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 21
... tion of these noble streams , from its lofty eminence to the right , decorated with fruit trees and shrubberies , like the guardian genius of the place . Kingston , the seat of justice for Rowan county , E. Tennessee , is built on that ...
... tion of these noble streams , from its lofty eminence to the right , decorated with fruit trees and shrubberies , like the guardian genius of the place . Kingston , the seat of justice for Rowan county , E. Tennessee , is built on that ...
Strana 38
... tion ; perhaps those are plants that will not thrive in our climate . Cis an American , a Kentuckian ( I think . ) He is descended from a respectable family ; and having lost his father , was reared , educated , and protected by an ...
... tion ; perhaps those are plants that will not thrive in our climate . Cis an American , a Kentuckian ( I think . ) He is descended from a respectable family ; and having lost his father , was reared , educated , and protected by an ...
Strana 49
... tion on Kenhawa river , Ann would shoulder her rifle , hang her shot - pouch over her shoulder , and lead a horse laden with ammunition to the army , two hundred miles distant , when not a man could be found to undertake the perilous ...
... tion on Kenhawa river , Ann would shoulder her rifle , hang her shot - pouch over her shoulder , and lead a horse laden with ammunition to the army , two hundred miles distant , when not a man could be found to undertake the perilous ...
Strana 54
... tion with this road , and from thence by waggons , to the falls of Kenhawa , where a line of steam boats is to con- vey it to different parts of the western country . The merchandize is to be exchanged for the produce of the west . I ...
... tion with this road , and from thence by waggons , to the falls of Kenhawa , where a line of steam boats is to con- vey it to different parts of the western country . The merchandize is to be exchanged for the produce of the west . I ...
Strana 60
... tion to you than if you were muttering Greek ; take up the most amusing book and read to them , it is the same thing , and two - thirds of them would be afraid it was not a good book . History - Greenbriar river , which gives name to ...
... tion to you than if you were muttering Greek ; take up the most amusing book and read to them , it is the same thing , and two - thirds of them would be afraid it was not a good book . History - Greenbriar river , which gives name to ...
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