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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... lady the letter . he has some awkward boy or girl , by the way - side , staring at " has Jim come from mill yet ? " When he could make us laugh no other way , he would insist up- on drinking out of the horse - bucket , and that after ...
... lady the letter . he has some awkward boy or girl , by the way - side , staring at " has Jim come from mill yet ? " When he could make us laugh no other way , he would insist up- on drinking out of the horse - bucket , and that after ...
Strana 23
... lady eighty years of age . This was the first opportunity in my life I had had of judging for myself respecting a subject of which I had often heard and read , viz . that persons of her age were measurably dead to those vivid affections ...
... lady eighty years of age . This was the first opportunity in my life I had had of judging for myself respecting a subject of which I had often heard and read , viz . that persons of her age were measurably dead to those vivid affections ...
Strana 31
... Salt Sulphur , where I arrived very much fatigued . And here I have the fleas again , notwithstanding the neatness of the land- lady , who is an excellent house keeper . They cer- tainly must delight in a cold climate , the whole 1 ...
... Salt Sulphur , where I arrived very much fatigued . And here I have the fleas again , notwithstanding the neatness of the land- lady , who is an excellent house keeper . They cer- tainly must delight in a cold climate , the whole 1 ...
Strana 32
... ladies are very agreeable ; the South Carolinians still more so . Of all people I have met with , they are the most pleasing in their manner ; they are how- ever annoyed with the cold and the fleas . It is not uncommon to see a South ...
... ladies are very agreeable ; the South Carolinians still more so . Of all people I have met with , they are the most pleasing in their manner ; they are how- ever annoyed with the cold and the fleas . It is not uncommon to see a South ...
Strana 35
... ladies abreast , the self same way ; they were none of your finical , fine spun , scrupulous ladies ; this was evident at first sight ; they were fine lusty looking fe- males , that might average a hundred and sixty weight . They all ...
... ladies abreast , the self same way ; they were none of your finical , fine spun , scrupulous ladies ; this was evident at first sight ; they were fine lusty looking fe- males , that might average a hundred and sixty weight . They all ...
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