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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... state it is on the north side of Tennessee river , about ten miles distant . It is handsomely situated on an ... house , a market - house , and two fire engine - houses . The town is principally built of brick . Around the square ...
... state it is on the north side of Tennessee river , about ten miles distant . It is handsomely situated on an ... house , a market - house , and two fire engine - houses . The town is principally built of brick . Around the square ...
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... state of Alabama , and lives in princely style . If any man is to be envied on account of wealth , it is he . His house is separated from Huntsville , by a deep ravine , and from an eminence overlooks the town from the west ; on the ...
... state of Alabama , and lives in princely style . If any man is to be envied on account of wealth , it is he . His house is separated from Huntsville , by a deep ravine , and from an eminence overlooks the town from the west ; on the ...
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Of History, Life, and Manners in the United States Anne Royall. at each end , sufficiently wide to admit one person . Some salt ... state - house , was just burnt to the foundation , only two nights before ; the gentlemen who joined us at ...
Of History, Life, and Manners in the United States Anne Royall. at each end , sufficiently wide to admit one person . Some salt ... state - house , was just burnt to the foundation , only two nights before ; the gentlemen who joined us at ...
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Of History, Life, and Manners in the United States Anne Royall. I had long entertained of contemplating human na- ture in a new guise . At the house where we put up , was a lady eighty years of age . This was the first opportunity in my ...
Of History, Life, and Manners in the United States Anne Royall. I had long entertained of contemplating human na- ture in a new guise . At the house where we put up , was a lady eighty years of age . This was the first opportunity in my ...
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Of History, Life, and Manners in the United States Anne Royall. and some were ... State . We laugh- ed enough at his droll description of the French ; hardly ... house , " Ŏh law , daddy , its a roaret . " The humour of the thing struck ...
Of History, Life, and Manners in the United States Anne Royall. and some were ... State . We laugh- ed enough at his droll description of the French ; hardly ... house , " Ŏh law , daddy , its a roaret . " The humour of the thing struck ...
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