Sketches of History, Life, and Manners, in the United Statesauthor, 1826 - Počet stran: 392 |
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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 . ver . History - Greenbriar river , which gives name ...
... 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 . ver . History - Greenbriar river , which gives name ...
Strana 73
... tion . They never reflect that so many fine dressed peo- ple are only so many fine fools , without corresponding manners . Such eternally is the effect of ignorance , which always chooses the worst and rejects the best : the ignorant ...
... tion . They never reflect that so many fine dressed peo- ple are only so many fine fools , without corresponding manners . Such eternally is the effect of ignorance , which always chooses the worst and rejects the best : the ignorant ...
Strana 81
... tion our short interview afforded . After taking one cup of coffee , he asked the landlady for a glass of milk ; she enquired whether " he would have sweet milk or sour , " , " ( common in this country , ) " sweet milk , to be sure ...
... tion our short interview afforded . After taking one cup of coffee , he asked the landlady for a glass of milk ; she enquired whether " he would have sweet milk or sour , " , " ( common in this country , ) " sweet milk , to be sure ...
Strana 82
... tion , and the whole belongs to the General , acquired by his own industry and talents . What is called Hodges valley , is also good land , but you find no more , until you arrive near Middle river , a few miles above Staunton . Our ...
... tion , and the whole belongs to the General , acquired by his own industry and talents . What is called Hodges valley , is also good land , but you find no more , until you arrive near Middle river , a few miles above Staunton . Our ...
Strana 87
... tion , where the centre of Staunton now is , though the Indians killed none in or nearer than five miles off . I lived myself near Staunton , when a child ; and was often in company with this same Mrs. Reed ; who was then an old woman ...
... tion , where the centre of Staunton now is , though the Indians killed none in or nearer than five miles off . I lived myself near Staunton , when a child ; and was often in company with this same Mrs. Reed ; who was then an old woman ...
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