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 11
... whole of the work has undergone an abridgement , to bring it within the proposal . In addition to the forego- ing reason for expunging the western instead of the at- lantic country , from the present work , the author is influ- enced by ...
... whole of the work has undergone an abridgement , to bring it within the proposal . In addition to the forego- ing reason for expunging the western instead of the at- lantic country , from the present work , the author is influ- enced by ...
Strana 19
... whole , without control , to an immense distance , the mountain throw- ing itself into a thousand different shapes and curva- tures , assuming different hues , as they are near or re- mote . I was much pleased at the enthusiastic ...
... whole , without control , to an immense distance , the mountain throw- ing itself into a thousand different shapes and curva- tures , assuming different hues , as they are near or re- mote . I was much pleased at the enthusiastic ...
Strana 32
... whole of this country , and particularly this , ( Monroe , ) being elevat- almost to the clouds . Here are people from almost every state in the Union , going to , and coming from the different mineral springs , which abound in these ...
... whole of this country , and particularly this , ( Monroe , ) being elevat- almost to the clouds . Here are people from almost every state in the Union , going to , and coming from the different mineral springs , which abound in these ...
Strana 35
... whole scene became one continual buz , in which not one word could be distinguished . It must be observed , as a clue to the conversation ta- ken down , that the speakers are noticed in regular rotation as they are announced at the ...
... whole scene became one continual buz , in which not one word could be distinguished . It must be observed , as a clue to the conversation ta- ken down , that the speakers are noticed in regular rotation as they are announced at the ...
Strana 40
... whole of this mountain , however , looks like winter although it is now the last of August ; we were quite chilly , at least , I was . Mr. D. informed that the cold is so intense on this ever - reigning winter mountain , as to freeze ...
... whole of this mountain , however , looks like winter although it is now the last of August ; we were quite chilly , at least , I was . Mr. D. informed that the cold is so intense on this ever - reigning winter mountain , as to freeze ...
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