A Diary in America: With Remarks on Its Institutions, Volumen2Carey & Hart, 1839 - 300 páginas |
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... English who may happen to visit America . Mr. Clay observed that Miss Mar- tineau had remained with him for some time , and that , during her stay , she had professed very different , or at least more modified opinions on the subject of ...
... English who may happen to visit America . Mr. Clay observed that Miss Mar- tineau had remained with him for some time , and that , during her stay , she had professed very different , or at least more modified opinions on the subject of ...
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... English than we do , and I was rather surprised not to find a statistical table to that effect in Mr. Carey's ... English . The peculiar dialect of the English counties is kept up because we are a settled country ; the people who are ...
... English than we do , and I was rather surprised not to find a statistical table to that effect in Mr. Carey's ... English . The peculiar dialect of the English counties is kept up because we are a settled country ; the people who are ...
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... English county , or else to be obsolete English . There are a few from the Dutch , such as stoup , for the porch of a door , & c . I was once talking with an American about Webster's dictionary , and he ob- served , " Well now , sir , I ...
... English county , or else to be obsolete English . There are a few from the Dutch , such as stoup , for the porch of a door , & c . I was once talking with an American about Webster's dictionary , and he ob- served , " Well now , sir , I ...
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... English people do . " Many English words are used in a very different sense 32 LANGUAGE .
... English people do . " Many English words are used in a very different sense 32 LANGUAGE .
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... English clever . Our clever is represented by the word smart . The verb to admire is also used in the East , instead of the verb to like . 66 Have you ever been at Paris ? " 66 No ; but I should admire to go . " A Yankee description of ...
... English clever . Our clever is represented by the word smart . The verb to admire is also used in the East , instead of the verb to like . 66 Have you ever been at Paris ? " 66 No ; but I should admire to go . " A Yankee description of ...
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A Diary in America, with Remarks on Its Institutions, Volumen2 Frederick Marryat Vista completa - 1839 |
A Diary in America: With Remarks on Its Institutions, Volumen2 Frederick Marryat Vista completa - 1839 |
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