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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... springs . * Three passengers besides myself . This consoled me a little , as it afforded an opportunity of indulging observations , on the variety of character , which now presented itself , in the persons of the strangers . One was a ...
... springs . * Three passengers besides myself . This consoled me a little , as it afforded an opportunity of indulging observations , on the variety of character , which now presented itself , in the persons of the strangers . One was a ...
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... spring are all the objects of notice within it . Having travelled forty - four hours without sleep , we arrived at an inn a few miles west of Knox- ville , at 10 o'clock at night , where , more dead than alive , I threw myself on a bed ...
... spring are all the objects of notice within it . Having travelled forty - four hours without sleep , we arrived at an inn a few miles west of Knox- ville , at 10 o'clock at night , where , more dead than alive , I threw myself on a bed ...
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... springs , one on each side of the road , in Washington County , Virginia . Tennessee river waters five States , * Virginia , North - 28 JOURNEY TO THE Springs .
... springs , one on each side of the road , in Washington County , Virginia . Tennessee river waters five States , * Virginia , North - 28 JOURNEY TO THE Springs .
Strana 29
... Springs lying through Giles county , Va . And here too I had the pleasure of once more meeting my friend of Demopolis , and I hope it will not be the last . I shall never forget this agreeable and pleasant stranger . Washington , Wythe ...
... Springs lying through Giles county , Va . And here too I had the pleasure of once more meeting my friend of Demopolis , and I hope it will not be the last . I shall never forget this agreeable and pleasant stranger . Washington , Wythe ...
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... he had no slaves . " And why don't some of you young men , " said I , " beguile him of some of those fine girls ; they must be worth having , they are a fortune 1 SOUTH SULPHUR spring . 31 . themselves . " 30 SOUTH SULPhur spring .
... he had no slaves . " And why don't some of you young men , " said I , " beguile him of some of those fine girls ; they must be worth having , they are a fortune 1 SOUTH SULPHUR spring . 31 . themselves . " 30 SOUTH SULPhur spring .
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