A Diary in America: With Remarks on Its Institutions. Part second, Parte2,Volumen1Longman, Orme, Brown, Green & Longmans, 1839 - 304 páginas |
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... give very high prices for fast horses ; 1,000 dollars is not by any means an uncommon price . In a country where time is every thing , they put a proportionate value upon speed . Paul Pry is a tall grey horse ( now thirteen years old ) ...
... give very high prices for fast horses ; 1,000 dollars is not by any means an uncommon price . In a country where time is every thing , they put a proportionate value upon speed . Paul Pry is a tall grey horse ( now thirteen years old ) ...
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... ? " " That last jerk has struck the lady , and she has fainted . " " Oh , that's all ! Well , I reckon I'll give her another jerk , which will bring her to again . " Strange to say , he prophecied right ; the next jerk 14 TRAVELLING .
... ? " " That last jerk has struck the lady , and she has fainted . " " Oh , that's all ! Well , I reckon I'll give her another jerk , which will bring her to again . " Strange to say , he prophecied right ; the next jerk 14 TRAVELLING .
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... gives an anecdote very characteristic of American stage - coach travelling , and proving how little the convenience of the public is cared for . " When we stopped at Lowell to change horses , a female wished to secure a place onward ...
... gives an anecdote very characteristic of American stage - coach travelling , and proving how little the convenience of the public is cared for . " When we stopped at Lowell to change horses , a female wished to secure a place onward ...
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... give them . I'm not going to obey a Nigger like you . " Perhaps it is owing to this deference to the sex that you will observe that the Americans almost invariably put on their best clothes when they travel ; such is the case whatever ...
... give them . I'm not going to obey a Nigger like you . " Perhaps it is owing to this deference to the sex that you will observe that the Americans almost invariably put on their best clothes when they travel ; such is the case whatever ...
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... give the reader an idea of the extent of this navigation by putting before him the lengths of some of the principal rivers in the United States . Missouri and Mississippi .... Miles . ... 4490 Do. to its junction with the Mississippi ...
... give the reader an idea of the extent of this navigation by putting before him the lengths of some of the principal rivers in the United States . Missouri and Mississippi .... Miles . ... 4490 Do. to its junction with the Mississippi ...
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