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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... merely to bind closer an alliance with the sovereign of a distant country — a female sovereign too ; a mode of government that must have appeared to them very incongruous ; this was no common undertaking , nor was it easy to induce ...
... mere simplicity , or even a rustic bluntness , I would by no means call vulgarity . At the same time , these unembellished females had more comprehension of mind , more variety of ideas , more in short of what may be called original ...
... , with her great calash , her little painted basket of seeds , and her rake over her shoulder , to her garden labors . These were by no means merely figurative , " From morn till noon , from noon till dewy 30 SKETCHES OF MANNERS.
... merely confined to Albany , and its precincts . At New York there was always a governor , a few troops , and a kind of little court kept ; there too was a mixed , and in some degree , polished society . To this the accession of many ...
... mere machines , move on their mercenary track without feeling or exciting one kind or generous sentiment . Home , thus despoiled of all its charms , is no longer the scene of any enjoyments but such as wealth can purchase . At the same ...
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