A Journey Through Texas, Or, A Saddle-trip on the Southwestern Frontier, with a Statistical AppendixBrookhaven Press, 1859 - Počet stran: 516 |
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Strana viii
... and ample crops for sustenance harvested . Each has found communication with his market interrupted during a portion of the year by floods ; each needs an ampler and better house ; each desires viii A LETTER TO A SOUTHERN FRIEND .
... and ample crops for sustenance harvested . Each has found communication with his market interrupted during a portion of the year by floods ; each needs an ampler and better house ; each desires viii A LETTER TO A SOUTHERN FRIEND .
Strana ix
... better wages than carpenters can get in the older settlements ; and a young man , whose only capital is in his hands and his wits , glad to come where there is a glut of food and a dearth of labor , soon presents himself . To construct ...
... better wages than carpenters can get in the older settlements ; and a young man , whose only capital is in his hands and his wits , glad to come where there is a glut of food and a dearth of labor , soon presents himself . To construct ...
Strana x
... better em- Floyment of his neighbors , and the influence of the church and school upon them , will go far towards paying these debts . The difficulty of obtaining a profitable return for labor , X A LETTER TO A SOUTHERN FRIEND .
... better em- Floyment of his neighbors , and the influence of the church and school upon them , will go far towards paying these debts . The difficulty of obtaining a profitable return for labor , X A LETTER TO A SOUTHERN FRIEND .
Strana xii
... better method of agriculture , remains in ignorance of it , or locked against it by the prejudice of custom and habit . I have described to you the real condition , and its historical rationale , of a majority of the better class of ...
... better method of agriculture , remains in ignorance of it , or locked against it by the prejudice of custom and habit . I have described to you the real condition , and its historical rationale , of a majority of the better class of ...
Strana xvii
... better possibilities , are so open and inviting to all . But it appears that such a class is a necessary phenomenon attending slavery . The planter in Eastern Texas speaks with the same irritation of his poorer neighbors that he does ...
... better possibilities , are so open and inviting to all . But it appears that such a class is a necessary phenomenon attending slavery . The planter in Eastern Texas speaks with the same irritation of his poorer neighbors that he does ...
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