Royall's Sketches: Of History, Life, and Manners in the United StatesApplewood Books, 30. 1. 2003 - Počet stran: 392 Printed privately in 1826, Anne Newport Royall's Sketches of History, Life and Manners in the United States caused quite a stir, as did most of her publications. Considering herself to be the guardian of democracy (she later became a friend of John Quincy Adams), Royall used her works to expose corruption and bad dealings wherever she went, with a boldness that was remarkable for an era obsessed with gentility and 'Äúwomanly virtue'Äù. 'ÄúSketches'Äù catalogs Royall's travels from Louisiana to Maine, including Washington, D.C., Baltimore, Philadelphia, New York, Albany, Springfield, Hartford, Worcester, Boston, and New Haven, noting each city's population, industry, physical description and modes of available transportation, as well as regional dialects, modes of dress and the character of the city's residents. |
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Strana 181
... Quakers , and 3 banks . Manners and Appearance . The people of George- town are polite and hospitable ; they form a striking con- trast to their neighbours of Washington , their minds be- ing more generally cultivated . It is hardly ...
... Quakers , and 3 banks . Manners and Appearance . The people of George- town are polite and hospitable ; they form a striking con- trast to their neighbours of Washington , their minds be- ing more generally cultivated . It is hardly ...
Strana 183
... Quaker , so that it was something like a Quaker meet- ing . The fourth was a French gentleman . The Qua- kers , one was from Massachusetts with the lady , and the other a merchant from Georgetown , a Virginian by birth and education ...
... Quaker , so that it was something like a Quaker meet- ing . The fourth was a French gentleman . The Qua- kers , one was from Massachusetts with the lady , and the other a merchant from Georgetown , a Virginian by birth and education ...
Strana 184
... Quaker gentlemen however relieved him , by descanting upon the approaching presidential election . The Georgetown man was in favour of Mr. Crawford , and the yankee of course was in favour of Mr. Adams . The Georgetown was a man of ...
... Quaker gentlemen however relieved him , by descanting upon the approaching presidential election . The Georgetown man was in favour of Mr. Crawford , and the yankee of course was in favour of Mr. Adams . The Georgetown was a man of ...
Strana 185
... Quakers , it seems , were going to a great Quaker meeting , which was to be held at Balti- more the ensuing week . The day was fine , and the road excellent , being a turnpike the whole way . Our way lay through Bladens- burg , rendered ...
... Quakers , it seems , were going to a great Quaker meeting , which was to be held at Balti- more the ensuing week . The day was fine , and the road excellent , being a turnpike the whole way . Our way lay through Bladens- burg , rendered ...
Strana 192
... Quaker , ve- ry readily conducted me through the apartments . The buildings have a long gallery running through them from end to end , on each side of which are handsome apart . ments for the sick and insane . Those apartments ( ex ...
... Quaker , ve- ry readily conducted me through the apartments . The buildings have a long gallery running through them from end to end , on each side of which are handsome apart . ments for the sick and insane . Those apartments ( ex ...
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