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 14
... persons of the strangers . One was a young gentleman from Abington , Virginia . Another was from East Tennessee , and the third was of Huntsville , and an Irishman . Travellers in stages are ( at least in this part of the country 14 ...
... persons of the strangers . One was a young gentleman from Abington , Virginia . Another was from East Tennessee , and the third was of Huntsville , and an Irishman . Travellers in stages are ( at least in this part of the country 14 ...
Strana 18
... persons may walk up- right , from one end to the other . An opening being A village , called after M'Min , Governor of Tennessee : It is growing fast . at each end , sufficiently wide to admit one person. 18 JOURNEY FROM.
... persons may walk up- right , from one end to the other . An opening being A village , called after M'Min , Governor of Tennessee : It is growing fast . at each end , sufficiently wide to admit one person. 18 JOURNEY FROM.
Strana 19
... person . Some salt - petre has been made at this cave , and a great quantity , I am told , might be made were it properly attended to . At Sparta , and at the new tavern too , we met several members of the Legisla- ture , on their way ...
... person . Some salt - petre has been made at this cave , and a great quantity , I am told , might be made were it properly attended to . At Sparta , and at the new tavern too , we met several members of the Legisla- ture , on their way ...
Strana 23
... persons of her age were measurably dead to those vivid affections and feelings of the heart , which are common to the species of junior years ; that the powers of the mind become relaxed and enfee- bled by long exercise . She was a ...
... persons of her age were measurably dead to those vivid affections and feelings of the heart , which are common to the species of junior years ; that the powers of the mind become relaxed and enfee- bled by long exercise . She was a ...
Strana 29
... person , either from above or below , nor can they from the distance , ascertain in what language the characters are written . This phe- nomenon has given rise to various conjectures : some imagine that a part of the rock has been ...
... person , either from above or below , nor can they from the distance , ascertain in what language the characters are written . This phe- nomenon has given rise to various conjectures : some imagine that a part of the rock has been ...
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