been received much as I was : with as little constraint ...
Page 16
... talking on various subjects - on England and Europe ; then on America - the North and the South - the " peculiar institution . " The storm - cloud that has since spread over the whole country , and burst at last , was then no bigger ...
... talking on various subjects - on England and Europe ; then on America - the North and the South - the " peculiar institution . " The storm - cloud that has since spread over the whole country , and burst at last , was then no bigger ...
Page 18
... talking . A short time after , I asked to be shown my bed , which I had been informed was ready ; and soon I was comfortably reflecting on the interesting events of my first day in America . Certainly all my preconceived notions of ...
... talking . A short time after , I asked to be shown my bed , which I had been informed was ready ; and soon I was comfortably reflecting on the interesting events of my first day in America . Certainly all my preconceived notions of ...
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... talking , weighing their words well . All impressed me as being more acute , guarded , considerate and self - possessed than English people . And after I had been among Americans for years , and had studied and insensibly acquired their ...
... talking , weighing their words well . All impressed me as being more acute , guarded , considerate and self - possessed than English people . And after I had been among Americans for years , and had studied and insensibly acquired their ...
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... talking about the strange revolutions in Europe . I was struck with the difference between the guarded expressions , the moderate expectations and views of my host , and the rash predictions , the hasty and extrava- gant conclusions of ...
... talking about the strange revolutions in Europe . I was struck with the difference between the guarded expressions , the moderate expectations and views of my host , and the rash predictions , the hasty and extrava- gant conclusions of ...
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