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 39
... consists of savannahs , covered with luxurious grass , which feeds large numbers of cattle . On these savannahs no trees grow ; they are , however , covered with a small shrub , which shelters the grass , no doubt , both from the drying ...
... consists of savannahs , covered with luxurious grass , which feeds large numbers of cattle . On these savannahs no trees grow ; they are , however , covered with a small shrub , which shelters the grass , no doubt , both from the drying ...
Strana 50
... consists of two strings of inhabitants , upon Kenhawa and Elk rivers . It was reclaimed from the Indians and the buffaloes , by degrees , with the loss of many lives by the former , until Gen. Wayne subdued them . The buffaloes were so ...
... consists of two strings of inhabitants , upon Kenhawa and Elk rivers . It was reclaimed from the Indians and the buffaloes , by degrees , with the loss of many lives by the former , until Gen. Wayne subdued them . The buffaloes were so ...
Strana 56
... consist in farming , raising cattle , mak- ing whiskey , ( and drinking it , ) hunting , and digging sang , * as they say , present a distinct republic of their own , every way different from any people . Appearance . The young people ...
... consist in farming , raising cattle , mak- ing whiskey , ( and drinking it , ) hunting , and digging sang , * as they say , present a distinct republic of their own , every way different from any people . Appearance . The young people ...
Strana 59
... consisting of as many different colors . These are grappled by a comb - case , but you would never know it by the name ; it is not made of horn at all , but of paste - board , on the outside of which is pasted a bit of painted paper ...
... consisting of as many different colors . These are grappled by a comb - case , but you would never know it by the name ; it is not made of horn at all , but of paste - board , on the outside of which is pasted a bit of painted paper ...
Strana 99
... consists of black oak , black jack , hickory , sassafras , box , ash , pine , and persimon . Good wheat is reared · in the counties near the Blue Ridge , in some places as high as thirty - eight bushels to the acre . Some of the land ...
... consists of black oak , black jack , hickory , sassafras , box , ash , pine , and persimon . Good wheat is reared · in the counties near the Blue Ridge , in some places as high as thirty - eight bushels to the acre . Some of the land ...
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