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 19
... gentlemen who joined us at MacMinville , saw its re- mains smoking on the morning of the succeeding day . Respecting this dreadful business , different opinions prevail ; some suspected the people of Nashville , and some the people of ...
... gentlemen who joined us at MacMinville , saw its re- mains smoking on the morning of the succeeding day . Respecting this dreadful business , different opinions prevail ; some suspected the people of Nashville , and some the people of ...
Strana 29
... gentleman related to me a singular anecdote of this river , which I never heard or read of , until I went to Alabama . One , upon whose veracity we may rely , says that there is a place called the painted rock , which is not far above ...
... gentleman related to me a singular anecdote of this river , which I never heard or read of , until I went to Alabama . One , upon whose veracity we may rely , says that there is a place called the painted rock , which is not far above ...
Strana 32
... together , I could not forbear smiling at the other sufferers , particularly a French gentleman . Sitting in my chamber one day , and these insects the topic , he would close his eyes to personate sleep 32 SALT SPRINGS .
... together , I could not forbear smiling at the other sufferers , particularly a French gentleman . Sitting in my chamber one day , and these insects the topic , he would close his eyes to personate sleep 32 SALT SPRINGS .
Strana 35
... gentlemen's seats , perhaps , ( I know not which , ) appear at intervals on the side of the mountains , which are not so steep as to preclude cultivation ; neither does their proximity offend the eye . A While I was musing on the scene ...
... gentlemen's seats , perhaps , ( I know not which , ) appear at intervals on the side of the mountains , which are not so steep as to preclude cultivation ; neither does their proximity offend the eye . A While I was musing on the scene ...
Strana 49
... gentleman informed , that while the army was stationed near the mouth of Elk , he walked down that river to where it intersects with Kenhawa , for the purpose of fishing ; he had not remained long there before he heard a plunge in the ...
... gentleman informed , that while the army was stationed near the mouth of Elk , he walked down that river to where it intersects with Kenhawa , for the purpose of fishing ; he had not remained long there before he heard a plunge in the ...
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