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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... scenes , where the best characters , goaded on by furious factions or dire necessity , become involved in crimes that their souls abhor ? It is the contemplation of the peaceful virtues in the genial atmosphere of private life , that ...
... scene of any enjoyments but such as wealth can purchase . At the same time we feel there a nameless cold privation , and , conscious that money can pro- cure the same enjoyments with more variety elsewhere , we substitute these futile ...
... scene were calculated to inspire . After the sultry hours had been thus employed , the boys brought their tribute from the river or the wood , and found a rural meal prepared by their fair companions , among whom were generally their ...
... scene of all those amusements of skating and sledge races common to the north of Europe . They used in great parties to visit their friends at a distance , and having an excellent and hardy breed of horses , flew from place to place ...
... scene of these depredations , which never extended beyond it . Swine and turkeys were reared in great numbers by all the inhabitants . For those they brought to town in winter , they had an appropriate place at the lower end of the ...
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Memoirs of an American Lady: With Sketches of Manners and Scenes ..., Volumen1 Anne MacVicar Grant Vista previa limitada - 2011 |