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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... delight . But the sweet influence of the benign stars that now and then enlighten the page of history , is partial and unfrequent . They to whom the most important parts on the stage of life are allotted , if possessed of abilities ...
... delighted with the courteous affability of this princess ; she offered to knight him , which he respectfully , but positively refused : and being pressed to assign his reasons , he said he had brothers and near relations in humble ...
... delight to some branches of his family , that to them " Paradise ( indeed ) seemed opened in the wild . " But to return to our sachems , from whom we have too long digressed when they arrived at Albany , they did not , as : might be ...
... delight which devotion produces in minds of keener sensibility . If their piety , however , was without enthusi- asm , it was also without bigotry ; they wished others to think as they did , without showing rancor or contempt towards ...
... delighted in a summer excursion to Albany . The beautiful , and in some places highly singular banks of the river , rendered a voyage to its source both amusing and interesting , while the primi- tive manners of the inhabitants diverted ...
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