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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... nature , and quiet the turbulent emotions excited by " The madness of the crowd . " But vice , folly , and vanity are so noisy , so restless , so ready to rush into public view , and so adapted to afford food for malevolent curiosity ...
... nature in a new aspect , and is so far an object of rational curiosity , as well as a kind of phenomenon in the history of colonization . I forewarn the reader not to look for lucid order in the narration , nor for intimate connection ...
... nature of the territory , as well as the state of society , precluded great pecuniary acquisitions . Their object here was to tame savage nature , and to make the boundless wild subservient to agricultural purposes . Commercial pursuits ...
... nature in her pristine garb , and of her children in their primitive sim- plicity ; he who could do all this , no doubt received ample returns of various information from those best qualified to give it ; he was , besides , a diligent ...
... nature in the dawn of a summer morn- ing , should continue all day . Before increased wealth and extended territory , these " wassel days " quickly receded ; yet it is pleasing to indulge the remembrance of a spot , where peace and ...
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Memoirs of an American Lady: With Sketches of Manners and Scenes ..., Volumen1 Anne MacVicar Grant Vista previa limitada - 2011 |