A Diary in America: With Remarks on Its Institutions. Part second, Parte2,Volumen1Longman, Orme, Brown, Green & Longmans, 1839 - 304 páginas |
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... present to the gentlemen ; " adding , “ I never heard orsaw such a thing in all my life . " Very possible ; and had I stated that at New York , Philadelphia , Boston , or Charles- ton , such was the practice , she then might have been ...
... present to the gentlemen ; " adding , “ I never heard orsaw such a thing in all my life . " Very possible ; and had I stated that at New York , Philadelphia , Boston , or Charles- ton , such was the practice , she then might have been ...
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... which in the American stages presents no resting - place for man or box , fell off . The driver alighted to fish it out of the mud . As there was some delay , a gentleman seated opposite to me put his head out of TRAVELLIN G. 19.
... which in the American stages presents no resting - place for man or box , fell off . The driver alighted to fish it out of the mud . As there was some delay , a gentleman seated opposite to me put his head out of TRAVELLIN G. 19.
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... , and until she has it , no man will think of himself . this deference is not only shewn in travelling , But but in every instance . An English lady told me , that wishing to be present at the inaugu- 22 TRAVELLING .
... , and until she has it , no man will think of himself . this deference is not only shewn in travelling , But but in every instance . An English lady told me , that wishing to be present at the inaugu- 22 TRAVELLING .
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... present at the inaugu- ration of Mr. Van Buren , by some mistake , she and her two daughters alighted from the car- riage at the wrong entrance , and in attempting to force their way through a dense crowd were nearly crushed to death ...
... present at the inaugu- ration of Mr. Van Buren , by some mistake , she and her two daughters alighted from the car- riage at the wrong entrance , and in attempting to force their way through a dense crowd were nearly crushed to death ...
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... present nothing is made in America but to last a certain time ; they go to the exact expense considered necessary and no further ; they know that in twenty years they will be better able to spend twenty dollars than one now . The great ...
... present nothing is made in America but to last a certain time ; they go to the exact expense considered necessary and no further ; they know that in twenty years they will be better able to spend twenty dollars than one now . The great ...
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Página 116 - Not that Nepenthes which the wife of Thone In Egypt gave to Jove-born Helena Is of such power to stir up joy as this, To life so friendly, or so cool to thirst.
Página 177 - ... reference to the late administration, is not original with the honorable member. It did not spring up in the senate. Whether as a fact, as an argument, or as an embellishment, it is all borrowed. He adopts it, indeed, from a very low origin, and a still lower present condition. It is one of the thousand calumnies with which the press teemed, during an excited political canvass. It was a charge, of which there was not only no proof or probability, but which was in itself wholly impossible to be...
Página 209 - It being established that literary property is entitled to legal protection, it results that this protection ought to be afforded wherever the property is situated. A British merchant brings or transmits to the United States a bale of merchandise, and the moment it comes within the jurisdiction of our laws, they throw around it effectual security. But if the work of a British Author is brought to the United States, it may be appropriated by any resident here; and republished, without any compensation...
Página 151 - The civilization of New England has been like a beacon lit upon a hill, which, after it has diffused its warmth around, tinges the distant horizon with its glow.
Página 243 - Madrid un système de liberté sur la vente des productions, qui s'étend même à celles de la presse ; et que, pourvu que je ne parle en mes écrits, ni de l'autorité, ni du culte, ni de la politique, ni de la morale, ni des gens en place, ni des corps en crédit, ni de l'Opéra, ni des autres spectacles, ni de personne qui tienne à quelque chose, je puis tout imprimer librement, sous l'inspection de deux ou trois censeurs.
Página 215 - There is no limitation of the power to natives or residents of this coun•try . Such a limitation would have been hostile to the object of the power granted. That object was to promote the progress of science and useful arts. They belong to no particular country, but to mankind generally. And it cannot be doubted that the stimulus which it was intended to give to mind and genius — in other words, the promotion of the progress of science and the arts — will be increased by the motives which the...
Página 117 - mid their revels, by Bacchus were told That his last butt of nectar had somehow run out ! But determined to send round the goblet once more, They sued to the fairer immortals for aid In composing a draught which, till drinking were o'er, Should cast every wine ever drank in the shade. Grave Ceres herself blithely yielded her corn, And the spirit that lives in each amber-hued...
Página 256 - Mike shrunk behind a tree, with a quickness of thought, and keeping his eye fixed on the hunter, waited the result with patience. In a few moments, the Indian halted within fifty paces, and levelled his piece at the deer. In the meanwhile, Mike presented his rifle at the body of the savage; and at the moment the smoke issued from the gun of the latter, the bullet of Fink passed through the red man's breast. He uttered a yell, and fell dead at the same instant with the deer. Mike re-loaded his rifle,...
Página 269 - We were detained a few days, and during that time our friend went to a little village in the neighborhood and saw the negro advertised (a negro in our possession), and a description of the two men of whom he had been purchased, and giving his suspicions of the men. It was rather squally times, but any port in a storm; we took the negro that night on the bank of a creek which runs by the farm...
Página 10 - I could feel the wind drawn in upon me; and as for sounds, I had the calls of the driver, the screeching of the wheels, and the song of the bull-frog, for my entertainment. But the worst of my solitary situation was to come. All that had been intimated about bad roads now came upon me. They were not only bad; they were intolerable: they were rather like a stony ditch than a road. The horses, on the first stages, could only walk most...