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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... nearly laden with the baggage of the stran- gers , he being very heavy , and had not three ideas in his head . Our new fellow travellers were , a young Doctor who lived in Knoxville , a Mr. Mager ( or Major , ) who liv ed in ...
... nearly laden with the baggage of the stran- gers , he being very heavy , and had not three ideas in his head . Our new fellow travellers were , a young Doctor who lived in Knoxville , a Mr. Mager ( or Major , ) who liv ed in ...
Strana 18
... nearly come to blows , because he did not apprise us of our duty . But as the tavern- keeper waxed warm , the other grew cool , and upon the interference of the travellers , the storm blew over . I suspected , what I afterwards found ...
... nearly come to blows , because he did not apprise us of our duty . But as the tavern- keeper waxed warm , the other grew cool , and upon the interference of the travellers , the storm blew over . I suspected , what I afterwards found ...
Strana 50
... I saw one which was caught when it was young on Elk river . It was quite gentle , and went at farge , though nearly grown ; it belonged to Col , Ruffner . suits were disposed of , before M.'s suit was called 50 KENHAWA COUNTY .
... I saw one which was caught when it was young on Elk river . It was quite gentle , and went at farge , though nearly grown ; it belonged to Col , Ruffner . suits were disposed of , before M.'s suit was called 50 KENHAWA COUNTY .
Strana 54
... nearly double the distance to Rich- mond ; and besides , Virginia commands navigation for nearly two hundred miles in that direction by James ' ri- ver . Why she has not realized this advantage I am not able to say . It appears , that ...
... nearly double the distance to Rich- mond ; and besides , Virginia commands navigation for nearly two hundred miles in that direction by James ' ri- ver . Why she has not realized this advantage I am not able to say . It appears , that ...
Strana 55
... nearly dry seven months in the year ; and , upon an average , frozen two months in every year , and from their great fall , although they swell to a prodigious de- gree very often , yet they swell and subside in a few hours . I have ...
... nearly dry seven months in the year ; and , upon an average , frozen two months in every year , and from their great fall , although they swell to a prodigious de- gree very often , yet they swell and subside in a few hours . I have ...
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