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 60
... tion " to give more weight to the personal merits and character . Still , the remark of Mr. Ruffin , which was quoted a few pages back , is too true of the Southern people like the rest of the world , they are sadly defi- cient in the ...
... tion " to give more weight to the personal merits and character . Still , the remark of Mr. Ruffin , which was quoted a few pages back , is too true of the Southern people like the rest of the world , they are sadly defi- cient in the ...
Page 65
... tion to all which matters the community would be well paid by increased morality , strength , health , and length of life . The English reader will pardon this little digression , which I hope will not be thrown away on those who dwell ...
... tion to all which matters the community would be well paid by increased morality , strength , health , and length of life . The English reader will pardon this little digression , which I hope will not be thrown away on those who dwell ...
Page 79
... tion , an American Tract Society , a Bible Society of Virginia , a Board of Foreign Missions , Southern Baptist's Convention , that italic word already indicates the com- mencement of disunion , -and other religious societies ; and ...
... tion , an American Tract Society , a Bible Society of Virginia , a Board of Foreign Missions , Southern Baptist's Convention , that italic word already indicates the com- mencement of disunion , -and other religious societies ; and ...
Page 84
... tion . Well , here we are now at our hotel , one of the largest and best in the United States , consequently in the world . You walk in and enter your name and address in a book lying on a sort of counter . The gong , with its ...
... tion . Well , here we are now at our hotel , one of the largest and best in the United States , consequently in the world . You walk in and enter your name and address in a book lying on a sort of counter . The gong , with its ...
Page 93
... tion . This same lively widower , thereupon , asked one of the dolls above - mentioned if she would be so good as to be his partner in a " jogging along , " to which she smilingly assented . Then two or three couples rose up ...
... tion . This same lively widower , thereupon , asked one of the dolls above - mentioned if she would be so good as to be his partner in a " jogging along , " to which she smilingly assented . Then two or three couples rose up ...
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