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
... walk , and meeting with Col. Pope , ac- cepted an invitation to spend the night with him . Col. Pope is amongst the wealthiest men in the state of Alabama , and lives in princely style . If any man is to be envied on account of wealth ...
... walk , and meeting with Col. Pope , ac- cepted an invitation to spend the night with him . Col. Pope is amongst the wealthiest men in the state of Alabama , and lives in princely style . If any man is to be envied on account of wealth ...
Strana 18
... , through which 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.
... , through which 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
... walk on foot a great part of the way up the mountain , all but our Tennessee clown , who feigned himself sick ; but I shall ever think he was any thing else than sick , and worse than all this , we have to travel all night . The Cum ...
... walk on foot a great part of the way up the mountain , all but our Tennessee clown , who feigned himself sick ; but I shall ever think he was any thing else than sick , and worse than all this , we have to travel all night . The Cum ...
Strana 41
... walking in zigzag , angles and semi - angles , we reached the river , which we cross- ed in a boat , with great ease and safety , it having as- sumed a smooth and slow current . By the same zigzag which brought us to the river we ascend ...
... walking in zigzag , angles and semi - angles , we reached the river , which we cross- ed in a boat , with great ease and safety , it having as- sumed a smooth and slow current . By the same zigzag which brought us to the river we ascend ...
Strana 70
... walking about in perfect health . I have seen several instances of this since my stay in this country . A Mrs. Peebles was sitting in her porch , spinning , in perfect health — she was heard to fall , and the sound of the wheel to stop ...
... walking about in perfect health . I have seen several instances of this since my stay in this country . A Mrs. Peebles was sitting in her porch , spinning , in perfect health — she was heard to fall , and the sound of the wheel to stop ...
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