Memoirs of an American Lady: With Sketches of Manners and Scenery in America, as They Existed Previous to the RevolutionAppleton, 1846 - 295 páginas With Sketches of Manners and Scenes in America as they existed previous to the Revolution. Mrs. Grant of Laggan, as she was called, spent several years of her childhood in America, where her father was in the military service, returning to Scotland in 1770, at the age of fifteen. The “ American lady ” who is here described is Mrs. Schuyler of Albany, an aunt of Gen. Schuyler, a lady of great character and intelligence, in whose household the young Scotch girl was for some time on a very intimate footing. The volume shows a remarkable tenacity of memory, as well as a graceful and animated pen. The first forty-three chapters (out of sixty-six) are of a general nature, giving a lively sketch of society and manners among the Dutch families at Albany, and a somewhat detailed history of the Schuyler family. The rest of the volume describes the author's own experiences, chiefly at Oswego, where her father's regiment was stationed, and afterwards at Albany. |
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... consequence , rural habits had greatly changed the character of these republicans . But the commercial spirit ... consequences of this short - sighted policy might have proved fatal , had not these patriotic leaders , by their example ...
... consequence , was con- ducted on a very limited scale ; girls learned needlework ( in which they were indeed both skilful and ingenious ) from their mothers and aunts ; they were taught too at that period to read , in Dutch , the Bible ...
... consequence of the corruptions of society , hardens the heart , destroys confidence , and embitters life . The deceit and venality of servants not absolutely dishonest , put it out of one's power to love or trust them . And if , in ...
... consequence of these ex- clusive and early intimacies was , that , grown up , it was reck- oned a sort of apostacy to marry out of one's company , and indeed it did not often happen . The girls , from the example of their mothers ...
... consequence of the singular mode of associating little exclusive parties of children of both sexes , which has been already mentioned , endearing intimacies , formed in the age of playful innocence , were the precursors of more tender ...
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