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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... hundred and sixty weight . They all rode on trotting horses ; they whipped on pretty brisk , and soon gained upon the young man ; as they drew near , his horse being a little fiery , began to display his mettle , by attempting to escape ...
... hundred and sixty weight . They all rode on trotting horses ; they whipped on pretty brisk , and soon gained upon the young man ; as they drew near , his horse being a little fiery , began to display his mettle , by attempting to escape ...
Strana 42
... hundred and fifty to three hundred yards wide . This majestic river flows between two mountains of moderate elevation , which are perfectly barren , and almost perpendicular . The bottom land , at first narrow , ( I mean at the falls ...
... hundred and fifty to three hundred yards wide . This majestic river flows between two mountains of moderate elevation , which are perfectly barren , and almost perpendicular . The bottom land , at first narrow , ( I mean at the falls ...
Strana 45
... hundred and fifty , and in some instances three hundred feet , through a solid rock !. The moment he is through , the salt water spouts up to a great height , and of stronger or weaker quality as it is near or remote from a certain ...
... hundred and fifty , and in some instances three hundred feet , through a solid rock !. The moment he is through , the salt water spouts up to a great height , and of stronger or weaker quality as it is near or remote from a certain ...
Strana 46
... of them . These salt - works are dismal looking places ; the sameness of the long low sheds ; smoking boilers ; men , the roughest that can be seen , half naked ; hundreds of boat - men ; horses and oxen , ill - 46 KENHAWA COUNTY .
... of them . These salt - works are dismal looking places ; the sameness of the long low sheds ; smoking boilers ; men , the roughest that can be seen , half naked ; hundreds of boat - men ; horses and oxen , ill - 46 KENHAWA COUNTY .
Strana 48
... hundred feet , or thereabouts , in height , I had a view of the beautiful river Ohio : at this place it is said to be five hundred yards wide . This river , which is justly celebrated for its beauty and utility , flows in a smooth ...
... hundred feet , or thereabouts , in height , I had a view of the beautiful river Ohio : at this place it is said to be five hundred yards wide . This river , which is justly celebrated for its beauty and utility , flows in a smooth ...
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