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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... natural curiosity , having an arch - way under ground , the distance of a mile in length , through which persons may walk up- right , from one end to the other . An opening being A village , called after M'Min , Governor of Tennessee ...
... natural curiosity , having an arch - way under ground , the distance of a mile in length , through which persons may walk up- right , from one end to the other . An opening being A village , called after M'Min , Governor of Tennessee ...
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... nature , upon which some adventur- ous individual might have once stood and left this me- mento of his temerity ... natural children and more fleas I'll venture to say , than can be found in any ten . The third peculiarity * I might say ...
... nature , upon which some adventur- ous individual might have once stood and left this me- mento of his temerity ... natural children and more fleas I'll venture to say , than can be found in any ten . The third peculiarity * I might say ...
Strana 30
... nature , which is free from affectation . I remark ed this peculiarity in them when I formerly passed through this ... natural excellence . They likewise surpass in personal beau- ty ; they are handsome fine looking men , very much in ...
... nature , which is free from affectation . I remark ed this peculiarity in them when I formerly passed through this ... natural excellence . They likewise surpass in personal beau- ty ; they are handsome fine looking men , very much in ...
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... nature of the case , and wheel- ing now to the right , and now to the left , I expected to see the young man thrown from his back ; and in the eagerness of my alarm for him , I was actually putting my head out of the window to call to ...
... nature of the case , and wheel- ing now to the right , and now to the left , I expected to see the young man thrown from his back ; and in the eagerness of my alarm for him , I was actually putting my head out of the window to call to ...
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... nature of the untry in which they have so eminently distinguish- d their talents . B. is an emigrant from Ireland , om whence he arrived twenty - four or twenty - five years nce . They used to call him the greasy pedlar , it is aid ...
... nature of the untry in which they have so eminently distinguish- d their talents . B. is an emigrant from Ireland , om whence he arrived twenty - four or twenty - five years nce . They used to call him the greasy pedlar , it is aid ...
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