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 56
... dress ; this , and their beauty , only serves to expose their unpolished manners , and want of education . They have no expression of countenance , nor do they appear to possess much mind . One great proof of this , is , that all places ...
... dress ; this , and their beauty , only serves to expose their unpolished manners , and want of education . They have no expression of countenance , nor do they appear to possess much mind . One great proof of this , is , that all places ...
Strana 72
... dress and bonnet , to show out at preach- ing on Sunday , ( which is probably attended with no bet- ter consequence , ) it is the heighth of their ambition . If their wives can succeed in converting their butter , cheese , wool , and ...
... dress and bonnet , to show out at preach- ing on Sunday , ( which is probably attended with no bet- ter consequence , ) it is the heighth of their ambition . If their wives can succeed in converting their butter , cheese , wool , and ...
Strana 73
... dress ; it must be in the fashion ; it must be tuck- ed and corded , it must be trimmed with some twelve or fourteen yards of satin ribbon ; she must have a fine ruff , of the very finest stuff that was ever seen ; she must have a flat ...
... dress ; it must be in the fashion ; it must be tuck- ed and corded , it must be trimmed with some twelve or fourteen yards of satin ribbon ; she must have a fine ruff , of the very finest stuff that was ever seen ; she must have a flat ...
Strana 103
... dress , tripped along the pavement with mincing step and unlocked arms , as though they would make room for a little light fop , who walked neither exactly behind nor yet between them ; ( he has a faint heart , that is evident . ) In ...
... dress , tripped along the pavement with mincing step and unlocked arms , as though they would make room for a little light fop , who walked neither exactly behind nor yet between them ; ( he has a faint heart , that is evident . ) In ...
Strana 146
... dresses , and accompanied by several children . These last had the appearance of gentee ! females , who no doubt had come to breathe a sigh over some departed friend . I could not , however , approve their taste in choosing that hour of ...
... dresses , and accompanied by several children . These last had the appearance of gentee ! females , who no doubt had come to breathe a sigh over some departed friend . I could not , however , approve their taste in choosing that hour of ...
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