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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... thing during my journey , worthy of re- mark , and commit it to writing , and to draw . amuse- ment and instruction from every source . In doing this , I shall not imitate most journalists , in such re- marks as " cloudy , or fair ...
... thing during my journey , worthy of re- mark , and commit it to writing , and to draw . amuse- ment and instruction from every source . In doing this , I shall not imitate most journalists , in such re- marks as " cloudy , or fair ...
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... thing else than sick , and worse than all this , we have to travel all night . The Cum- berland mountain , where we cross it , is sixty miles wide . About day - light we arrived at the foot of " Spencer's Hill , " by far the steepest ...
... thing else than sick , and worse than all this , we have to travel all night . The Cum- berland mountain , where we cross it , is sixty miles wide . About day - light we arrived at the foot of " Spencer's Hill , " by far the steepest ...
Strana 20
... thing with snow , and a thousand other inconveniences , killing up your horses clambering over them , to bring you from a distance articles of necessity , rewarding your hard labour with a scanty bundle or two of buckwheat perhaps , or ...
... thing with snow , and a thousand other inconveniences , killing up your horses clambering over them , to bring you from a distance articles of necessity , rewarding your hard labour with a scanty bundle or two of buckwheat perhaps , or ...
Strana 25
... I inquired where they came from , and how Lefever could think of making any thing out of such abandoned people : He replied that some were immediately from France , and some were picked up in our seaports . He. HUNTSVILLE TO VIRGINIA . 25.
... I inquired where they came from , and how Lefever could think of making any thing out of such abandoned people : He replied that some were immediately from France , and some were picked up in our seaports . He. HUNTSVILLE TO VIRGINIA . 25.
Strana 26
... thing struck him at the moment , and he and my friend of Abington began to sing , “ A bucket full of watermelon , we're neither drunk nor mad nor felon , " and the chorus , “ my daddy is a roar- er O , " as loud as a trumpet , the ...
... thing struck him at the moment , and he and my friend of Abington began to sing , “ A bucket full of watermelon , we're neither drunk nor mad nor felon , " and the chorus , “ my daddy is a roar- er O , " as loud as a trumpet , the ...
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